Comments on: About http://www.amdsupport.ca Macular Degeneration Eye Disease and Eye Care Blog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michelle Dutton http://www.amdsupport.ca/about/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Michelle Dutton Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:04:43 +0000 http://amdsupport.ca/new/?page_id=2#comment-728 Thanks you so much for this useful site. I was looking for Canadian support for a family member living in Canada.The information you give is excellent and as a group development manager for the Macular diease society in the UK I am curious as to whether you know of any local support groups for people with macular disease. I would love my relative to be able to join one. I hope things continue to improve for Canadians, we in the UK have now got the goahead for treatment under the NHS but the persons sight has to have deteriorated to a certain level to qualify for treatnment. We have a POSTCODE LOTTERY which means that access to treatment varies depending in which area you live in. Younger people with non- AMD macular disesase which will respond to new treatments are also being denied it in certain areas. May I wish you all the very best and thank you for the webnsite. I have Sorsby's fundus dystrophy , a form of md very similar to AMD so know first hand the impact of central vision loss. I hope you don't mind me giving wo small constructive points? please could you consider changing the font to Arial? The serif's on times new roman makes it very hard to read , even when magnified. Your about us letter says going blind is not an option, for people with dry AMD and those not responding to anti VEGF injections it is unfortunatly central vision loss is still a reality. I understand your statement and fully endorse the fight you are poursuing but the statement can be misleading to those seeking accurate information. You have done a great job and our society was foiunded by a very small group of people in a small town in Southern England in 1987 and is now has over 17000 members who now have their voice heard at national level. All the very best wishes for the future from a large oak to a little acorn! Many thanks and good luck Michelle Thanks you so much for this useful site. I was looking for Canadian support for a family member living in Canada.The information you give is excellent and as a group development manager for the Macular diease society in the UK I am curious as to whether you know of any local support groups for people with macular disease. I would love my relative to be able to join one.
I hope things continue to improve for Canadians, we in the UK have now got the goahead for treatment under the NHS but the persons sight has to have deteriorated to a certain level to qualify for treatnment. We have a POSTCODE LOTTERY which means that access to treatment varies depending in which area you live in. Younger people with non- AMD macular disesase which will respond to new treatments are also being denied it in certain areas.
May I wish you all the very best and thank you for the webnsite.
I have Sorsby’s fundus dystrophy , a form of md very similar to AMD so know first hand the impact of central vision loss.
I hope you don’t mind me giving wo small constructive points?
please could you consider changing the font to Arial? The serif’s on times new roman makes it very hard to read , even when magnified.
Your about us letter says going blind is not an option, for people with dry AMD and those not responding to anti VEGF injections it is unfortunatly central vision loss is still a reality. I understand your statement and fully endorse the fight you are poursuing but the statement can be misleading to those seeking accurate information.

You have done a great job and our society was foiunded by a very small group of people in a small town in Southern England in 1987 and is now has over 17000 members who now have their voice heard at national level.
All the very best wishes for the future from a large oak to a little acorn!
Many thanks and good luck
Michelle

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