The life of my mother with AMD

Age-related macular degeneration, also known as AMD, is a common eye disease that happens among people over 50 and would lead to the loss of vision. To raise the attention to the disease and the vision loss issues, February has been defined as AMD and Vision Loss Awareness Month. Recently, Zoomax received feedback from a user, telling about his mother’s story with age-related macular degeneration, which shall bring huge inspiration to everyone with AMD.

About AMD

AMD mainly influences a small area of the retina, which is also called the macula. When the cells in the macula are damaged, a series of macular degeneration symptoms will follow. In the beginning, people may find it hard to see the text clearly, and the situation won’t be improved even with the glasses. Then it’s getting blurred in the central area of the vision, and the straight lines seem to become curved.

Read more details of AMD: What is Macular Degeneration AMD?

Age-related macular degeneration is not horrible but a common eye disorder. The AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month promotes the awareness of macular degeneration treatment and prevention, and calls on citizens to pay more attention to vision loss issues. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), AMD is the leading reason that causes the loss of eyesight among the elderly. Thus, understanding this disease and keeping an eye on the low vision community is what we are inspired to do this month. In the following chapter, a user of Zoomax shares his mother’s story with AMD, helping us know more about how this disease affects the life and what we can do to live with AMD.

Zoomax Acesight E-Glasses Changes The Life Of My Mother With AMD

My mother turns 72 years old this year, and she got dry AMD two years ago. My mom lives in the countryside alone. She won’t always feel lonely because she enjoys TV shows, cooking, and walking. TV shows enrich her life, she loves to cook and she often shares delicious food with her neighbors, and outdoor walking helps her maintain a good quality of sleep. However, because of her abundance of lifestyle, she got more overwhelmed when she was found to have AMD. The main manifestation of her disease is the central vision loss in her right eye. Meanwhile, her overall eyesight becomes blurred and sometimes she recognizes straight lines as curves.

The vision loss with AMD brings unthinkable inconveniences. Although my mom basically still can live independently, she cannot enjoy her hobbies anymore, which makes her become lonely, frustrated, and even irritable. My mother is still able to live alone, but she is no longer able to indulge in her hobbies. I once suggested that she could come to live with me and my wife in the city, or I could hire a caregiver to take care of her. She angrily rejected my advice and thought I was despising her. Of course I didn’t have that kind of thoughts, and I knew she just didn’t want to leave the hometown, so I had to give up persuasion.

I asked my friends for help, as I wanted to know if there is any method for the seniors with macular degeneration like my mom to confront the vision loss issues. One of my friends recommended me a visually impaired aid, Acesight. The powerful functions and the flexibility of the E-glasses for the low vision are just suitable for the situations like my mother’s. She can regain the joys of TV shows, cooking and walking with the help of Acesight. We surprisingly found that the performance of her AMD, namely mistaking straight lines as curved lines has improved a lot in the outline mode.

At first, I didn’t expect a lot that this wearable digital magnifier could cope with my mother’s low vision situation. I chose to try Acesight only because I heard from my friend that they offer good after-sale service. The fact turns out that Acesight E-glasses performs better than I imagined. We know that the product cannot cure the disease, but we are still grateful to Acesight. It relieves a lot of burdens in my mother’s life, and the most important thing is that Acesight helps my mother regain her confidence, which is more than anything.