Glaucoma
Have glaucoma and was told by my doctor I may have to have an operation sometime in the future. Has anyone had an operation for glaucoma and has it stabilised your pressures?
Wish I knew that when I bought mine. Got myself an Omron 1A2. Just thought I would mention to anyone interested, was given a book recently called
"Glaucoma Patient to Patient by Edith Marks". Tells everything the doctor hasn't got time to.
Ray,
Yeah Docs ain't prone to tell you too much.
Mebbe they just don't know or haven't yet had a chance to Google your symptoms.
Take it easy.
SD
Shaggy Dog, good luck for tomorrow,hope all goes well
Ray
Thanks Ray.
Away about 0900, no rush they inform me whilst my appt is nominally 1730 hrs expect a wait of up to 2 hours. Albany is 480 K from here so with stops it will be close enough to a 6 hour run. Plus I want to take a noon sun shot with a sextant which will break the trip a bit. Celestial nav is an interest of mine.
Already booked into a motel so I will kick back there for an hour or three. Home Friday.
The PATS scheme pays $150 for fuel and $60 toward accomodation so it will be pretty much break even from a cost point of view.
Good road and farm country most of the way, it should have greened up by now. Not a lot of traffic. It is Hwy 1 actually.
The Noisy Scrub Bird will stay at home with the dawgs.
Suns out here, nice to see after a few days of gloom.
Take it easy.
SD
SD Hope all goes well for you today, just remove the parrot off your shoulder, before seeing the Doc.
Seth,
Tomorra be the day and Oi thank thee kindly for the good wishes.
Yeah getting all the cocky crap and birdseed off me poirots coat will be the issue. Ya have to check ya cutlass, wooden leg and eye patch in with the resepshun wench afore boarding the vessel I am told.
Not too sure about being tied in a chair whoilst some made bugger waves a sword around in from of me dial. A good shot of Nelsons blood taken afore time should carm me down some.
The parrot I will cook on the way home. Stick the bugger in a pot with a big river stone. Boil until the stone is soft. Throw de parrot away and eat the stone is the message . It be the tastier and easier to eat of the two.
Take it easy.
SD
SD That's great... just to see you are thinking ,and preparing to, at last, clean all that cocky poo off your jacket, before devouring it, the cocky I mean....
SD
Wishing you all the best for tomorrow
Wishing you all the best for tomorrow
All the best for your op Shaggy. Glad your eye problem is getting fixed at last.
Good Luck Shaggers ....
Thanks folks.
Away in an hour or so, still dark and there are a few skippies about and no roo bar on the car. Daylight driving for me, too many altercations with roos over the years.
Twisted a bloody knee yesterday so a couple of days sitting with a car strapped to my bum most of the time will be a good thing.
Catcha in a day or so.
Take it easy.
SD
A long haul ahead hope all goes well, travel well and return to NSB all fixed up.
Always moaning SD... it's not everyone lucky enough to get a needle in the eye.. Forget the car, just look forward to an exhilarating day.
I see through plastic lens in both eyes and have almost perfect sight.
I don't need specs to drive only to read.
The Doc told me that my blood pressure was up.
I replied that sitting fuming about the waste of time in your waiting room always works to get a good reading however I;m staving now so my blood sugar is low.
"white coat" blood pressure is a common thing. The blood pressure of many people is elevated when visiting the doctor.
This is an excellent forum for anyone who wants to discuss their eye problems:
http://198.170.234.66/discus/messages/39/39.html
Have used it myself..
Thanks for the link
Will definitely read later :)
Thought they had eye drops that control internal eye pressure.
There are Abby, several types. I take one called Lumigan, some people have to administer three..
Some interesting results from recent studies to come out of Australia look very promising. The first study identified three genes as having a significant association with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the most common form of glaucoma and one of the top causes of blindness worldwide.
A second study, identified new genetic variations that can influence susceptibility to glaucoma in individuals of multiple ancestry.
The final study, this one conducted in China and unique for being the first large-scale study of POAG in an Asian population, associated the variants near two genes with a risk of glaucoma in people from China and Singapore.
Read full article here: http://www.brightfocus.org/glaucoma/article/newly-discovered-genetic-findings-give-glaucoma-researchers-hope
If you have private health cover and depending on your Extras you may get (as I did) the full cost of your BPMachine back.
All you need is a typed receipt from the place where you purchased and also a letter from your Doctor to say you need it. Just present both to your health fund. I am with Medibank.
My doctor did not recommend I have one but was quite happy to write the letter for me anyhow.