Wellness

[elizabethl123]

I HAVE IT  SO EACH MORNING AND NIGHT I PUT A DROP IN EACH EYE .  TO MAKE IT EASY FOR ME I KEEP THE MED UNDER MY PILLOW SO EACH NIGHT AND MORNING I USE IT  BETTER THAN GETTING UP TO GET IT IN THE MEDICINE CABINET    

[Ruby Laine]

I hope your drops are helping. I have a friend who’s had good results with hers, and her glaucoma hasn’t gotten any worse for quite a while. 

It’s good to see you posting.  Maybe I just haven’t seen your posts, but I’m glad you’re checking in. 

[webbgarner1]

Good suggestion, I also use glaucomo drops am and pm. Thanks for  sharing !

[elizabethl123]

IM DOING GREAT THANKS THE PRESSURE IS STAYING THE SAME I GO EVERY 6 MONTHS FOR A CHECK UP    ALSO I HAD CATARACT  SURGEY OVER 40 YEARS AGO  IM 88 SO I WEAR CONTACS   TODAY THEY PUT THEM IN DOING GREAT WITH THEM   I GET THEM FREE  .YOUR EYE SIGHT IS SO IMPORTANT      BLESS YOU

[Mmsfoxxie]

I am so blessed.  My mother was legally blind from glaucoma when she died.  So was her sister and mother.  I'm blessed because knowing my family history of it, I started getting yearly exams early with an ophthalmologist. 

In the year 2010, the same year that my mother died, I was diagnosed with it but I can't even tell.  It's in the very early stage.  My visual fields tests are good.  I use one drop in each eye nightly.  It burns, too.  My mother used four different drops, some twice a day, some three times a day.

But @elizabethl123, I'm surprised that you can put your drops in without being in front of a mirror.  I guess I'm clumsy, lol.

[elizabethl123]

i lsy flat in bed  pull my lower lid down put in the drop   easy

[heyslick57]

I also have Glaucoma. I just found out i have sleep apena, and going untreated for sleep apena may have caused my Glaucoma, so you may want to check that out.

[Wheatchick1]

I was originally diagnosed 33 years ago with primary open angle. I have used various eye drops over the years.  I currently take one drop of Brimonidine in the morning with 250 mg of Diamox. At night I take one drop of Brimonidine, one drop of Latanaprost and another 250 mg of Diamox. 

I have to see my ophthalmologist every 4 months, but we have been able to maintain the pressure in each eye to about 11 so he is pretty happy.  I hate my annual visual field test the most.  

When  my husband died I went about 5 years without my meds which as you all know can be expensive. During my period of neglect my left optic nerve became somewhat damaged and I have lost some of the vision in my left eye.  Now I know better.

[Mmsfoxxie]

@Wheatchick1, I'm sorry you went through such a bad time and not able to buy your meds.  Unfortunately, I think that expense is going to get worse again, insurance or not.

I take Latanaprost once in each eye every night.  And it stings!  Prior to this year, I was seeing my ophthalmologist every 3 months but starting this year it's every 6 months.  I don't remember my pressure number on my last visit but it had went down from the 14 or 15 that it normally was.

[cherry]

I just read a report suggesting a cup of tea everyday is good for warding off glaucoma