Stevie Nicks says she was diagnosed with macular degeneration

The legendary Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks discussed her health in an interview with Rolling Stone. She revealed that she has been diagnosed with macular degeneration, a disease that affects her vision, and that she will need to take medication for the rest of her life to manage it.

Stevie Nicks talks about her health status

“I got diagnosed with this thing a year and a half ago called wet macular degeneration, and it is not a good thing. I was seeing all these colors, big things of purple.”

“I was having, like, acid trips. And I’m going, “I’m not taking any acid, so I don’t understand what this is.” Now, every six, seven, eight, nine weeks, I have to have a shot in each one of my eyes. That’s going to be for the rest of my life.”

She continued:

“There’s dry macular degeneration, which my mom had. Her whole thing was doing the financial books for my dad, because she was a financial little wizard. When she was about 80, it was really hard for her to see. In a way, I think it killed her because she was so brokenhearted that she could no longer do this.”

“So when I got diagnosed with this, all of a sudden, I’m going like, “You know what? You need to finish these drawings, because what if you start to lose your sight?” I haven’t drawn in years … but my drawings are as important to me as my songs,” Stevie Nicks said.

The final Fleetwood Mac shows happened in 2019 and the band had two new touring members: Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.