Donna Gold

Dear Dr. Ryan,

In 2006, at age 55, I experienced a sudden onset of wet macular degenertion in my left eye. I had three injections of macugen into that eye, over a three-month period. I believe the bleeding was arrested. After the initial shot, my vision stabilized, but each additional shot seemed only to weaken the health of my eye, without improving my vision. I opted to stop that treatment approach and micro acupuncture with Dr. Ryan.

After one week of treatment, scans showed vast improvement in both my healthy and my diseased eye. The vision in my diseased eye stabilized to the point it had shown after my first injection. I was able to maintain this level of health and vision in both eyes until 2010.

At that time, my diseased eye began a slow loss of vision, but also constant watering, tiredness and severe aversion to bright lights. A few times the eye just “blanked out”.

I then returned to the acupuncture treatments. I cannot believe the incredible results I experienced. No more strain, tiredness, tearing, blurring or light aversion.

The treatments of micro acupuncture offers hope of keeping the eyes healthy. I believe that anyone receiving invasive treatment into the eye itself should include once or twice yearly acupuncture treatments to address the health of the eyes as well as the treatment of the disease.

The injections are a miraculous medical breakthrough. They are enabling thousands of people to live life with sight. But the acupuncture keeps the eye healthy. As Dr Ryan once told me, “Your eyes want to heal. This can help them do that.”

Donna Gold, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas