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Over the last several years, original research conducted by FitEyes.com has supported the observation that our internal state (which largely consists of our thoughts and emotions) is fundamentally related to the health of our eyes. Our physical health and our state of consciousness are intimately related...
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If you allow yourself to see things through the eyes of another, you will be rewarded by better sight . Just in case that statement sounds a little too quixotic, let me frame this in terms of intraocular pressure and glaucoma and tell you what myself and others are finding by carefully measuring our...
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How many of you are watching Oprah Winfrey's webcasts with Echkart Tolle: A New Earth Web Event ? I suggest it is worth watching. There is more to the connection between this topic and our visual health than one might realize at first glance. The current discussion is about the ego's role in our health...
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I am loving what glaucoma does for me on a daily basis. I have changed oh so much. I am a different person now -- and much healthier than ever. How did this happen? When I walked in to my ophthalmologist's office for the first time, he found that the intraocular pressure in my right eye was 48 mmHg....
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Two nights ago my wife and I watched a movie on DVD called "I Am David." The movie has an overall customer review rating of about 4.5 stars out of 5 on Amazon -- but more importantly, it was highly recommended by the Spiritual Cinema Circle. My wife and I have decided to watch only uplifting or positive...
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As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I've found a definite eye pressure-emotions correlation in my own experience. That's what I'll be sharing in this entry: After my diagnosis on the basis of eye pressures of 28 and 29, I started a regimen of two different eyedrops, each used twice a day. Over the...
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Greetings to everyone at the end of this lovely autumn day ~ I've documented much of my 30 years with ocular hypertension and will be sharing this information and my experiences in this blog. My name is Nancy and I was diagnosed with ocular hypertension 30 years ago. At that time, actually, elevated...
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Nearly four weeks ago I wrote the blog post about my intraocular pressure reaching a record low of 6.7 mmHg as measured by the Reichert Ocular Response Analyzer. After that post, I had one measurement that was even lower - 6.5 mmHg. It seemed like week after week and day after day my intraocular pressure...
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It is time to start Chapter Two of my blog. I believe there will be many more chapters. However, it feels like Chapter One has come to a close. Chapter One of my personal blog started with the idea that I would report my observations on the role of nutritional factors and activities on my own intraocular...
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Paresh posted an excellent message about dealing with glaucoma in the FitEyes.com forums. He asked seven great questions. I decided to do my best to respond to each question. I'm going to take them one at a time. Paresh's first question was , "what we can do in daily life to limit further damage to eyes...
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I haven't blogged much about my daily eye pressure records lately. However, I am continuing to collect data and work with my medical team. As of right now we have recorded 16,785 intraocular pressure measurements over 205 days. In the last 47 days my eye pressure has consistently been under 15 during...
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This is my plan for overcoming glaucoma: embrace, evolve and exceed . I had to start embracing my glaucoma because to do otherwise implied aversion. Aversion is defined as "antipathy: a feeling of intense dislike." Obviously, we resist that which we dislike. And that which we resist persists - this is...
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In my first true 24-hour eye pressure monitoring period, where supine eye pressure measurements were taken, I found out that my eye pressure is much higher at night than expected. I also found out that my blood pressure is much lower. That's a bad combination of pressures for the health of the optic...
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Dave
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01-30-2007
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Filed under: Eye Pressure, Xalatan, Timoptic, lifestyle, Emotions, Glaucoma, sleep, oral care, optic nerve, postural changes, stress
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A little more than 60 days ago, I wrote a blog post and asked, " Does Stress Increase My Eye Pressure? " At that time I looked back and noted that my intraocular pressure had increased as my business situation had gotten more stressful. Since then, we have collected a lot more data. I think it will prove...
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Today was not a typical day! For one thing, we took 200 IOP measurements today! For another thing, my IOP values were not well controlled. It was like my emotions were directly connected to my IOP today, and my emotions were varied. Consequently, today's data shows a large range from the maximum value...