Got good and bad news on eye exam

[camjen1]

I went to the opthamologist today for my exam and he did a pressure test and it showed I could be looking at gluacoma in the future in my right eye. :confused: The good news is that my diabetes has had no effect on my eyes yet. He recommended me to go back to glasses for a bit and give my eyes a break from contacts.:thumpdown I hate my glasses specially in the winter when you come in from the cold they fog all up. :nerd:

[duck]

I went to the opthamologist today for my exam and he did a pressure test and it showed I could be looking at gluacoma in the future in my right eye. :confused: The good news is that my diabetes has had no effect on my eyes yet. He recommended me to go back to glasses for a bit and give my eyes a break from contacts.:thumpdown I hate my glasses specially in the winter when you come in from the cold they fog all up. :nerd:

So he's saying your potential glaucoma has nothing to do with your diabetes?

And can I make fun of you when your glasses fog up? :eviltongu

[camjen1]

I was wondering if gluacoma was a diabetes related complication?

The thing about glasses these days is that you can't just find a normal pair of frames. Most of them look ridiculous.

[jen_slc]

I thought it was......

"People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop glaucoma as are non-diabetics, although some current research is beginning to call this into question."

www.glaucoma.org

[Cinnabon]

Hey CAm,,,
We are all here for ya....
Its not that bad to go back to glasses.. Im here. I miss my contacts. The good thing is that its just a break....

WHat treatments will you be undergoing?

[Peter Lee]

I hate my glasses specially in the winter when you come in from the cold they fog all up
The ones with an ant-mist coating don't or if they do a little, they soon clear.

I've been wearing glasses for 50 years with no real problems and can't stand the thought of contacts - something sitting on your eyeball - ugh :1eye:

[liz32]

If you wipe shaving cream in to the mirror in your bathroom, it won't fog up after showers...so, :whistling if you wipe it on your glasses maybe it'll have the same effect?! It might be worth a try. :wink:

[Penny]

If you wipe shaving cream in to the mirror in your bathroom, it won't fog up after showers...so, :whistling if you wipe it on your glasses maybe it'll have the same effect?! It might be worth a try. :wink:

I was always told if you walked backwards into the house, your glasses wouldn't fog up! Don't know why I have never tested this. :nerd:

[EdnBama]

Hi, Cam ...

That's great that you didn't have any evidence of retinopathy. But I do hate to hear you have the potential for glaucoma. Hopefully, you will avoid that.

I hate my glasses specially in the winter when you come in from the cold they fog all up. :nerd:

Yeah, my glasses do that too. But they also fog up for hot things completely unrelated to the weather. :biggrin:

Some call me the space cowboy ... some call me the gangster of love. :bandit:

[valc3]

Cam, it is good news that there is no sign of retinopathy. Hope the glaucoma can be avoided.

My glasses fog up all the time. I just got use to waving them for the first 5 minutes on entering a room. :)

[duck]

Lasik, baby! No regrets six years after doing it. And I have no complications, ecxept seening the kebyorad wehn I type.

[camjen1]

Lasik, baby! No regrets six years after doing it. And I have no complications, ecxept seening the kebyorad wehn I type.

Rotflmao..... Lasik doesn't sound bad and I'm sure after the cost it saves you from buying so many contacts and getting a new pair of glasses every year.

Yeah, my glasses do that too. But they also fog up for hot things completely unrelated to the weather.

We all know that you are referring to eating soup right? :whistling

WHat treatments will you be undergoing?

From my understanding he will just be watching as of right now. He did tell me it hasn't changed since the last time but he also never did tell me last time that there was a possibility of glaucoma.

Guess I will go read up on it and see if there is any tricks in preventing it and if diagnosed is it treatable.

[camjen1]

I just read some of the risk factors and it did include diabetes but it also included eye injury. Back in 2000 I was in a car accident (not my fault :laugh: ) and I wound up having a piece of metal removed from my right eye. Ever since then I have always had problems with my right eye. :hmmmm2:

[duck]

Did anyone else just squint real hard?

[EdnBama]

Did anyone else just squint real hard?

To see what? :confused:

[camjen1]

I think he is talking about since we are talking about eyes that people tend to squint at least I think that is what he is talking about. :stupid:

[sydneya]

Did anyone else just squint real hard?

Yep, a piece of metal in my eye would make me squint (and much more.) :eek:

[EdnBama]

If you wipe shaving cream in to the mirror in your bathroom, it won't fog up after showers...so, :whistling if you wipe it on your glasses maybe it'll have the same effect?! It might be worth a try. :wink:

Okay, but how do you see through the shaving cream?

:biggrin:

[EdnBama]

Yep, a piece of metal in my eye would make me squint (and much more.) :eek:

That clears up my confusion on Duck's comment!

[hoops]

What about diabetics and corrective laser surgery?