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Since being diagnosed with glaucoma, I have been using several types of eye drops for 42 years.
I have also had two lots of laser surgery, but everything is still quite blurry. Vision in my left eye is however a bit better.
Luckily, I can still drive and watch TV. I dread going completely blind, as my case is quite severe. I would rather lose a leg or an arm than go blind.
Hopefully they will come up with a solution one day for blindness.
Hopefully they will come up with a solution one day for blindness.Lesley
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.