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For carers and friends
We, sight-impaired people, cannot see a smile, or a wave of the hand, or “catch someone’s eye”, we cannot recognise a person’s face.
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Booklet “Beating AMD”
A practical plan. Written (and typed) by Cliff Jenkins. Published December 2018. Based on his experiences during the nine year…
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CARERS can care too much.
The role of being a carer is difficult. They can be over-protective, over-careful whereas they just need to be supportive. They want to help so much and are distraught at seeing the trouble their loved one is having. They rush to do it for them.
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Huge thank you to Adur Council
Absolutely wonderful, the pavements have been cleared of hedges and brambles sprawling across them.
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A superb day Snail Hunting
A full-on day hunting the Martlet Hospice`s sensational snails, with the help of two grand-children….
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The Eyeopener
The “Eyeopener” is a booklet created by the Shoreham AMD Group.
They have brought together the experiences after losing their sight so as to create a comfortable Eyeopener on their new world.
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Macular Society National Conference
Macular Society National Conference 2018.
Speaker Simon. Not only do we inherit blue eyes, we have all survived the Black Death. It`s the same gene ( Complement Factor H.) 30% of the population have one copy, -
Age Related Macular Degeneration
Updated 28th August 2013 Still battling on. Suffered a couple of setbacks as the…..
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AMD – getting better (?)
I was appalled when I learned I had Dry AMD, but then at my age I had been using my computer a lot and the screen was bright. So three actions:- reduce brightness of screen, reduce hours of computer usem take 40mg of Luiein a day (2 X 20mg FSC, not ICAPS)
