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Because mum wore glasses, she had my eyes tested when I was in primary school. I needed glasses then for short-sightedness and astigmatism. I only ever used my glasses occasionally.
Towards the end of her life – she died at 90 years old - my mother had glaucoma. We were told to get checked, my sister, my brother and myself, because there was a higher risk of us getting glaucoma.
When I went to get a new prescription for glasses, the optometrist detected the glaucoma and referred me to an eye clinic and the doctor I saw tried laser first.
Now I have been putting one drop into both eyes each night, and that has kept my pressure okay. I am so glad that my glaucoma was detected early!!
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I am so glad that my glaucoma was detected early!!Elaine
Living in York Peninsula community two hour's drive from Adelaide and with no optometrist in her local community, Debra booked an appointment as soon as she could. That’s when she received her life changing diagnosis.
When Bette Smith’s cousin told her they had glaucoma in the family, she did what all Australians should be doing, she got her eyes checked.
My mother was diagnosed with glaucoma when she was about seventy, so I was closely monitored. When there were indicators that I could be following the same path, I was referred to a glaucoma specialist.