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Survived! Now fingers crossed snd patience!

Thank you all for your lovely messages. I did settle down and the field test went okay I think. Well that’s what the women at specsavers thought although...

Thank you all for your lovely messages. I did settle down and the field test wen...

•3 years ago

Thank you

Just wanted to say thank you for the support this week. It’s ended well and I am ok. But reading your responses when I felt scared really helped. I really do...

Just wanted to say thank you for the support this week. It’s ended well and I am...

•3 years ago

Review

Hi everyone 👋🏻 I have had my three month post baerveldt implant check. I have been drop free in that eye for just over a week. Pressures currently 18 in...

Hi everyone 👋🏻 I have had my three month post baerveldt implant check. I have...

•3 years ago

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Dysphotopsia Or Posh Bubbles!

Well guys I’m so relieved I do not have a detached retina, back of eyes all good however I have Dysphotopsia! Should clear within six months, caused by...

Well guys I’m so relieved I do not have a detached retina, back of eyes all good...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

Advice needed

Hi everybody I'm needing a bit of advice if possible. I've been on cosopt for a long time. My pressures in June were 26 and 23 so consultant added monoprost....

Hi everybody I'm needing a bit of advice if possible. I've been on cosopt for a...

•3 years ago

Bubble Lady

Hi guys had phone call a couple of hours ago have to go to hospital tomorrow. So pleased some is actually going to look at my eye! Now I can sit back and enjoy...

Hi guys had phone call a couple of hours ago have to go to hospital tomorrow. So...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

I’m forever seeing bubbles 🤣

Well not forever however been in touch with the hospital and awaiting call, nurse said to be prepared to be called in today. My bubbles are like a luminous...

Well not forever however been in touch with the hospital and awaiting call, nurs...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

Seeing bubbles!

Hi everyone as you know I have recently had a cataract operation. My floaters have settled down however I am now experiencing a large bubble which appears to...

Hi everyone as you know I have recently had a cataract operation. My floaters ha...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

Scared and tired

Going back to opticians today as have had red high to right eye in the corner (already had 2 lots of steroids this year) and a couple of ocular headaches as...

Going back to opticians today as have had red high to right eye in the corner (a...

•3 years ago

Think my eyes are rebelling!

Had to phone the emergency on call doctor yesterday morning, my eyes were so sore, red and I felt like I had been crying for days, spoke to Doctor and we think...

Had to phone the emergency on call doctor yesterday morning, my eyes were so sor...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

Feeling fed-up!

Having a problem with my eye drops once again .. They have already been changed once as the double dose of Timol and something else caused bad dry eye so I am...

Having a problem with my eye drops once again .. They have already been changed...

•3 years ago

Scared

Hi whose got open angle and how long have you had it. Do you still drive and have the life you had before diagnosis. I was diagnosed in December last year. So...

Hi whose got open angle and how long have you had it. Do you still drive and hav...

•3 years ago

Eye Makeup

Hi, I saw an earlier post on make-up and just want to ask a question. Is it safe to wear mascara after a cataract operation? Left eye Oct 20, Right eye June...

Hi, I saw an earlier post on make-up and just want to ask a question. Is it safe...

•3 years ago

Iridotomy Update .

Hi All. It went well , though he had some issues with my right eye . I had a bleed , so he had to press on my eyeball that was uncomfortable , most of the zaps...

Hi All. It went well , though he had some issues with my right eye . I had a ble...

•3 years ago

Eye blurry.

Hi everyone. I'm new here. I have been diagnosed glaucoma on my right eye since 2017, I had lost quite an amount of vision. I have discovered a grey shadow on...

Hi everyone. I'm new here. I have been diagnosed glaucoma on my right eye since ...

•3 years ago

Iridotomy today.

Well the time has finally arrived for my iridotomy on both eyes this afternoon . I feel ok about it, a bit nervous obviously , just hoping 🤞🏻I don’t get any...

Well the time has finally arrived for my iridotomy on both eyes this afternoon ....

•3 years ago

Eye makeup

Morning, A silly question, does anyone wear eye makeup, if so what kind or do you leave your eyes alone. I’m due to go to a wedding and I used to wear eye...

Morning, A silly question, does anyone wear eye makeup, if so what kind or do yo...

•3 years ago

Eye irritation after clinic appointment

Good morning all! I recently had a clinic appointment 6 weeks after having an aqueous shunt removed from my right eye (it wouldn’t stop leaking.) Recovery has...

Good morning all! I recently had a clinic appointment 6 weeks after having an aq...

•3 years ago

Happier and worried at the same time

Went for another check-up yesterday regarding eye pressures. They have gone down to 18 in each eye, so I am back to just the Monopost at night now with...

Went for another check-up yesterday regarding eye pressures. They have gone dow...

•3 years ago

Meltdown again. Sorry.

Hi everyone I’m having yet another meltdown about going blind. I’m so sorry for feeling like this.

Hi everyone I’m having yet another meltdown about going blind. I’m so sorry for ...

•3 years ago

Are watery steroid drops less effective?

I just got a new prescription for Pred Forte drops and found this round a lot more watery than usual.

I just got a new prescription for Pred Forte drops and found this round a lot m...

•3 years ago

Not a question, but a long awaited answer!

I want to let you all know that today I received my new driving licence, six months to the day since the previous one expired - see my previous posts about...

I want to let you all know that today I received my new driving licence, six mon...

NorthernDiamond

•3 years ago

Update on hospital visit

After my very traumatic post op telephone call I was right to be seen so it turned out. Possibility of detached retina, need to go back if floaters get worse...

After my very traumatic post op telephone call I was right to be seen so it turn...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

Should my vision be clear by now?

It has been almost 3 months since I had tube shunt surgery and my vision is still blurry. Should I be worried and/or managing my expectations now? I haven't...

It has been almost 3 months since I had tube shunt surgery and my vision is stil...

•3 years ago

Starting again! Why pressure in one eye only?

Hi, I have jumped from my usual Health Unlocked forum for Arrhythmia because today after a routine eye check I have been diagnosed with Glaucoma. I was...

Hi, I have jumped from my usual Health Unlocked forum for Arrhythmia because tod...

•3 years ago

Telephone follow up conversation

I was so upset yesterday after my telephone follow up phone call from the hospital. Basically the person talked at me, saying I was ok, it was like a reading...

I was so upset yesterday after my telephone follow up phone call from the hospit...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

Trabeculectomy panicking

Hi everyone, just got back from seeing consultant and he wants to carry out a trab op. I nearly broke down in front of him. I feel sick with worry and anxiety....

Hi everyone, just got back from seeing consultant and he wants to carry out a tr...

•3 years ago

Needling

Has anyone experience with having their trab needled? I’m having it done in one of my eyes next week. Any positive or negative information will be helpful plus...

Has anyone experience with having their trab needled? I’m having it done in one ...

•3 years ago

Does anyone experience excessive floaters in the eye?

Over the years I have experienced floaters in my eyes of various shapes and sizes. Two weeks ago I had my second cataract operation, over the last few I’m...

Over the years I have experienced floaters in my eyes of various shapes and size...

Sunshine88888888

•3 years ago

DVLA delays

It is now 4 months since I had the glaucoma eye test at Specsavers and I am still waiting to hear from the DVLA. I am continuing to drive despite not having...

It is now 4 months since I had the glaucoma eye test at Specsavers and I am stil...

•3 years ago

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