On April 28, 2008 a report was published on how Gene Therapy Helps Blind Young Adults to See Better. This is in a Phase 1 Study and may prove beneficial to many people who are visually handicapped from various retinal diseases.

These are photos of a male patient in his late fifties. He only can see with his left eye. His right eye was injured as a child and he can not see with it. He started showing signs of macular degeneration in 1998. A white spot (Drusen) just below the optic nerve head (Large Whitish Area With Blood Vessels Coming From It). He started on Ocupower in the late fall of 1998. When I took his last photo in December 1999, the white spot was gone. The photo also shows a nerve fiber defect in the same area. That has not changed. Patient feels his vision is better and stable.

My brother has early Drusen in both eyes. He was showing less Drusen in each eye last year. For the last several months he has only taken HALF of the recommended daily dose. (He got home late and forgot to take his second dose with supper.) As you can see, his eyes have not improved very much. He is now taking the FULL recommended daily dose of Ocupower.

I have added a letter on Nutrition and it's effect on Macular Degeneration at the top of the List of Retinal Photos. It goes into things we can do with our diet to lower the risk of our Macular Degeneration getting worse. If we follow these suggestions faithfully, we might even see an improvement.

GOD BLESS,
Tere K. Porter,O.D.

	My Macular Degeneration & Nutrition IV
	This is a currently 19 page document I have written about what I am doing for My Dry Macular Degeneration.
	03/05/2010       More
	Landmark Gene Therapy Provides Vision to Nearly Blind Young Adults
	Gene Therapy Helps Blind Young Adults to See Better. This is in a Phase 1 Study and may prove beneficial to many people who are visually handicapped from various retinal diseases.
	04/28/2008       More
	The L.A.S.T. Study (Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial) on Ocupower
	This Study was published in the April 2004 Journal of the American Optometric Association. I have permission from Dr. Stuart Richer (The Lead Researcher of the L.A.S.T. Study) to post his study on this web page. The L.A.S.T. Study shows that Ocupower is BENEFICIAL for many people with Dry Macular Degeneration.
	08/11/2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 12 Years on Ocupower & 5.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 12 Years on Ocupower & 5.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	02/23/2010       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 12 Years on Ocupower & 5.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 12 Years on Ocupower & 5.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	02/23/2010       More
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before & After Almost 11 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before & After Almost 11 Years on Ocupower
	02/20/2010       More
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before & After Almost 11 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before & After Almost 11 Years on Ocupower
	02/20/2010       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 11.5 Years on Ocupower and 5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 11.5 Years on Ocupower & 5 Years on Zeaxanrhin
	08/06/2009       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 11.5 Years on Ocupower and 5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 11.5 Years on Ocupower Plus 5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	08/06/2009       More
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower
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	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower
	08/06/2009       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 11 Years on Ocupower and 4.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 11 Years on Ocupower and 4.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	02/10/2009       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 11 Years on Ocupower and 4.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 11 Years on Ocupowe and 4.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	02/10/2009       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 10.5 Years on Ocupower and 4 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 10.5 Years on Ocupower and 4 Years on Zeaxathin
	08/01/2008       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Before and After 10.5 Years on Ocupower and 4 years on Zeaxathin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 10.5 Years on Ocupower and 4 Years on Ocupower
	08/01/2008       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower & 3.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower & 3.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	02/15/2008       More
	Drr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower & 3.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Fr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 10 Years on Ocupower & 3.5 Years on Zeaxanrhin
	02/15/2008       More
	Nutrition & Cataracts
	This an excerpt from My Docummnet on My Macular Degeneration & Nutrition.
	September 20, 2005       More
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower - Eye Lash caused Light Area in Lower Part of Photo
	06/27/2008       More
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower
	06/27/2008       More
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 8 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 8 Years on Ocupower - Never any sign of Macular Degeneration
	07/14/2007       More
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 8 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 8 years on Ocupower
	07/14/2007       More
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 7 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 7 Years on Ocupower - Never any sign of Ocupower
	07/14/2007       More
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 6 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Right Eye Before and After 6 Years on Ocupower - Never any sign of Macular Degeneration
	07/14/2007       More
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 7 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 7 Years on Ocupower
	07/14/2007       More
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 6 Years on Ocupower
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before and After 6 years on Ocupower
	07/14/2007       More
	Judy Porter's Left Eye Before And After 9 Months On Ocupower
	April 2, 2000       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right before & after 9.5 Years on Ocupower & 3 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 9.5 Years on Ocupower & 3 Years on Zeaxanthin
	08/23/2007       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 9.5 Years on Ocupower & 3 Years o n Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's left Eye Before & After 9.5 Years on Ocupower & 3 years on Zeaxanthin
	08/23/2007       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower and 2.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower and 2.5 Years on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	02/03/2007       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower and 2.5 Years on Zeaxanthin
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 9 Years on Ocupower and 2.5 Years on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	02/03/2007       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 8.5 Years on Ocupower & 2 Years on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	08/03/2006       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 8.5 Years on Ocupower & 2 Year on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	08/03/2006       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 8 Years on Ocupower & Almost 2 Years on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	February 20, 2006       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 8 Years on Ocupower & Almost 2 Years on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	February 20, 2006       More
	Dr. Tere Porters Right Eye Before and After 7.5 Years on Ocupower & 1 Year on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	08/19/2005       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 7.5 Years on Ocupower & 1 Year on ZeaVision's Zeaxanthin
	08/19/2005       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before and After 7 Years on Ocupower
	April 20, 2005       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before and After 7 Years on Ocupower
	April 20, 2005       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 6.5 Years on Ocupower
	July 30, 2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 6.5 Years on Ocupower
	July 30, 2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 6 Years on Ocupower - February 11, 2004 Vertical View
	February 22, 2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 6 Years on Ocupower - February 11, 2004 Vertical View
	February 22, 2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 6 Years on Ocupower - February 11, 2004
	February 22, 2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 6 Years on Ocupower - February 11, 2004
	February 22, 2004       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 5.5 Years on Ocupower - August 5, 2003
	September 11, 2003       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 5 .5 Years on Ocupower - August 5, 2003
	September 11, 2003       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 5 Years on Ocupower - February 4, 2003
	September 11, 2003       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 5 Years on Ocupower - February 4, 2003
	September 11, 2003       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before & After 4.5 Years on Ocupower - August 8, 2002
	August 11, 2002       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before & After 4.5 Years on Ocupower - August 8, 2002
	August 11, 2002       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before And After 3.5 Years on Ocupower
	August 11, 2001       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before And After 3.5 Years on Ocupower
	August 11, 2001       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before And After 3 Years On Ocupower
	March 31, 2001       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before And After 3 Years On Ocupower
	March 31, 2001       More
	Dr Tere Porter's Right Eye Before And After 2.5 Years On Ocupower
	February 14, 2001       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before And After 2.5 Years On Ocupower
	February 14, 2001       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Right Eye Before And After 2 Years On Ocupower
	April 2, 2000       More
	Dr. Tere Porter's Left Eye Before And After 2 Years On Ocupower
	April 2, 2000       More
	Female Patient's Right Eye Before And After 2 Years On Ocupower
	April 2, 2000       More
	Female Patient's Left Eye Before And After 2 Years On Ocupower
	April 2, 2000       More
	Dr. Barry Porter's Right Eye Before And After 2 Years On Ocupower
	May 15, 2000       More
	Dr. Barry Porter's Left Eye Before And After 2 Years On Ocupower
	May 15, 2000       More
	Male Patient's Left Eye Before After 1 Year On Ocupower
	May 29, 2000       More
	Female Patient's Left Eye Before & After Using Ocupower
	April 12, 2001       More