Upcoming appointment.

[BrightandBreezy]

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing OK and coming on here has kept me sane, to a degree. My last appointment was on Dec 17th last year but I had a few complications over the years, enopthalmitis infection, being one of them, I didn't know how serious it was until I looked it up when I was out of hospital. My glaucoma started 2007, I'm now 61, have had 2 trabs, 1 revision which kept leaking ect, 2 cataract surgeries, I am now in the advanced stages of glaucoma and I need YAG on both eyes, due to cataract membrane growing back over, I'm so anxious, because my right eye is becoming a problem with the YAG and blurriness, my next appointment to see my opthalmologist is on the 4th March, I really need to ask if they are going to fix the YAG in both eyes as they are both deteriorationg, I'm catastrophising so badly over it, as I'm thinking, 'she's going to say 'NO' due to the enopthalmitis infection in Aug 2022, plus I have thin walled blebs from my trab surgery, I have written here before about it, but the closer the appointment is getting, I'm all in a panic, crying and fearing the worst, I have a lovely good friend, my pastor from church who has offered to come with me, which I am so grateful for, it's hard for my husband to accompany me as parking is sooo bad, so he has to go off shopping or street hopping until I'm ready, both my trabs failed due to scarring and my young age when I had them, which is your body trying ro heal what's a foreign body, I'm really not looking forward to this appointment and I've always gone in on my own, which I wad ok with, my glaucoma is progressing, I'm diligent with eye cleaning routine morning and evening and am back on Ganfort in the morning and Dorzolomide 2 x daily because of the failed trabs,which I time on my phone, morning and evening(12 hours apart).Not really sure, what I'm asking for, I feel scared and confused, but thankfully I have a strong faith and a big God all around us, I hate Glaucoma, I really do, I need to be honest, my older brother and sister has it and my brother is partially sighted now, due to glaucoma, that makes me feel sad. I'm praying for every single person here, God bless you All💞🙏✨️

[Longwalks3]

I know how you feel BrightandBreezy. I'm so glad you have the support of your pastor. I will pray for a good outcome for you.

[Sorshup]

You and I share a similar history (though not the endophthalmitis!) and the apprehension about the future with no chance of losing this condition. With a degree of physical delicacy and vulnerability about your eyes I am careful to be over-reassuring, but YAG laser is minimally traumatic abd dealt with very quickly . On my last occasion I paused for a quick breakfast at the hospital canteen, following the procedure, and observed my sight improve by the second fried egg ! So I would be surprised if your consultant counsells against the YAG; good luck.