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Rimps @Rimps85 (3204) • India 8 Oct 22

Today morning I had to do a follow-up check-up with my ophthalmologist. Six months earlier, when I had visited him...he examined my eyes and told me that it has entered early stage of GLAUCOMA & the possibility was usage of high...

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This medication forces me to get some sleep.

Babes Says @BabeSays (8795) • Mauritius 1 May 21

I have glaucoma and I use an eye drop every morning and night. The doctor prescribed 1 drop twice a day in both eyes. Now not all people and some including me face this side effects where it lowers down your blood pressure and...

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Be Proactive in Your Own Healthcare (Part Two of my Glaucoma Story)

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 23 Sep 19

First I want to thank those who left comments of concern and support on part one of my story. Maybe some of the things I've learned from all this can help someone else. I've been dealing with this disease and loss of vision for a...

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I Function Well Even Though I'm Mostly Blind in Left Eye (Part 1)

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 13 Sep 19

I read a good post by CarolDM that she shared on Aug. 21st, entitled "Have Your Eyes Dilated Lately?". I just saw that she also posted - "Annual Eye Exam", on the same day. I was glad to see discussions about the importance of...

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Absent On Mylot

Babes Says @BabeSays (8795) • Mauritius 1 Sep 18

As you may have notice I have been absent on mylot for couple of days and the reason is Sinus. Since I have Glaucoma I couldn't tell any difference. I thought the pain was cause due to Glaucoma until I went to visit the doctor....

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I've Been Neglecting Mylot

Morning Girl @salonga (27775) • Philippines 13 Jul 18

I miss mylot a lot but I have to limit my online activities to avoid straining my eyes. My eye doctor have been monitoring my eyes for suspected Open Angle Glaucoma. Although my last Test showed a good result, I still have to be...

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Cataracts, and now glaucoma too

Carol Brown @blitzfrick (2890) • United States 17 Nov 16

November 17, 2016 I've been going through the process to take care of my cataracts and along the way the ophalmologist has discovered I also have glaucoma. So he's now referred me to another ophalmologist who will do the cataract...

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Eye See

Carol Brown @blitzfrick (2890) • United States 1 Nov 16

Nov 1, 2016 Last month I wrote that I was worried about getting my driver's license renewed because it was discovered that I have cataracts. I made an appointment with an ophthalmologist, who encouraged me to take the eye exam...

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On Drinking Coconut Water

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 8 Apr 16

The importance of Coconut water has been realized recently and most of the millennials are preferring it as a tool for weight loss The use of Coconut Water does not stop here and there are much more to prefer it. It is very...

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Dr.s and Prescriptions

thebeaddoodler @thebeaddoodler (4262) • Lubbock, Texas 4 Dec 15

The cost of prescription drugs is getting rediculous. When I first started using eye drops to counteract the effects of glaucoma 5 years ago, one of the prescriptions cost the unholy amount of $195 for a 3 month supply for both...

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Isn't It Always the Way

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 21 Oct 15

Have you ever noticed that when something important is about to happen, and you need to be at your best, something happens to sabotage it. That's where I'm at today. I have glaucoma and need to have my eye pressures tested every...

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Is glaucoma inherited

Georgina Walker @georginawalker (34) • Toronto, Ontario 30 Jan 14

If parents have glaucoma will the children have it too, like in the case of diabetics which is inherited?

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Study says drinking coffee increases risk of glaucoma

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 6 Oct 12

A study has shown there is a big increase in risk for a certain type of glaucoma if one drinks 3 or more cups of coffee a day. My problem with the reports of the study is that there is no definition of what a cup of coffee is;...

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My son's going for surgery

Elizabeth White @Masihi (4413) • Canada 9 Dec 11

Both of my kids are visually impaired and have glaucoma. My son is going to get the Ahmed glaucoma valve inserted into his right eye this coming monday. I have faith in the eye doctor, because she did a really good job on my...

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Vision already damaged can never be recovered.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 26 Jul 11

I recently came across a patient who had developed cataract in one of his eyes, the right eye. He was advised extraction of the cataractous lens with implantation of posterior chamber intraocular lens by the ophthalmologist as...

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Glaucoma ; the ‘Silent Thief of Sight’.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 11 Mar 11

This week is being celebrated as ‘World Glaucoma Week’ all over the globe to make people aware of this dreaded disease of the eye which is treated as the ‘Silent Thief of Sight’. Have you any idea of glaucoma? If yes, then share...

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Help, Anyone?

mrangelique @mrangelique (232) • Philippines 13 Dec 10

I met Earl in a Los Banos, Laguna. It is in a province near Manila, Philippines where I live. He is suffering from glaucoma. I tried contacting various institution to help him out but to no avail, still no response from them....

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The gift of sight. My brother's girlfriend has her eyesight back for Christmas.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 22 Dec 09

She had operations on both eyes for cateracts. One eye was better for Thanksgiving and now the other one is well for Christmas. She had given me all her books because she couldn't see to read any more. So now I'm going to give...

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If you're told you could be completely blind by morning, what would you do?

suesan35 @suesan35 (478) • Sri Lanka 27 Aug 09

I have glucoma and I have to get my eyes tested for pressure every month. There are drops I use and which keeps on changing from the not so costly to extremely costly, depending on the progress of the treatment. For those not...

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Glaucoma treatment

thebeaddoodler @thebeaddoodler (4262) • Lubbock, Texas 29 May 08

I had an optometrist appointment today. Two weeks ago he determined that I had a tiny cataract on my left eye, but wanted to do some more tests before sending me to a surgeon. Today's test showed glaucoma in my left eye in...

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