I've just been diagnosed with Glaucoma (STILL No Surgery!)

[KentMansleyDaBoss]

Being on BLF isn't the best thing to do while you are without sight.

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[Rigel]

Bumping so thread doesn't die when important stuff is happening.

Pressure is 23 in the left eye and 15 in the right as of the last exam. The eye-drop that blurs my vision is starting to cause pain in my eye for a few seconds up to a minute after application now, and it's kind of worrying.

[Waru]

Bumping so thread doesn't die when important stuff is happening.

Pressure is 23 in the left eye and 15 in the right as of the last exam. The eye-drop that blurs my vision is starting to cause pain in my eye for a few seconds up to a minute after application now, and it's kind of worrying.

what should pressure normally be

[Rigel]

what should pressure normally be

15

[Becquerel]

15

how do they measure the intraocular pressure

[Daswiruch]

they poke his eye and see how stiff it is
like a tire

[Rigel]

they poke his eye and see how stiff it is
like a tire

close

they numb my eyes with an eyedrop, then put another eyedrop of which is pretty much the equivalent of highlighter in my eye.

then this:

[Akio-]

that guy looks like a goon rofl

[Becquerel]

i also read that they put your head in a sort of cradle with a tube directed at the eye theyre testing. then the tube emits a puff of air onto your eye and a sensor detects the size of the miniscule dent the puff of air is supposed to make
is this true?

[Rigel]

i also read that they put your head in a sort of cradle with a tube directed at the eye theyre testing. then the tube emits a puff of air onto your eye and a sensor detects the size of the miniscule dent the puff of air is supposed to make
is this true?

look at the above image

it's called a tonometer

[Dannu]

They essentially blast some weird thing in your eye. Scared me half to death first time I used it.

[Ravencroft·]

that guy looks like a goon rofl

So does your grandmother.

[Yosher]

is that the thing that blasts little puffs of air into your eye

[shitlord]

one time i jumped so much that i hit the wall with my elbow cause of that stuff

jesus christ i loving hate it

[Akio-]

So does your grandmother.

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