Degenerative macular retina disease?!


Question: the wife has been diagnosed with this complaint and we are looking for a site which will offer us visual aids for her to carry on reading,painting tv and still being able to see me.Anyone Help?


Answers: the wife has been diagnosed with this complaint and we are looking for a site which will offer us visual aids for her to carry on reading,painting tv and still being able to see me.Anyone Help?

Pedestal is correct. The best thing is to have a low vision assessment with a qualified optician or trained low vision specialist. There are many places you can go, the hospital where you were diagnosed may do it there or they should put you in touch with somewhere else. It depends where you are, for example the OAB (Oxford association for the blind) is excellent, they offer practical tips and aids. They can also put you in touch with meetings and support groups who can share tips.

The 3 B's are the fundamental rules. For example:

1) Bigger- get a bigger TV or sit closer to it, get books in large print, ask you bank, energy supplier, etc. to send you mail out in large print, if you are writing a message to her write in large print using a black felt-tip pen to improve contrast
2) Bolder- use high contrast like the black felt-tip pen to write letters or labels in, If she still wants to cook, buy different coloured chopping boards because chooping a potato on a white board is dificult but on a blue one it would be easier to see it.
3) Brighter- get more light in the house- remove any net curtains (they stop so much light!), try an anglepoise lamp rather than a table lamp this way the light goes on what you are looking.

Look in your yellow pages for help or talk to you ophthalmologist or GP. Go somewhere in person, these aids are often useless if not used correctly, they need to be demonstrated to your wife so she can get the most out of them. Good luck.

Be wary I was diagnosed as having ArMD in 2002 By the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust found out last year I don't have it.

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Hi,
Go to a website called Tracy Armstrong. it may come up with krukenbergs spindle.co.uk it is a fantastic site.
There is an optometrist who will answer all your questions he is fantastic. When you ask your question, a bit like this site, others will answer, but he will sign himself as Dave. When the pop ups come on click them off before clicking into the message board, it can be a bit of a pain. hope you get your answers.

I really wouldn't pursue this on-line, in the first instance.

The interaction between individual activities, personality and preferences, and eqach person's differening visual loss means that there are no simple "best" answers for visual aids...

There's no substitute for trying a range of equipment at a low-vison clinic. (UK, or contacting, a local society for the visually impaired , or blind. Note: most people who are registered /legally blind have some vision, and many use visual aids.)
Even simple things like magnifying glasses need advice to get the best from them.

And then there is lots of practical advice that can be given.
While there are devices to make the best use of vision, don't neglect the other option: making the world easier!
Three B's. Try to make things
Bigger
Brighter
Bolder

Bigger is obvious, once you think of it...
"I can't see the kitchen clock..." Get a bigger clock.
Brighter: more light. Provided glare is avoided (the light over the shoulder is the ideal) it can hardly be overdone.
Bolder: more contrasting colours. Not a watch with silver hands on a grey face, however stylish it might be.
Coloured drinking glasses, not clear ones, on a white tablecloth.
Stripes on the cooker control knobs...

Some of these are more appropriate to one level of difficulty than another, but the principle holds.

Do e-mail me if I can help further.

Optometrist, retired.

She needs a personal consultation, not an on-line store. Ask her doctor to refer her to a low vision clinic.

If there is an association for the blind or visually impaired where you live, they should also be able to refer her for low vision services.





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