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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Glaucoma / November 2005No Traffic
I haven't seen a post on this newsgroup for over a week now. Very strange, Don >I haven't seen a post on this newsgroup for over a week now. Very strange, > >Don Sorry we forgot to invite you to the party. Dozens of people with hundreds of itty bitty eye drop bottles to try! There was a guy there from San Francisco with a bottle that had me looking out of dozens of eyes all over my body! Would have ordered some of his drops but the DEA got to him before I did. Maybe next year :-) I just joined this group. I see there are very few postings. I've had glaucoma for years and I'd be glad to answer any question I could. I've learned alot since '92. I hope this group is still alive. It would be nice to compare notes with fellow survivors. Joan W >I just joined this group. I see there are very few postings. I've had >glaucoma for years and I'd be glad to answer any question I could. I've >learned alot since '92. I hope this group is still alive. It would be nice >to compare notes with fellow survivors. Joan W I don't know what has suddenly happened to this group. Prior to two or three weeks ago there were several postings every day with a lot of good information. Since then, nothing. I have had glaucoma for several years but since having cataract and trab surgery a couple of years ago my pressures have been in the low teens and I no longer use drops. Sure hope it continues that way. Don in Tracy, Calif. >>I just joined this group. I see there are very few postings. I've had >>glaucoma for years and I'd be glad to answer any question I could. I've [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Don in Tracy, Calif. Is it usual for pressures to drop after cataract surgery? I've had glaucoma for quite a few years but have only recently developed cataracts. The doctor warned me that I may lose some vision by having cataract surgery but did not say that lower pressures were another likely side-effect. Checkout >> I have had glaucoma for several years but since having cataract and trab >> surgery a couple of years ago my pressures have been in the low teens and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Checkout I don't believe cataract surgery alone will have any effect on pressures. I had trab surgery (trabeculectomy) along with the cataract surgery. That is where a small opening is made to relieve the pressure. It is performed when drops alone do not control the pressures. Don in Tracy, Calif. I have glaucoma and had cataract surgery in my left eye 12 months ago, Unfortunately the new lens was misplaced in the eye and I had to have a second op. to remove it and replace it with another. Two days later my eye pressure dropped from a controlled 15+/- 1 or 2 to 2.5 ( 2.5) At the clinic took me off the drops ( Alphagan/Betagan/Xalatant ) which they had told me to continue. The pressure recovered to 15 eventually but with impaired vision. A week ago I suddenly experience, without pain or discomfort, what I can only describe as a sudden release of tension in the eye coupled with an effect on the sight in that eye which I can only describe as looking through water! I spent 12 hours at he clinic the next day undergoing tests and the administration of drops culminating with a tablet of Acetazolamide and Iopidine drops. My eye pressure when I went into the clinic was 40 (40). After the Ac. tablet and Iop. it dropped to 32 before going up to 37. I had another session with the specialist yesterday after 5 day of Ac. twice a day ( they make you feel rotten ) Io. Betagan and Maxidex drops. The pressure was still 32!!!! I am just off to the clinic again to see a conclave of specialists. Yesterday's one confessed that she was baffled. She could find no reason for the high pressure. I have had no events which might cause the problem. I am 74 and have been short-sighted since being buried in the Blitz in 1041. Anyone got any ideas?? PP >>> I have had glaucoma for several years but since having cataract and trab >>> surgery a couple of years ago my pressures have been in the low teens [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Don in Tracy, Calif. > Is it usual for pressures to drop after cataract surgery? I've had glaucoma > for quite a few years but have only recently developed cataracts. The doctor > warned me that I may lose some vision by having cataract surgery but did not > say that lower pressures were another likely side-effect. > > Checkout My mother's eye pressures dropped after cataract surgery, and therefore her doctor discontinued her glaucoma medication. The pressure eventually began to rise in one eye, and she is back on drops for that eye, but the other one remains low, around 13. I don't know how likely it is to have lowered eye pressures after cataract surgery, but it does happen sometimes, at least temporarily. -Gudrun A lowering of the pressure following a cataract extraction and artificial lens replacement seems to be quite common. One reason for this could be that the lens implant is about 1/3 as thick as the natural lens, thus creating better filtration through the natural filtration system. Thats the explanation I was given. Martin Egerup >> Is it usual for pressures to drop after cataract surgery? I've had >> glaucoma [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > happen sometimes, at least temporarily. > -Gudrun >A lowering of the pressure following a cataract extraction and artificial >lens replacement seems to be quite common. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> happen sometimes, at least temporarily. >> -Gudrun Thanks for these answers, very helpful. Checkout I have just come back to this group after several weeks. My wife has glaucoma and has been using several kinds of drops for about five years. Recently she started suffering from very bad inflamation around her eyelids and below the eyes leaving very red traces. The doctor told her that it was an allergy and to stop using certain of the medications. Now, if she stops all medications the inflamation goes away but she is worried that it may cause the glaucoma to get worse. We have heard that the whole thing can be cured by some sort of laser treatment. Has anyone heard of this and if so is it really effective? A thoughtful reply would be appreciated. John P > I have just come back to this group after several weeks. My wife has > glaucoma and has been using several kinds of drops for about five years. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > cured by some sort of laser treatment. Has anyone heard of this and if so is > it really effective? A thoughtful reply would be appreciated. John P I think you are referring to SLT, selective laser trabeculoplasty. It has a relatively high success rate with suitable glaucoma patients and may eliminate the need for eyedrops for a few years. Your wife should ask her glaucoma specialist if she is a good candidate for SLT. -Gudrun |
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