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Presserflo Performa aquatic shunt procedure

Hi, I’m wondering if you can help. My grandma has glaucoma and her eye surgeons has told her she can have the Preserflo Performa aquatic shunt operation to...

Hi, I’m wondering if you can help. My grandma has glaucoma and her eye surgeons...

•3 years ago

Glaucoma - Intractable eye pain

My daughter Natasha has closed angle glaucoma with apparently Pigmentary Dispersion Syndrome. She has had one operation to reduce the ciliary bodies because...

My daughter Natasha has closed angle glaucoma with apparently Pigmentary Dispers...

•3 years ago

Fear

Why I Fear of going blind with OHT without any damage whenever my visit to the Doctor comes near....I have read a lot about Glaucoma from internet...Can...

Why I Fear of going blind with OHT without any damage whenever my visit to the D...

•3 years ago

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Life Change / Adjustment

Hello to you all. Its been very educational reading this forum. I have learnt a lot. I do not have Glaucoma myself but my husband was diagnosed a few years...

Hello to you all. Its been very educational reading this forum. I have learnt ...

•3 years ago

month of eye drops

Hi everyone, after discovering that I now have irreversible optical nerve damage etc etc and was given eye drops that's lasts a month when you open the bottle...

Hi everyone, after discovering that I now have irreversible optical nerve damage...

•3 years ago

Success with IOPs of 6-8 with a trabeculectomy?

I have have normal tension glaucoma brought about from Lasik surgery which gave me very thin corneas. Though my IOPs range from 10-15, I would need an IOP as...

I have have normal tension glaucoma brought about from Lasik surgery which gave ...

•3 years ago

Dry eye gel for night time

After having had an awful week with my right eye, managed to get an appointment yesterday at the eye clinic, but only with a senior nurse. After lots of tests...

After having had an awful week with my right eye, managed to get an appointment ...

•3 years ago

Worried

Hi everyone it’s me again. Negative Nancy. I went to work today and forgot to take my eye drops in with me. I meant to put them in at 7am every morning. I...

Hi everyone it’s me again. Negative Nancy. I went to work today and forgot to ta...

•3 years ago

Hydrus Microstent & Cataract op

Hi all, I’m 53 and just been for six month check up and pressures have gone up to 22/23 and now have to have a second op on my right eye. I already have an...

Hi all, I’m 53 and just been for six month check up and pressures have gone up t...

•3 years ago

Glaucoma and reading (screens and books) Help!!!

I am 38 years old and I was recently diagnosed with open angle Glaucoma (I already have some vision field lost on my left eye), we had some doubts if it may be...

I am 38 years old and I was recently diagnosed with open angle Glaucoma (I alrea...

•3 years ago

New member

Hello everyone. Helen from the helpline kindly sent me the link to the forum. I have been an ophthalmology outpatient since 2017, but prescribed drops only...

Hello everyone. Helen from the helpline kindly sent me the link to the forum. I ...

•3 years ago

Dry Eye drops

Didn't get much sleep last night due to my right eye burning and water pouring out for quite a while resulting in a wet face! I had a cataract op almost 8...

Didn't get much sleep last night due to my right eye burning and water pouring o...

•3 years ago

Is it safe to fly a month after a shunt operation ?

I’ve had a shunt done a little over a month ago and I want to know whether it’s safe to fly. I hadn’t asked my doctor as it wasn’t relevant back at my last...

I’ve had a shunt done a little over a month ago and I want to know whether it’s ...

•3 years ago

Glaucoma - Foods or supplements with flavonoids Quercetin

We are advised by our specialist's to take drops to reduce the pressure in our eyes however, we have to protect our retinal ganglion cells from dying. Eye...

We are advised by our specialist's to take drops to reduce the pressure in our e...

•3 years ago

Glaucoma Foods To Protect Your Retinal Ganglion Cells & Flavenoids

Hi Beecalmed posted an article regarding protrudin and medical advancements on repairing cells. From that article I found this one here is the link... it is...

Hi Beecalmed posted an article regarding protrudin and medical advancements on r...

•3 years ago

Primary open-angle glaucoma

Hi everyone, I have just joined this group as I have very recently been diagnosed with the above and told I have a left disc haemorrhage. I have been looking...

Hi everyone, I have just joined this group as I have very recently been diagnose...

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•3 years ago

I don’t want to go on

So so scared now. I’m so fed p. I know I’m going to go blind. I had laser on one eye in July and my pressure went down to 19 went to other eye done today and...

So so scared now. I’m so fed p. I know I’m going to go blind. I had laser on one...

•3 years ago

EXERCISE AND OHT

Hello....Can someone please tell me that what is the effect of exercise ( Arm weight lifting with dumbells) yoga sanas in sitting positions and Fast walking on...

Hello....Can someone please tell me that what is the effect of exercise ( Arm we...

•3 years ago

Onward and upward!

Hi everyone thank you so much for your support yet again. My laser for the blurred capsule around my new lens in my left eye was a breeze and so was the biopsy...

Hi everyone thank you so much for your support yet again. My laser for the blurr...

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•3 years ago

VERY WORRYING!

Cannot believe it. But on Monday when I had my cataract op in my left eye, one set of eye drops were not available. Was told they would be delivered on...

Cannot believe it. But on Monday when I had my cataract op in my left eye, one ...

•3 years ago

Walking the dogs

Hi everyone, living 2 minutes away from the countryside were I can walk my dogs is now more enjoyable now considering I now have optical nerve damage and I now...

Hi everyone, living 2 minutes away from the countryside were I can walk my dogs ...

•3 years ago

Brilliant news! My medical licence has been renewed!

Having prepared myself for the worst and a very, very long wait to hear from DVLA what should land in the post this afternoon but my renewed medical driving...

Having prepared myself for the worst and a very, very long wait to hear from DVL...

•3 years ago

Problems requesting Fixapost

Hello, has anyone had problems ordering Fixapost preservative free drops from their GP surgery? My surgery say I have to go back to my Consultant to get them....

Hello, has anyone had problems ordering Fixapost preservative free drops from th...

•3 years ago

irreversible optic nerve damage

Hi everyone, can someone tell me what irreversible optic nerve damage actually really means as that's what the doctor recently said to me and also have both...

Hi everyone, can someone tell me what irreversible optic nerve damage actually r...

•3 years ago

Not able to see the Consultants

Hello all. I know it is sound silly, but I m a bit concern that for quite a long time I have always seen specialist Nurses, not eye Consultants, I m quite...

Hello all. I know it is sound silly, but I m a bit concern that for quite a long...

•3 years ago

FEAR OF DIAGNOSIS

Tomorrow is my OCT RNFL test scheduled due to Steroid induced OHT diagnosis which causes my IOP rises to 24.....And till than I am using timolol once a day so...

Tomorrow is my OCT RNFL test scheduled due to Steroid induced OHT diagnosis whic...

•3 years ago

Hypotony

Has anyone had this after a trab

Has anyone had this after a trab

•3 years ago

Discomfort in eyes

I have chronic glaucoma. Two years ago I had laser treatment; now I have recently started taking Ganfort drops every day. My pressure are pretty good but I...

I have chronic glaucoma. Two years ago I had laser treatment; now I have recentl...

•3 years ago

Open Angle

Hi everyone just always melting down Listen to the zoom from glaucoma uk and that even says 10% of people go blind. I’m so down I don’t want a future. I worry...

Hi everyone just always melting down Listen to the zoom from glaucoma uk and tha...

•3 years ago

Normal tension glaucoma and large optic disc

Hello everyone Sorry in advance for a long post..My story is very complicated. I am very concerned and depressed about the whole situation. I am 32 years old...

Hello everyone Sorry in advance for a long post..My story is very complicated. ...

•3 years ago

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