glaucoma
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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