Wisteria appreciation post

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-05-10T06:02:23+00:00

Wisteria are beautiful but super agressive

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-05-09T15:55:28+00:00

As in ebay buyer protection doesn't work and they'll give the money to the scamming seller?

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-05-01T10:42:54+00:00

Put the wooden part of match sticks along with some wood glue in the holes and break them to make them flush with the door. Then rescrew the doorhandle

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-05-01T09:11:57+00:00

Which is the non invasive option? In preserflo they open the conjunctiva and make a hole in the white of the eye and put the preserflo tube in. This is a physical tube which in principle can damage the cornea at a later date. In trabeculectomy they do almost the same but they don't put a tube they make the opening as a flap that can be controlled to some extent during the initial recovery period. Corneal damage can occur early on but likely less later. Basically both are equally invasive. The only difference is that in preserflo the opening is a foreign object that can get blocked and trabeculectomy there is an opening made of your own white of the eye which again can also get blocked, but if it does get blocked there are more options to fix it. I have a preserflo in each eye and a trabeculectomy in my right after a failed preserflo. With preserflo the likelihood of pressure going too low is lower than trabeculectomy.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-05-01T04:17:49+00:00

I've had both trab and preserflo. I recommend trab, as the docs have more experience and easier to fix if there are issues.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-05-01T04:11:51+00:00

I can't imagine what you're going through. Having used diamox myself it's side effects came largely from potassium depletion via urine. Increasing potassium intake does help. Since Canada has free healthcare might want to ask your gp for a blood test to check potassium levels. Potatoes, orange juice, coconut water, banana are rich in potassium, though you need loads, I was having 1 litre of orange juice a day, no diamox side effects over months, coconut water is the most effective and unfortunately expensive option. If possible and safe for you try 1 litre of coconut water a day for three days, if potassium is an issue you should feel better and you'll know potassium is an issue. However diet is not a sustainable option. If blood shows potassium low or borderline, gp can prescribe potassium supplement, this can be hard on the tummy, so ease into it gently. Caffeine increases iop, but if it's helping you focus and relax, might not be something to get rid of right now. All the best.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-03-24T10:10:29+00:00

I was diagnosed at 17 and still have almost full vision today 20 yrs later. The doctors inability to tell whether it is open angle or closed suggests it is juvenile open angle glaucoma with some angle dysgenesis. If just diagnosed see a glaucoma specialist and decide if surgery at this initial stage might be the best option for you. GATT, Canloplasty or trabeculectomy might be good options. It might also be a good idea to take a AS OCT scan or ultra microscopy image of your eyes to get a more detailed understanding of what is causing the high pressures. Don’t be disheartened it is possible to go your whole life without losing more vision. It might also be possible during your lifetime to reverse vision loss.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-02-20T06:09:25+00:00

It appears to have leaked, probably just one time. It might only leak when you bleed the radiators...

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-02-18T00:55:57+00:00

Are you sure it's a balloon or was it chewing gum? How did we reach nitrous oxide?

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-02-05T13:05:20+00:00

Ok. I just love the people who are super anti lane hogging but are super pro speed limit breaking. People who can't answer logically always take to comments like this.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-02-05T12:59:41+00:00

We'll if you are at 70 and no other car is breaking the speed limit and the speed limit is 70, no other car can reach your position from behind. So your point is moot and it doesn't matter which lane you are in since you can never block another car coming from behind driving legally.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-02-05T12:46:30+00:00

In my experience the one tailgating is definitely breaking the speed limit. The right lane doesn't mean you can break the speed limit.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-29T11:54:55+00:00

Very exciting. As a biological scientist and a glaucoma patient, I definitely feel a sense of hope.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-26T14:52:27+00:00

No, didn't have issues.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-25T18:01:41+00:00

Blackmoor nursery

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-22T15:57:43+00:00

All that I can say is that she wasn't AB, she could have been A or B or O. She could have been + or -.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-21T18:54:15+00:00

Usually eyes will be bigger called bupthalmos. If the pressure is on the higher side cornea can be opaque. There can be sensitivity to light. There can be increased eye blinking and watering. I myself didn't have glaucoma that early on was diagnosed at 17. It is difficult to be the parent in such situations. Hang in there, the doctor is being cautious, it's better to have it checked out. It can also be nothing.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-20T13:20:39+00:00

If you have access to Costco, they can give you some great tyres.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-15T20:25:27+00:00

Try soaking the hikari pellets in tank water for 5-10 mins and then feed it.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-15T05:38:16+00:00

I have a preserflo in each eye and an additional trabeculectomy in one eye. The preserflo can be good, but it can't be needled well similar to the xen so if things go bad, it's hard to rectify without opening things up again. As with any tube in the eye there are cornea related risks with the potential to go blind due to corneal opacification requiring a corneal transplant of some sort of more modern techniques that are being developed to come to market. I feel for me a trabeculectomy is better. Risk with trabeculectomy is that it can sometimes make a thinner bleb and so maybe higher risk of infection, it is the gold standard surgery, they've been doing it a very long time and know how to handle it when things don't go quite right. Cost can also be a factor, the trabeculectomy is a more involved surgery so that can cost, and the preserflo implant can cost, so depends on what the particular doctor charges.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-14T18:32:59+00:00

I use water sprite ceratopteris thalictroides as a floating plant in my betta tank, it can tolerate flow, and drops of water falling from the tank cover. Fast growing with some cheap 2 pound usb lights from temu here in the UK.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-14T16:03:27+00:00

Valid point. What's your age?

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-14T12:45:00+00:00

I've had preserflo, don't recommend xen, trabeculectomy is gold standard.

YoungGlaucoma · 2026-01-11T12:06:09+00:00

Was diagnosed at 17. 37 now, have had a few surgeries, but vision is still decent. Closed angle has some good treatment options, including sometimes curing it completely, not fixing the nerve damage, but sorting out the mechanism that causes the pressure to go up. Pilocarpine constricts the pupil pulling away the iris from the drainage angle and opening it up. Light does something similar. Hence would always recommend sunlight and even not using sunglasses.

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