High fives, Kim! Make sure to keep your trusera content current... so to speak. :D

Thank you for sharing your story!

haha, I'll add you to my monstrously growing list!

My mother-in-law has macular degeneration and would be a person who was almost never around cigarette smoking, being a strict Mormon, as well as several of her siblings which both situations apply to. I've given my husband Ocuvite with Lutein to try to keep him from going blind on me in our later years, which are pretty much here. He says he takes them once in awhile! Great! (Not) I read that peas are good too. Another genetic defect that runs in his family, and now mine - our sons - is scoliosis. We never would have known it about our sons till they had xrays and one has severe scoliosis and one isn't so severe. I feel so bad for our oldest since he has a lot of pain from it and it will be hard on him as he gets older. I've noticed the sweet way you greet newcomers and want you to know I think you're terrific.

So how was Sundance? My girlfriend worked an opening night party for the opera on Saturday and said loads of people kept trying to get in, thinking it was some Sundance event!

Rosie! Thanks for being a part of our community. We'd love to hear more when you're ready to share. Welcome!

Thanks - yea, my grandmother is struggling with macular degeneration too. She was actually surrounded by second hand smoke most of her life! So your theory could make sense. I've been reading a lot about supplements that one can take - but it is hard to know the best route to take.

Hey Rosie! My grandmother struggled with macular degeneration late in her life. We always figured it was exacerbated by smoking, but I don't know if there's medical evidence about that or not. I know that recently there's been a lot of new research on macular degeneration. I'll add bookmarks of some of the content that I've seen. Jude