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Hi Dave and others

Can you give your opion on Diaton portable tonometer for home and personal use?

I dont know the cost. But sounds may not be that costly.

Paresh 

I am just recently diagnosed with glaucoma in both my eyes.
Let me give some background. I work for University in US and was visiting India
for routine family visit. Went for routine eye check-up

Hi Dave,

You mention in your blog that you did not undergo SLT surgery. I guess that you did investigate this issue. 

I would like to discuss pros and cons of SLT.

The good things about it as I see them: it can efficiently lower IOP, relatively harmless (compared to ALT and other types of surgeries), one can probably get rid of medications.

Almost every eye specialist you might visit nowadays will confidently answer "of course, not!" Is it so clear? From my personal experience, I learnt that a heavy use of computer (often I spend the whole workday working on the computer) often causes me eye discomfort, pains, and headaches. Therefore, my impression always was that the conventional medicine doesn't have the full answers.

We have a lot of different sections on this website. Some people have told me that it is confusing at first because there is so much here. I want to briefly describe they layout of the website so you can see the big picture. I think this will help everyone navigate around the site without confusion.

Dave hi, thanks for your answers. Another related question: do you know how the Reichert NCT II tonometer compares with Reichert AT 550/555? Is it accurate? Is it appropriate for self-tonometry? Thank you once again.

I would like to know how effficient the following alternative approaches for IOP reduction and glaucoma treatment:
- acupuncture
- chinese herbs
- meditation

Dave, hello again,

Another question regarding tonometers. Can you comment on the differences between Tono-Pen XL and Tono-Pen Avia? The price difference is quite significant, while many other thing are quite the same. What do you think about Tono-Pen tonometers use for self-tonometry?

 Thanks again.

 Dave hi,

Do you have an idea how the Reichert PT100 tonometer compares with Reichert AT 550/555? (the accuracy, the price, convenience for self-tonometry etc). Thanks a lot.

[EDITOR: a document about the PT100 is attached. See the comments below for more information.]

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