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Floyd R. Turbo

(32,403 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 11:36 AM 13 hrs ago

It's like an acid trip in one eye! I get monthly injections in my left eye for AMD. When the liquid flows into the



vitreous humor It’s like my eye is on its own private acid trip!
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It's like an acid trip in one eye! I get monthly injections in my left eye for AMD. When the liquid flows into the (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago OP
My husband gets those in both eyes. Awful stuff. Sorry you have to . Srkdqltr 13 hrs ago #1
Better than the alternative and I get a flashback to the sixties! 😎 Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #2
True. And it goes away. But not fun. Srkdqltr 13 hrs ago #3
I get the shots in both eyes, but what I get are huge brer cat 12 hrs ago #4
My MD drmeow 10 hrs ago #6
I've been getting those drmeow 10 hrs ago #5
I've been getting those injections since July 2007 Cairycat 10 hrs ago #7
Oh god, please don't talk about that. KatyaR 10 hrs ago #8

brer cat

(27,413 posts)
4. I get the shots in both eyes, but what I get are huge
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:32 PM
12 hrs ago

floaters. I have learned to go home and to bed and sleep it off. When the numbing wears off, the eyes are very uncomfortable.

drmeow

(5,959 posts)
6. My MD
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:21 PM
10 hrs ago

gave me a script for Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment which he puts in my eye after the shot and which I sometimes use after the numbing wears off. It helps with the pain. I need to test this before my next shot but one time I had taken ibuprofen before I went to my appointment and I had a lot less pain.

drmeow

(5,959 posts)
5. I've been getting those
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:17 PM
10 hrs ago

on and off for 10 years. My first MD in Arizona would inject them into the top of my eye - and I never saw the liquid flow in. My current MD injects from the bottom of my eye and I get the same effect you do.

Cairycat

(1,851 posts)
7. I've been getting those injections since July 2007
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:25 PM
10 hrs ago

but only in one eye (it's a miracle the other retina hasn't deteriorated that much yet). I sometimes see the drug go in. It happens a lot more with my current doctor.

What I hate is when there's a bubble and you have this little black dot in your vision for several hours. That's not as trippy.

KatyaR

(3,633 posts)
8. Oh god, please don't talk about that.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 03:01 PM
10 hrs ago

I've just been diagnosed with the beginning stages of MD, and I don't EVER want to have those shots! Even after having cataract surgery and multiple laser procedures.

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