Well, I had the laser surgery, the thought of losing my sight either slowly or rapidly helped in the decision. Unfortunately, I'm still unclear as to whether this glaucoma narrow angle is CURED, or it can repeat. I do know that I will be frequenting the eye specialists very often, considering the idea of spending a day at surgery with people who were double my age, and shocked to see me there! Still don't have the answers I'm looking for! T

My DH has this. He is no longer able to drive. He is diabetic and went through a period of denial - quit taking his meds, etc. He neglected his eyes and this is the result of that. Had they caught it sooner, he would be able to see better. For now, he gets injections in his eyes and laser eye surgery. He has had several of each since the first of last year. He uses magnifying glasses all the time. We just keep them laying around everywhere. His eyes are both better than when he was first diagnosed. They aren't promising anything, but as long as he keeps having small improvements and they continue the treatment, we are thankful. Bad thing is that we were planning to retire early, but now we can't. I have to continue to work to get health insurance until I am 65. I have a heart condition and he has diabetes and the eye problem. We are both uninsurable for all practical purposes. That is what hurts both of us. We worked so hard saving to retire and having enough to do a lot of traveling. Now - who knows. But, you caught yours early, so you should be in good shape. Just be sure you go to the doctor often to have them checked.

I was diagnosed with high IOP 30 years ago. Since then, I've: visited my opthalmologist every 3-4 months, spent a full day every year or so at one of the country's best eye hospitals having a battery of tests, been on every class of glaucoma med available, and consulted with one of the country's top glaucoma specialists. My pressures are always in the 25-29 range. The meds made no difference to my readings. And yet, in all those years, I've had no damage to my optic nerve--no actual symptoms of glaucoma at all. Then, about 4-5 years ago, on one of my annual visits to the glaucoma lab at the hosptial, the tech doing my tests asked if she could measure my corneal thickness. She'd just been trained on the machine the day before and had yet to use it solo on a patient. Before that time, it wason't common to test a glaucoma suspect's corneal thickness. Well, voila! My corneas are so thick that it's impossible for the drs to get an accurate reading with their instruments. My thick corneas account for my high--but normal for me--pressure readings. My dd also has thick corneas--which she's very thankful for at the moment because she's having Lasik in about a month--and it's much more successful on people with thick corneas. As a matter of fact, her surgeon (who is also her boss) is trying to get me in--he wants to do my thick corneas as well. If you're asking for advice. First thing I'd recommend--if you haven't yet had it done--is to have your opthalmologist measure your cornea. A thicker or thinner than average cornea can really skew the pressure results. Then, educate yourself. Learn about glaucoma--the risks, the effect it will have on your eyes, the potential treatments, etc. I'd recommend that you go to a dr. who is a glaucoma specialist, associated with a very, very good eye hospital. Opthalmologists tend to have different specialties. When my original dr. retired a few years ago, he recommended a young woman dr. who is an expert in the field of glaucoma--I've been very pleased with her. You see, even though I don't yet have that disease, I consider it vital to go to a glaucoma specialist BECAUSE in my case, if I ever do develop it, it's going to be extremely hard to diagnose. Glaucoma, if you do have it, is very treatable in most cases, if caught early. Most cases will respond to one or the other of the drops. If not, surgery is an option. But it's important to understand that glaucoma rarely has any symptoms in it's early stages, it's not until you've suffered irreversible vision loss that you'll notice it. I urge all my friends and family to have regular check-ups with and OPTHALMOLOGIST (not an optometrist--optometrists aren't medical drs) to keep an eye on the health of their eyes, whether or not they need glasses. If you want to find more info on glaucoma and other eye conditions, the Wills Eye Hospital site is a great resource. Don't know if they still have this, but they used to offer online chatting with some of their glaucoma drs at certain times during the week.

We do not have edge staining. The only place we notice any change in color is along the seam where our faucet is. And mostly when my MIL decides to wash dishes at the holidays. LOL. Our dish towels are nearby and I just wipe up any excess water. If water does get through the seam and discolors the stone, it dries within a day and it’s back to normal. No issues like what is reported here. Our quartzite was labeled as Mykonos... looks to be similar to a Macaubus. We’ve had it almost a year and a half. We seal it twice a year. Takes about an hour to do (more so with dry time between sealant applications), but I can easily multitask and do other things, honestly it is not a big deal at all.