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About 2006 I had to go to an optometrist because I needed reading glasses. He sent me to an eye doctor (high eye pressure) who found nothing wrong.
About two years later I had to get new reading glasses and I went to the same optometrist. He again referred me to an eye doctor this time to another one. This doctor told me I have glaucoma then I went on to see this doctor a few times every year.
I started to put drops in both eyes and if the pressure went up he changed to new ones. Twice the doctor used laser and after I used to have pain and inflammation. I went to see another eye doctor who sent me to Eye Associates in Sydney. I am still going there and seeing Dr Clement. He also did my cataract operation on both eyes.
I am happy but it's a long train trip from Canberra. I am also a member of Glaucoma Australia.
My father in Switzerland probably had glaucoma I am not 100% sure he had eye problems and died in 1999. My oldest brother also had glaucoma but no one of my other five siblings.
At the moment I use two different drops, one in the morning and the other one morning and evening.
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My father in Switzerland probably had glaucoma I am not 100% sure he had eye problems and died in 1999. My oldest brother also had glaucoma but no one of my other five siblings...Guido
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Suzanne learned she had glaucoma during an eye check-up when she was 65. Now, for the past five years, she has been receiving treatment to protect her eyes from further damage.
Patricia discovered she inherited glaucoma from her father after developing cataracts. She underwent a successful surgery and is now taking eye drops regularly. She now advises others to get tested early.