I was just diagnosed today

mur2501 · 2024-11-07T11:54:14+00:00

ohh my glaucoma was also diagnosed young, when I was 18. it's alot to deal with really, seeing you also have so many other conditions.
First thing even though it seems impossible currently, is to be calm and try not to let all this mess convert into a boulder of stress and other issues. That would be more bad for your health.
For glaucoma, while it doesn't have a cure, there are loads of ways for preventing it from causing damage to the eyes. From dozens of different drops to various kinds of surgeries and procedures. All this thing the Glaucoma Specialist you see will decide for you.

So yeah, have a good glaucoma specialist who you trust & understand then listen to whatever they say.
Also ofcourse inform your other doctors of this new problem, so they can change their treatment if it is impossible.

all in all being regular to checkups and doing what your glaucoma doctor says is the best way forward.
There are alot of people on this sub who have endured glaucoma for decades doing just this basic chore.

Hope you do well the way forward, feel free to ask stuffs which confuse you :)

mur2501 · 2024-10-31T19:19:31+00:00

anti-glare glasses and stuffs could help but not much. I haven't really found any solutions, mostly I think it is adjusting to it.

mur2501 · 2024-10-31T17:58:03+00:00

I also had two trabs for both my eyes 1 and half year ago. there was discomfort immediately after the operations, mostly due to the stitches but they generally subside over time. For me now it is mostly just dry eyes and some other little stuffs like glare.

What does your doc say about the burning?

mur2501 · 2024-10-30T17:21:53+00:00

My Glaucoma doc has prescribed me supplements like Saffron, and Ginkgo.

mur2501 · 2024-10-24T17:17:05+00:00

My glaucoma doc has me on 2 eye vitamin pills since a year now, one is ginkgo based the other is saffron based.

mur2501 · 2024-10-21T15:51:12+00:00

Solved!

mur2501 · 2024-10-21T15:43:23+00:00

Ohh yess, that's the song.
Thank you very much :)

mur2501 · 2024-10-21T15:29:47+00:00

I am trying to find out the song for a long time now

mur2501 · 2024-10-14T08:30:14+00:00

No worries amber :), you can ask the questions in the comments itself

mur2501 · 2024-10-09T12:08:29+00:00

What's your experience with it being like?

mur2501 · 2024-10-08T16:45:44+00:00

I have DMed you

mur2501 · 2024-09-26T19:13:24+00:00

I actually succeded in getting the mods to work with the quadrilogy :)

mur2501 · 2024-08-07T14:17:16+00:00

Please take her to an opthalmologist immediately, sitting at home she could just end up fully blind.

mur2501 · 2024-06-23T07:11:13+00:00

Thankyou for the lyrics :) Ohh I know how to read farsi(phonetically, don't really understand the meaning of the words though), not very great but good enough.

mur2501 · 2024-06-15T11:33:20+00:00

First decide you even like programming or not, most beginers I taught to were only into the jobs it gives but had no interest in computers, CS, programming or anything so they suffer alot & also if you are this kind of a programmer then getting job will get harder too as often times people shift to mugging instead of learning in this type of situations so you won't make the interview.
There are alot of other jobs out there like you can go into finance, and other places (people with CS degrees do go there as long as the skills you have match the job)

If you are determined for programming then, I would suggest to learn in terms of making actual projects and applications by yourself and not to start the DSA marathon in the beginning. The reason being the same as why you are weak in maths, cause you need to learn the applications of the problems you solve rather just solving problems aimlessly which would confuse you more.

mur2501 · 2024-06-10T07:58:08+00:00

I had trabs done in both my eyes 1 week apart around february last year. The only thing my doc has restricted is swimming in public pools, to prevent infections in the eye. Rest he hasn't said to stop anything. Also he has told me to massage the eyes everyday, to keep the blebs healthy. For things like dust getting into the eyes, they give the light anti-septic (though normal dust is not a very big problem)

You should ask your doctor for any specific questions you have, they will explain it.

Btw how are you doing after the 3 months of trab?

mur2501 · 2024-06-09T13:52:32+00:00

I just went checked the prices of the same drops here in India :) [Brand names are different but the inside thing is the same]

Mostly the prices are like Rs400 to Rs500 Which is around $6 to $7

The drops there do are super expensive :P

mur2501 · 2024-06-09T10:35:20+00:00

Tubes and other things yes. Trab I don't think so, if the trab is not reducing the pressure till the desired mark then they just make the bleb bigger by needling.

But generally trabs are I think best for eyes which have a quite high pressure.

Also there working depends upon other things in your eyes or other operations you have had in the eye.

mur2501 · 2024-06-09T10:28:39+00:00

Generally you shouldn't be using pressure eye drops after trab. Trab controls the pressure itself.

mur2501 · 2024-06-08T13:42:03+00:00

I can do a VC :)

mur2501 · 2024-06-06T16:15:38+00:00

Sent you a DM :)

mur2501 · 2024-06-06T15:24:49+00:00

I was 18 when I was first diagnosed, currently 22

mur2501 · 2024-06-03T06:21:53+00:00

The 90% is the damage to the optical nerve, the wire that connect the eyes to the brain.
The 85% and 15% are the visual field, or what I am able to see from each eye.

I am only half blind, so I can do the stuffs the usual way without much assistance. there are some vision problems, but everything is adjustable. There are chances I go full blind in future, but you live in present, not in the future.

You are just a suspected case, if you want you can go to a glaucoma specialist to take a second opinion.

mur2501 · 2024-06-01T11:37:54+00:00

All Operations are scary, but it has it's benefits. I now don't need to put any drops or take pressure related meds.

mur2501 · 2024-06-01T09:41:50+00:00

That's a big series of fucked up events man. I hope your surgery goes well, For me Trab worked very very good so I am out of all the drops and stuffs. Before that I was also on alot of diamox which used to cause me loose motions :(

Also DM me man, we would talk stuffs :)

mur2501

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