I had any eye appt today and had my eyes dilated around 10:00 am. I measured my pressures a few times with my AT555 before the appt and they were approx 13pt in each eye. My doc also measured them at 13 and 15 before dilation. About 2 hours had ellapsed since dilation till I arrived home and so I measured them and got the following readings..

11:51

R- 20, {13}, 19    [17.3]

L-  {38}, 27, 29    [31.3]

11:54

R- 21, {29}, 22   [24]

L- 30, 32, 31      [31]

1:00 pm

R- 16, 18, 17    [17]

L- {22}, 30, 31  [27.7]

My wife lost sight in her right eye 6 years ago due to post operative glaucoma following macular hole surgery. She has now developed a macular hole in the left eye and will have to ungergo the same surgery. We want to do everything possible to make the same outcome less likely.

Has anyone who practices self tonometry noted what the effects of higher levels of salt or sugar on IOP are? Of course, these substances are not good for overall health in the long run, but I have not noted any effect on more short term IOP (though I haven't been scrupulous about the results yet). I actually read the other day that there is less prevalence of glaucoma in diabetes (which surprises me and i need to relocate the article to verify that I read this correctly).

Our member's account on how regular intake of cod liver oil helps him keep his eyes moist after Lumigan drops.

I saw this post on another  forum and will research if it's true or not. Any information would be appreciated.

Why is Travatan Z better than Xalatan?

This aticle really freaked me out!  One thing is ophtalmologists have no clue of which eye drops should work for you.  It seems that they never read research reports like we do. 

-Agnes

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2267728&blobtype=pdf

or see attached full text PDF article.

 Pets and glaucoma

My son recently asked me to cat sit for his three felines.  I discovered that every time I sat down for my relaxation practice, one of the cats immediately sat on my lap.  My son points out that his cats always sense and are attracted to the peace of his Yoga and meditation practice. Has anyone seen a correlation between their “pet love” and lower IOP?  

 I read with interest the entries on Xalatan and the advantages of shifting these drops to 3:00pm to address increased IOP in the early hours of the morning.  Has anyone examined how long it takes Azopt and/or Betoptic to take effect and the duration of this effect?

 Occasionally, a concerned spouse seeks advice via FitEyes for a loved one who is facing glaucoma.  Praise be to spouses, family and friends who embrace the glaucoma patient with concern and support.  Because the disease is so invisible and protracted, many of us have been able to make small life style adjustments over the years to compensate for our gradual vision loss.  But for those of us with advancing loss of sight, the impact of this progression can lead to frequent trips,

Allergan's Latisse is a repackaged version of its Lumigan glaucoma drug. Many of us taking glaucoma eye drops would love to be able to stop using them due to the side effects. I find it disturbing that Allergan hopes to earn $500 million per year in revenue from selling this glaucoma drug as a means to lengthen eye lashes for cosmetic purposes. Sure, there are some individuals who have a genuine need for such a medication, but in order to reach their $500 million sales target, Allergan is going to have to sell a lot of this drug to average people without a genuine medicine need for it.

Ayurveda, India’s traditional 'science of life,' has the remedy for swine flu in the form of the basil leaves commonly known as Tulsi.

Tulsi is well known in India for its remarkable healing properties. But the anti-flu property of Tulsi has been discovered by medical experts across the world quite recently. Tulsi improves your body's overall defense mechanism, including its ability to fight viral diseases.
Apart from acting as a preventive medicine, Tulsi can also help a patient recover faster

Hi, Dave. Self-tonometry can be understood in 2 ways:

ABSTRACT

Travatan Z makes my vision so cloudy that I can hardly see.   Cloudy is not really the word for it:  it's more like the kind of vision you'd get from a combination of cataracts and a migraine headache.. What experience have others had with it?

JudyPat

http://vimeo.com/6427490

also at http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=43490

I am not sure how one can establish a "true" baseline if our state of consciousness gets in the way of our IOP measurements every minutes of the day.