do you know whether gonioscopy is a painful test? I have heard that in some
cases vision may be blurred after this test, depending on the way it is
performed.
Is it too much to measure IOP, dilate the eye and perform gonioscopy all in

I have been studying the drug options for
glaucoma.  I dont have any idea with regards to
effectiveness, but there is no doubt in my mind
anyway that marijuana is far and away the safest

I have medium-high myopia (-8 in the left eye and -8.5 in the right eye). My
pressure is about 20, but my cornea is slightly thinner than the average.
The results of the visual field test showed that my left eye is normal; some
doubt arose in respect of the right eye: the first time ...

Just had a trab done this week.  My doctor let me off activity
restrictions a little early because my pressure (19) is still a little
above where he wants it (10-15).  He told me, however, that if I have
any eye pain, I should stop what I'm doing.  It seems there's some

I finally did the pachymetry (with specular microscope): the result was 517
for the left eye and 521 for the right one. The doctor said that the mean is
about 550, so my cornea is slightly thinner than the average. In this case,
how do you reconsider the IOP values? If, as happens ...

I have a IOP of about 20 in both eyes, but my cornea is thinner than the
average and I was told that this brings my "real" IOP up to about 23-24:
does this mean that I have glaucoma?
In general, can you have relatively high IOP without having glaucoma?

Tom,
I did not read any opposite agenda in Dr. Cohn message. Instead, I
always have seen him, for a long time, trying to help us, glaucoma
sufferers, explaining and clarifying many aspects of the disease.

Is it still possible to wear contact lesnes (either soft or hard) after a
successful non-penetrating glaucoma surgery?

Below is the link to an article titled "Restoring Lost Sight," from Emory
University in Atlanta. In brief, a patient stares at a screen and waits for a
dot to appear for one minute, daily. This is said to train the brain to
activate neurons which respond to light in the area in ...

Ann responded to the Restoring Lost Sight article by saying:

I have had what is probably very unusual experience.  I am allergic to
all the drugs, esp Xalatan and Lumigan.  With Lumigan, I was suicidal
and had all the side effects of atopine, or belladonna, i.e., rapid,
rapid heart beat, extremely sensitive to light, including suicidal

I'm a glaucoma suspect so far. My only risk factor,outside of aging,is a high
normal OP. If I am told I need drops,how in the world can I afford them? Aren't
the costs sky high? Anyone with experience with which ones an asthmatic can
tolerate? A friend had a simple laser procedure ...

I haven't seen a post on this newgroup for several days now.  Where is
everyone?
Don

I am going to have a GDX test in a few days and I am a bit frightened. I
seemed to remember that laser beam is used: what if the device is defective,
and my eyes get injured?
Carmen

I did a computerized perimetry yesterday at the hospital. When they gave me
the results, they said the test was "normal". When I read the results more
carefully, however, I noticed that for the right eye - the first to be
examined - there was the following definition: "low ...