Down in the dumps
Feeling a bit down in the dumps. Last week I was diagnosed with glaucoma. I’d been seeing light flashes in my left eye and getting wicked headaches, but it still came as a surprise. Over the weekend, I lost sight in my left eye twice for several hours at a stretch. Well, I didn’t completely lose it. It was more like I was looking through milk or grease. I went back to my eye doc yesterday and the pressure numbers had gone up quite a bit more in just one week. I’m now on special eye drops, but may end up having to have laser surgery if the drops don’t do the trick.
I haven’t had the best few years health wise. I need a break.
March 9th, 2006 at 6:54 am
I am so sorry to hear about this. Hopefully the eye drops will work for you. I also hope you start feeling better! Take good care of yourself.
March 9th, 2006 at 7:10 am
Thanks. Day 2 with the drops and I’m beginning to notice an improvement. It doesn’t feel so tight. Losing my sight has always been this huge fear of mine, so I know I’m over-reacting. I guess my daughter comes by her dramatics honestly.
March 18th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
I hope the drops continue to work! My dad has glaucoma but didn’t find out until it was too far along to be helped with drops alone. He had a drain inserted into his eye because the pressure wasn’t decreasing. Other than that, he hasn’t had any problems. Unless you count the complaining about the price of those teenie bottles of drops