The most critical part is your central vision. In AMD, the retina becomes like a camera with a spot on the film. It is literally vision with a permanent blind spot. Sharma says patients with AMD lose the ability to read, the ability to drive, the ability to recognize faces, the ability to write cheques. It places a tremendous psychological burden on them.
Seniors like to watch TV, read, drive to the mall or see their grandkids' faces.
With AMD, they can't do any of that. I was a great reader of many books, newspapers and reports. I was able to read pretty well until a couple of months ago. Now, I get into an article, and halfway through, I can't handle it anymore. But Danson is no quitter.