10 hours ago by 5percentvision

I love my home but there is no escaping it is old and needed (still needs) a lot of work. Yesterdays project was to paint a shelf my dad has made me for my lounge room wall. He made it to match the shelf above the fireplace. It is painted gloss white so I decided to paint my new shelf the same colou ...

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1 day ago by 5percentvision

As a child I was painfully shy, as I got older I became more outgoing, then as my vision worsened I have become introverted again. Don’t get me wrong I don’t have problems talking with people. When Khan and I were working together I was always stopped by strangers who wanted to ask questions or make ...

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3 days ago by 5percentvision

Many people when the first meet me are curious about my eyesight or lack of it. Here is the story of my journey to 5% vision. I started to lose my sight when I was around 16 years old. I was diagnosed with a condition called Keratoconus, which causes an elongation of the cornea. It results in blurry ...

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3 days ago by Randall V. Wong, M.D.

All “macular degeneration” is not macular degeneration. There are other “macular” diseases, macular dystrophies and diseases that mimic macular degeneration. Most of the “fakes” are confused with macular degeneration due to the presence of choroidal neovascularization, aka the “wet” form of macular ...

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4 days ago by Randall V. Wong, M.D.

Everyone gets a cataract. Just as grey hair, some people get cataracts at an early age and some people get them at a later age. Patients with diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration aren’t spared either. What is a cataract? A cataract is the clouding of the natural lens in the eye. Very advanc ...

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4 days ago by admin

Your eyes are an important part of everyday life. Can you imagine not being able to use them? Not being able to read a menu, look both ways crossing the street, watching a movie in the theater, driving your car, watching their children play in the recital or baseball league. We often take advantage ...

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5 days ago by Randall V. Wong, M.D.

Decreased vision impacts your quality of life. Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are the two leading causes of loss of vision in adults. Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy can impact your quality of life. Your quality of life , besides visual acuity, is also used to measure th ...

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7 days ago by 5percentvision

Where do I start, I guess a bit of a background would be helpful. I am 41, visually impaired (I have around 5% vision, hence the title of this blog) , and recently separated from my husband of 11 years. I am attempting to find my way in this visual world of ours, learning to be independent and tryin ...

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11 days ago by Cut

A laser will go through the lense of the eye without having any effect, and the lense is what determines vision loss, so laser pointers are not likely to affect your vision. It takes a powerful laser, much more powerful than a pointer, to affect tissue so I don’t think your immature friends have don ...

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11 days ago by Randall V. Wong, M.D.

I see patients that have lost vision from macular degeneration; wet macular degeneration and dry macular degeneration. Wet Macular Degeneration. The most severe form of macular degeneration is the wet form. Abnormal blood vessels, aka choroidal neovascularization, develop within in the layers of the ...

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