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Thanks and a few questions Part II-- Latanoprost doesn't seems to be working

Thanks for your comments, everybody. "No one moves this world leaving no trace'', that is true, with a caveat. I remember my favorite sequence in "It's a...

Thanks for your comments, everybody. "No one moves this world leaving no trace'...

charles555

•2 years ago

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Feeling despondent - cataract surgery after trab

My partner developed steroid-induced glaucoma (another and long story) in his left eye and had trab surgery last December. He also developed a cataract while...

My partner developed steroid-induced glaucoma (another and long story) in his le...

Calam1ty

•2 years ago

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Loose suture 7 months after eye surgery

Following implantation of a Preserflo micro shunt in my Left eye last March the eye has not been any trouble. Three weeks ago I began having dry eye symptoms...

Following implantation of a Preserflo micro shunt in my Left eye last March the ...

muddledme

•2 years ago

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No help from private health insurers

My insurer tells me they do not cover glaucoma as it is a chronic condition. Since the NHS are unable to maintain regular check ups and I have ben told I...

My insurer tells me they do not cover glaucoma as it is a chronic condition. S...

squirrel70

•2 years ago

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Glasses and DVLA Visual Field Test

Hi, sorry to be a pain as I know the dreaded VFT have been on here a lot lately and I have really learnt a lot from reading them. However, I just have a quick...

Hi, sorry to be a pain as I know the dreaded VFT have been on here a lot lately ...

Spanieldoglover

•2 years ago

36 Replies

Any advice on the process of appealing the DVLA decision?

Can anyone share their successful experience of getting t heir licence back following an unsuccessful binocular field vision test at SPECSAVERS? The letter...

Can anyone share their successful experience of getting t heir licence back foll...

Hidden

•2 years ago

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Bleb massage

After moving to South Wales, from Birmingham, and obviously changing GP and getting myself registered as a Glaucoma patient with the latest cal health...

After moving to South Wales, from Birmingham, and obviously changing GP and gett...

Chopper01

•2 years ago

9 Replies

Update on pressures

Hi just to let everyone know how I got on at hospital review. Good and bad news really, pressures down 1 point in one eye and down 6 in the other. They are now...

Hi just to let everyone know how I got on at hospital review. Good and bad news ...

callie77

•2 years ago

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The dreaded Visual Fields Test.

I'm always a bit anxious when going to the Opthalmology department for check ups, etc, but the one I always dread is the Visual Fields Test. It's worse now I...

I'm always a bit anxious when going to the Opthalmology department for check ups...

Chopper01

•2 years ago

57 Replies

Thank you and a couple of questions

Dear fellow suffers, if I may call you that. Thank you all of you for giving me your thoughts on my previous post. To add to the person who quoted...

Dear fellow suffers, if I may call you that. Thank you all of you for giving me ...

charles555

•2 years ago

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Eye pressure variability.

An interesting piece of recent American research has compared the slightly higher pressures in the colder months compared with warmer months. Also that...

An interesting piece of recent American research has compared the slightly high...

muddledme

•2 years ago

4 Replies

Had enough of this fight!

Had an eye clinic appointment today. Pressure is up to 26 in my right eye so need to have a needling procedure on previous trab. Feel so down and tired of...

Had an eye clinic appointment today. Pressure is up to 26 in my right eye so nee...

Charliecat123

•2 years ago

93 Replies

Antidepressants

Can Antidepressants cause Gluacoma

Hidden

•2 years ago

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Coughing

Ive got a really really bad cough I’ve just looked at Dr Google and it says a cough can increase Eye Pressure by 30/40 percent. This is scary

Ive got a really really bad cough I’ve just looked at Dr Google and it says a co...

Hidden

•2 years ago

19 Replies

Follow up from trab

Hi there, I had my first appointment with the surgeon who did my trab yesterday. The pressure was 12, which is good fo me, and he said everything looked good...

Hi there, I had my first appointment with the surgeon who did my trab yesterday....

Petrolblue

•2 years ago

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Laser Peripheral Iridotomy check-up/follow-up

Checkup/followup for LPI which was done as a preventive measure for narrow angles this week. No signs of angle-closure glaucoma. What can I expect at this...

Checkup/followup for LPI which was done as a preventive measure for narrow angle...

bidman

•2 years ago

4 Replies

Presser flow shunt in place

Hi ,well I live to tell the tale , I had my op last Wednesday I was sooo nervous but had amazing nurses and drs looking after me ! I had a general and 6 hrs in...

Hi ,well I live to tell the tale , I had my op last Wednesday I was sooo nervous...

Ilovecake-

•2 years ago

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So terrified..Help

I was diagnosed with glaucoma in my left eye with pseudo exfoliation in both eyes in July. I was put on Latanoprost, but went I went back to the hospital last...

I was diagnosed with glaucoma in my left eye with pseudo exfoliation in both eye...

Trainer47

•2 years ago

15 Replies

Newly Diagnosed

Hi Everyone Was diagnosed with glaucoma and cataract in right eye at normal 2 year opticians visit and feel I have been thrust into a tumble drier. Don't...

Hi Everyone Was diagnosed with glaucoma and cataract in right eye at normal 2 ye...

cosynook

•2 years ago

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Canaloplasty

It’s now a week since I had my right cataract removed and canaloplasty in that eye. So far so good! The vision in my right eye is now fantastic (because the...

It’s now a week since I had my right cataract removed and canaloplasty in that e...

Longwalks3

•2 years ago

4 Replies

Changing Hospital

Hi to all the lovely people. I'm just about to change the Eye hospital. Currently, I'm at ST Thomas Eye Hospital, changing to Moorfield in ST Georges...

Hi to all the lovely people. I'm just about to change the Eye hospital. Currentl...

Totthi

•2 years ago

4 Replies

Pressure

Hi Everyone has most of you know I do freak over having Gluacoma was just wondering can you feel Eye Pressure or is it most likely Dry Eye. Xx

Hi Everyone has most of you know I do freak over having Gluacoma was just wonder...

Hidden

•2 years ago

42 Replies

Trab went well

I just wanted to share that my trab on Tuesday went very well, despite my fears about having only a local anaesthetic. I got some great support from people on...

I just wanted to share that my trab on Tuesday went very well, despite my fears ...

Petrolblue

•2 years ago

21 Replies

Interesting Webinar Takeaways

I watched a webinar yesterday morning on a site called New Horizons and they shared some hopeful new developments in glaucoma research so I thought I'd share...

I watched a webinar yesterday morning on a site called New Horizons and they sha...

Hidden

•2 years ago

24 Replies

Eye lashes

I too have noticed that my eye lashes have grown significantly since starting to take Ganfort. I wonder if I put a few drops on my follically challenged head...

I too have noticed that my eye lashes have grown significantly since starting to...

HarryKee

•2 years ago

10 Replies

hi im new S L T

hi just been diagnosed with glaucoma just had my first laser treatment on both eyes but was then told it would be split into 2 sessions due to large pigments...

hi just been diagnosed with glaucoma just had my first laser treatment on both e...

springsteen2021

•2 years ago

2 Replies

Aberdonian living in Borders

New to all this but would welcome fellow glaucomers views.

Gardener72

•2 years ago

6 Replies

PEX glaucoma and cataract surgery

I have pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and bilateral cataracts. The ophthalmologist has referred me for cataract surgery in one eye. The other, she says, does not...

I have pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and bilateral cataracts. The ophthalmologist h...

Windflower

•2 years ago

3 Replies

Wet Eyelashes

Just a quick question I put my drops in and hold the corner of my eye for 2 mins like we are meant to do. The one thing that worry’s me is my eyelashes are wet...

Just a quick question I put my drops in and hold the corner of my eye for 2 mins...

Hidden

•2 years ago

31 Replies

Seeing through thick fog after trabulectomy

I had a trabulectomy nearly 3 weeks ago. On the third day after the operation a thick fog came over my eye. I can hardly see out of it at all. A doctor at the...

I had a trabulectomy nearly 3 weeks ago. On the third day after the operation a ...

Astilbe

•2 years ago

8 Replies

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All posts for November 2021

Thanks and a few questions Part II-- Latanoprost doesn't seems to be working

Feeling despondent - cataract surgery after trab

Loose suture 7 months after eye surgery

No help from private health insurers

Glasses and DVLA Visual Field Test

Any advice on the process of appealing the DVLA decision?

Bleb massage

Update on pressures

The dreaded Visual Fields Test.

Thank you and a couple of questions

Eye pressure variability.

Had enough of this fight!

Antidepressants

Coughing

Follow up from trab

Laser Peripheral Iridotomy check-up/follow-up

Presser flow shunt in place

So terrified..Help

Newly Diagnosed

Canaloplasty

Changing Hospital

Pressure

Trab went well

Interesting Webinar Takeaways

Eye lashes

hi im new S L T

Aberdonian living in Borders

PEX glaucoma and cataract surgery

Wet Eyelashes

Seeing through thick fog after trabulectomy

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

Since the beginning of lockdown, has your screen time increased? Including working from home and family/personal time.

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