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When I went for my reading glasses the optometrist sent me to the ophthalmologist, who told me I had Glaucoma and gave me eye drops over the years.
I had different eye specialists because I moved around a bit. I've had laser treatments, different eye operations (cataracts as well) and was already told in 1999 that I had severe Glaucoma.
I use two different eye drops twice a day and one, once a day. I have tunnel vision in my left eye and my right eye is a bit better. My view is a bit hazy and I cannot read from a distance.
I don't drive anyway, got glasses for reading and that's fine. I see my specialist every six months and hope for the best.
I have told my family to have their eyes checked for Glaucoma and so far have been Glaucoma free. I always put my eye drops in regularly.
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When I went for my reading glasses the optometrist sent me to the ophthalmologist, who told me I had Glaucoma...Yvonne
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.