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Tonight's digital glaucoma support group on "Hot Topics" has been postponed

Hello everyone. Unfortunately tonight's digital glaucoma support group (DGSG) on "Hot Topics" has been postponed due to staff illness. We will share the...

Hello everyone. Unfortunately tonight's digital glaucoma support group (DGSG) o...

Joanna_GlaucomaUK

Administrator•2 years ago

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Terrified of surgery - Update!

Just to update anyone who may have seen my earlier posts regarding my up and coming microshunt surgery. I am now in week two of recovery. The operation went...

Just to update anyone who may have seen my earlier posts regarding my up and com...

Toby_from_London

•2 years ago

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Field test delays / staffing.

Can nurses be trained to operate the field test machine... There seems to be a shortage of technicians rather than consultants!

Can nurses be trained to operate the field test machine... There seems to be a s...

312Z

•2 years ago

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Some help needed.

Hey all. Just joined. Am 44 and been diagnosed with glaucoma after a steroid reaction after a vitrectomy and the pressure in my left eye going to 55!! The...

Hey all. Just joined. Am 44 and been diagnosed with glaucoma after a steroid rea...

Oneurope

•2 years ago

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Waiting Lists for NHS hospital care

There is a website which is updated weekly with information about the approximent NHS waiting times around the country. If you google ...My planned care NHS,...

There is a website which is updated weekly with information about the approximen...

muddledme

•2 years ago

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Help

Does anybody have any advice, feel very anxious about my eyes, especially my right one which has started to deteriorate due to high pressure.

Does anybody have any advice, feel very anxious about my eyes, especially my rig...

Radio_Head77

•2 years ago

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Trabeculectomy recovery

Hello everyone I'm now nearly 8 weeks post op from a combined lens extraction and trabeculectomy in my right eye. Recovery has been... a process but so far...

Hello everyone I'm now nearly 8 weeks post op from a combined lens extraction a...

LyndseyMoo

•3 years ago

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Todays Webinar .

Another very comprehensive and excellent Glaucoma UK webinar. Very clear summaries of treatments incuding drops, laser surgery, trab and M.I.G.s surgery, with...

Another very comprehensive and excellent Glaucoma UK webinar. Very clear summari...

muddledme

•3 years ago

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Update on cancelled surgery

Thank you to everybody who sent their best wishes, advise and shared their stories. I determined to face whatever this condition threw at me positively when I...

Thank you to everybody who sent their best wishes, advise and shared their stori...

Efabear

•3 years ago

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Publicity for Glaucoma

A local BBC T.V programme called Points West is interested in a case study of a patient with Glaucoma. They want someone in the area covered (Somerset,...

A local BBC T.V programme called Points West is interested in a case study of a...

muddledme

•3 years ago

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Cancelled surgery

I've just found out they have cancelled my planned surgery for the second time. This time not even bothering to give me an alternative date I have angle...

I've just found out they have cancelled my planned surgery for the second time. ...

Efabear

•3 years ago

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Hair loss & Cosopt?

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has experienced hair loss taking Cosopt? My hair starting shedding out of no where after a number of months on...

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has experienced hair loss taking Cosopt?...

culleys

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Transitions Xtractive Polarised

Hi, does anyone have Transtions lenses maybe? Are they helpful? I'm very light sensitive because of glaucoma. I will ask my eye doctor today about that but I...

Hi, does anyone have Transtions lenses maybe? Are they helpful? I'm very light s...

Sabina666

•3 years ago

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Changes

Hi peeps.. I have been using Brinzolomide & Monopost for over a year now. My left eye has some slight vision issues. My last appointment with the consultant in...

Hi peeps.. I have been using Brinzolomide & Monopost for over a year now. My lef...

Bazzer65

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Nicotinamide Treatment

A month ago some of you (and me) started to take nicotinamide mononucleotide to halt glaucoma progression and maybe improve vision, as was reported in a trial...

A month ago some of you (and me) started to take nicotinamide mononucleotide to ...

blackdog76

•3 years ago

22 Replies

DVLA Notification Requirements

my consultant optimist has stated i have suspect glue coma and my binocular field vision has borderline failure and that means i have to inform the DVLA. Is...

my consultant optimist has stated i have suspect glue coma and my binocular fiel...

willwelcome

•3 years ago

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Post Surgery

Posted for the first time over a month ago and recently had trab surgery on my left eye Tues 26th. Surgery was not the most pleasant of experiences but...

Posted for the first time over a month ago and recently had trab surgery on my l...

Cendeck

•3 years ago

4 Replies

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All posts for May 2022

Tonight's digital glaucoma support group on "Hot Topics" has been postponed

Terrified of surgery - Update!

Field test delays / staffing.

Some help needed.

Waiting Lists for NHS hospital care

Help

Trabeculectomy recovery

Todays Webinar .

Update on cancelled surgery

Publicity for Glaucoma

Cancelled surgery

Hair loss & Cosopt?

Transitions Xtractive Polarised

Changes

Nicotinamide Treatment

DVLA Notification Requirements

Post Surgery

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