[pndy]

At least cataract surgery once done won't be likely repeated. But there's also the age-related macular degeneration that goes by... AMD acronym. The treatment method for wet form involves intraocular injections, which basically means a series of shots in the affected eye, up until a "pocket" seen during eye tomography scan sizes down and vision improves.

My mother is going to have 8th shot this year and 13th total since doctor decides to test her. She describes the injection as "potent hard pop". All patients gets the anesthetics and some moisturising-softening agent so needle could get in easier.

Seeing the queues many times I can tell this problem concerns senior women, less frequently men and people of both sexes below 60. Tho, I once saw a guy who was around mid 40.

It's surely not fun to get a needle into your eye month by month but mum and all the other people in the clinic are beyond that already.