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Hi Dave,

I've had glaucoma since my early twenties, 41 now. Thanks for your website, to say it has been helpful is an understatement.

I wanted to bring your attention to some glaucoma news I found while googling, I dont think it is already covered in the news section. Its on experimental eye drops containing NGF's (nerve growth factor) which work a bit like stemcells if i understand it correctly. In the small scale experiment lost vision has been (partially )recovered. It sure sounds like a miracle cure.

Hello - I feel as though I have been tossed in the middle of the ocean and been told I better learn to swim! I've been a glaucoma suspect for 15 or 20 years. I'm now a "strong" suspect and have some damage in both eyes. My pressure is now 21 and 22. From what the doctor has said, I won't be surprised if he puts me on drops next time.

I'm now going in for pressure readings every 3 months.

My eye doctor yesterday recommended drops because my eye pressure was at 23 mmHg. He said it was really 25 if you figure in central corneal thickness (CCT).

I recently had an SLT procedure. Prior to having the procedure, I did a great deal of research. One of the things I read was that you feel little to no discomfort during the procedure. Mt doctor confirmed this. During the procedure, I had pain, not at first but by the midpoint of the procedure. By the end of the procedure I could not have taken much more. It shocked me because I have a high threshold for pain.

About 10 years ago I've visited my ophthalmologist for the first time when I suffered from herpes zoster (also known as zona) in the facial area, close to my right eye. It was then, for the first time in my life, my eye pressure was measured. She noticed an elevated eye pressure and asked me whether I had family members suffering from glaucoma (I dont have any btw). We didn't pay much of attention to the IOP at that time as the primary reason for visiting the ophthalmologist was to treat the herpes zoster infection in order to protect the right eye.

As a user of tonometry are you aware of your IOP before you do the tonometer. That is, can you feel what your IOP is likely to be before you check the pressure based on your activity before checking or your mood or emotional state?

I ask this since some people have said that they sense when their IOP is higher than usual ie., they feel the pressure. Do you feel or sense the pressure and if so has the tonometer coincided with what you think your IOP might be?

Thanks

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I have no doubt the the condition of the liver influences our vision. I think subtle (subclinical) liver issues, such as those picked up by Ayurvedic or TCM pulse diagnosis, can manifest as vision problems.

How well would the various self tonometry machines being discussed on this site be useable by someone with nystagmus?  I'm not sure how to characterize severity; the doctors can take readings with the Goldmann tonometer but it sometimes takes them more than one try.

I have had my tonometer for almost 6 months.  It has answered a multitude of questions about how my daily routine affects my health.  I didn't know, for example, that just taking a walk outside for a half hour or so would reduce my eye pressure, sometimes by as much as 50%.  I also didn't know that I wasn't one of the people whose pressures are higher at night--in fact my lowest pressures are at night.  (That was good news.  I was tired of sleeping with my head elevated).  

I have found no supplements that had any effect on lowering my IOP, but I have found that some supplements will raise my IOP quite significantly.  I know that out of control thoughts and periods of stress significantly raise my IOP in spite of the two drops I am using or any other healthy lifestyle choices I am making. 

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Dave,  are you going to share with us your new info. on how you've lowered your IOP.  You mentioned earlier good results with Serene Impulse and some other things like DHA, cod liver oil, liver cleanse, etc.  Just wanted to see if you were ready to share.

In 1995, I wrote my master's thesis in the field of millimeter-wave effects on the humans.

About me:  http://www.cemmed.edu.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63...

Today, the most modern equipment in the world (2009) in this field, saved my eye !!!  Now, I am preparing a scientific article on this method, a scientific conference in the fall. 

Dr. Amy Hennessy of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore stated "Getting eyedrops into the eye is not the same as asking a patient to swallow a pill, or use a skin cream. It's easier said than done."

Consider 64% of glaucoma patients state they follow physcian's instructions "Extremely closely". Yet :

Dr. Kondrot,

Where can I purchase the "green spectacles" worn by the subjects in your experiements?  How long does one have to wear them during the day to get the IOP lowering benefits?  Is it best to wear them several times per day?

Thank you for your time,

Jill

Can you wear glasses if your optic nerve is damaged?

My cataract surgery is scheduled for November. After doing much research online, I decided not to have the cataract surgery at the same time as glaucoma surgery.  And I chose the doctor in my University ophthalmology department who performs the most cataract surgeries. I will see her in October and will discuss IOL choices with her.  I prefer to do monovision (near vision in one eye and far vision in the other) with monofocal aspheric lenses.

I want to share recent developments on my side. It looks like finally I have made a change to my IOP. It is quite comforting because most of the things that I have been doing aimed at chelation and improving detoxification pathways (sulfuration and methylation) were initially at least contributing to a higher IOP.

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.

Hi All,

Thank you for enrolling me as a member of FitEyes. My eye pressure was 18/19 during 2008. Doctor said not necessary to apply drops but to be careful with my diabetic. But presently my eye pressure stands at 21/22. This happened as I travel in a coach in the whole night where there was a television playing movie inside a bus. When I reached the destination I found my vision was not alright. So be carefull watching tv in a moving vehicle.

Good luck

Kunchu

Curcumin has been implicated in the treatment of certain eye diseases and conditions, including chronic anterior uveitis, an inflammatory condition of the vascular layer, particularly the iris. Read about a study that suggests that curcumin may be an effective therapeutic for a variety of inflammatory eye conditions.

hi ive been experiencing about 4 weeks now a stretching of light when i look at sources of light say from the tv or at a window, the light seems to stretch from the edge of the frame of the window and tv but also when i look at lights such as from the ceiling and lamp posts, I notice the light stretching like a strand of the light has come from it, still attached but leaving from the source.  my eyes appear fine when i dont blink when looking at areas of light and when im in surroundings that is lit but not looking at a direct source of the light.  i know in some cases our minds can play tr