Community stories

At 41, Tony Bourke realised his eyesight was deteriorating, and despite being aware of his family history of glaucoma, he was in disbelief at the diagnosis...

After a scheduled yearly eye exam, I was shocked to hear that my eye pressure was 36 mmHg...

I am still managing to live at home with my husband and I will turn 90 this year. I am grateful for the fact that I can still read from a Kindle and watch television...

After I explained to the optometrist that I had been seeing halos around street lights at night, and dark spots in the centre of my vision intermittently, they decided to test my pressures...

'So here we are again, in the race to stop vision loss. The eye redness, the light sensitivity, the rubbing, the pain induced cry, the poor sleeps and hazy eyes...'

In October, 1999, when I visited an optician he recommended for me to go to a specialist. He said that I had glaucoma and would need treatment and daily use of eye drops...

I was first diagnosed when I had cataracts removed (both eyes) in 2000. I had an allergic reaction to the drops prescribed by my ophthalmologist...

I continue to have 6 monthly checks, and so far am not too impacted with vision problems. My family are aware of the hereditary “trait”...

It’s very different to go from reading about the disease in a textbook, to seeing how it changes people’s lives.