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Dave said:

This really is an inspiring story.

 “I look forward to learning more details about the many things you are doing that allopathic medicine generally doesn't credit ;) I'm also curious about what medications you are on... or are you not using any allopathic glaucoma medications?”

And here I am! Lots of snow and out on my snowshoes, like usual.

My pachymetry readings are OD 526 and OS 520. This is thinner than normal. 

My doctor also said, "As you know, you have pigment dusting is on the corneal endothelium.  It is a  a Krukenberg Spindle, but it does not have the typical wedge shape that they usually have."

My pachymetry measurements were taken on 30-Nov-2006. I was first told about the Krukenberg Spindle in September 2004.

Having begun a discussion on the topic in the forum, I have come over here to continue it because it represents such a cornerstone in my eye care programme. 

I walked away from conventional treatment for my Secondary Closed Angle Glaucoma 9.5 years ago. It was a decision that took enormous personal courage as to do so flew in the face of  threats of dire consequences. That only one eye, the right, was at risk made my decision somewhat easier.  I was told that not only would I lose the vision I would lose the eye itself as the result of the pain subsequent to uncontrolled IOP increases.

A lot has changed in six months. For example, compare these eye pressure values:

Today's overall eye pressure averages are:

Left 12.4; Right 13.1 (differential 0.7)

Here are some of the factors that define fit eyes:

Dynamic Visual Acuity
This is the ability to clearly see objects while you and the objects are moving fast.

Visual Concentration
Visual Concentration is the ability to screen out distractions and stay focused on the competition.

 According to DirtRider, Ricky flew straight from winning the World Supercross series event in Vancouver British Columbia on Saturday night to Lakeland Florida for a NASCAR test on Monday morning.

Things didn't go well for James Stewart in Toronto. The key in-race incident and Stewart's ankle injury are the result of a vision-related issue. Stewart explains it like this:

How many of you remember watching Jeremy McGrath dominate Supercross? One thing that struck me about Jeremy was that he seemed to always know what was happening everywhere on the track. I remember some people commenting that he seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. However, to me, it seemed like he had a super wide field of vision and very quick vision. He was aware of events (crashes, misplaced hay bails, etc.) well ahead of his position on the track.

The combination of diligent stress management along with using Xalatan and timolol maleate (0.25%) without waiting between eye drops has produced very good results over the last nine days. I will comment on the details in other posts, but in this post I want to show the overall daily eye pressure averages for the last nine days because this is the best period on record so far.

In high speed motorsports, having fit eyes is one of the most important athletic talents the racer can possess. Today's top racers all employ fitness trainers. However, I feel that the smart competitors will soon recognize vision training to improve eye fitness as an important competitive advantage.

A person with fit eyes has 20/20 or better vision, without question. However, fit eyes covers a lot more than just seeing 20/20 under standard testing conditions.

These are my two-year follow up visual field test results. The prior Humphrey Visual Field tests were done on 02-Jan-2006. The first Humphrey tests were done on September 8, 2004. (These tests have all been done with the "old style" Humphrey instruments -- but they have not all used the same testing program.)

 By Y. Yücel

http://www.glaucom.com/Supplement/MFG2006/Session4.php#neuro 

I found this data interesting. It hints that I sometimes have eye pressure changes related to postural changes. In the chart below, you'll see that my eye pressure went from 17 to 23 to 17 very quickly after I went from lying down to standing (and then sitting).