Thomas Hirsz's blog

Hello Everyone,

This is what I have discovered since applying self-tonomtery.

Hello fellow research members,

  In an effort to fill the need for a tonometer stand which will hold our tonometers in a tilted posion at the edge of our beds I have come up with this design. David has been very helpful in explaining how this device would need to function for full effectiveness. 

My elevated intraocular pressure in the evening seems to decrease when I lie down and read. However this could be due to other factors such as the eye drops kicking in. How would I go about testing this further?

I am new to FitEyes and am in the process of acquiring a tonometer for self use. Let me say that I am amazed that this site exists and I consider it a miracle. In my 14 years of treatment I have had the sad experience of feeling helpless while my eye doctor prescribed drops with awful side effects and then send me away for 6 months between visits. I knew my eye pressure must be higher than during eye exams because the vision kept worsening. This was realized on my own without aknowledgement from the optham.