Just started this. Previously had shots of Avastin. Did not get hoped for results there.

if the lucentis had been available in 2001, my husband would not have lost most of the vision in both eyes.

No side effects, but the preparation can be very uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful depending upon who administers it...since this is a teaching hospital, the residents practice on me. I had been going to a private practice, which was much easier, but not as thorough, so I changed to my present hospital. It is considered the very best hospital in the U.S., so that's why I'm there, but sometimes long for the cookie cutter treatment of the private practice.

Getting the Avastin shots every 4 weeks

The shot was not bad. The first 24 hours is uncomfortable. Do not really know if I had any major side effects. It did start drying up the vessels, vision improved, then at 6 weeks it was worse.

Prior to that I had a few visudyne treatments with little results.