[Dottore]

Charles:

Thanks for this.

The PDT was recommended by my fathers doctor—who is a retina specialist. I had never heard of any treatment like this, and as a lay person it sounded vaguely bizarre.

My father has already had a series of injections directly into the eye. I think this may be the Macugen treatment you described. These appeared to help for a while, but lately the degeneration has continued.

Would you get a second opinion from somewhere before going with the PDT treatment? Or would you just go with the doctors recommendation?

I am particularly concerned about the warnings in the brochure to the effect that the PDT treatment could actually make the condition worse.