Yesterday I went in for cataract surgery on my left eye. A year ago January I had a trabeculectomy in that eye to lower the pressure; this January I had cataract surgery in my right eye. Yesterday's surgery was the last in the series, and I don't really expect to need anything else done till I hit my 60s, at which point the warranty on my ( Read more... )

Glaucoma checkup today. Everything is stable; going back on the Xalatan lowered my pressures by two points in each eye, from 16 to 14 and from 15 to 13. That doesn't sound like a lot, but my doctor pointed out that it's more like cutting it by 1/3rd, since it's unlikely I can go below 10 without surgery. Looked at that way, a drop from 6 to 4 is ( Read more... )