Living with Macular Degeneration - Patient Stories | Laura Carabello: Benefits of Early Intervention

In this short documentary, AMD patient advocate Laura Carabello shares her personal story of the benefits of early detection and intervention for wet macular degeneration.
Through interviews with Laura and her husband Joe, we get an intimate view into Laura's experience with wet macular degeneration, treatments, and the importance and privilege of a support system.
You'll also meet Laura's retina specialist care team, and get a peek into the process of anti-vegf eye injections.
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[@jackienelson7612]

Great video. I relate to the entire story!

[@karunald]

She said Dry in the video, not wet.

[@karenfitzpatrick1739]

I have wet Macular Degeneration in my left eye and dry in my right and have been told it can turn to wet. It is wet that needs the injections..

[@karunald]

@@karenfitzpatrick1739 I see! Thanks for clarifying. I hope you're doing well with it all. And I hope they come up with some sort of pill for this soon.

[@karenfitzpatrick1739]

@@karunald Thank you - I have injections once a month but Macular definitely distorts your vision and yes I hope they come up with something too. I live in Australia and a lot of people have it here.

[@karunald]

@@karenfitzpatrick1739 it's wonderful you did this piece to help educate and give hope. So often when people get diagnosed with anything (when everything is suddenly 'big' and scary)- we all want to know we're not alone. It's kind of.... 'everything'.