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In my case Glaucoma was hereditary. My mother had it, her mother had it and so did my great-grandmother. I don’t really remember how I felt when I was diagnosed but I do wish that I had picked it up earlier.
I didn’t have a lack of vision or a loss of vision that I noticed anyway just wateriness in my eyes. These days I don’t miss my drops, I don’t miss my appointments, I don’t miss my field tests which I have every 6 months. It takes less than a minute and is easy to manage.
Optometrists, their equipment and the images they can take of your optic nerve is pretty amazing. I don’t feel like it costs very much money to see an optometrist and the testing and equipment is far more superior these days. I think it is a wise investment to protect your eyes and vision.
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.