[BlueWing]

I have my eye surgeon check me no longer than 3 months apart, I have been doing this since 1996. At 40 years old I had been diagnosed with Angle closure and open angle glaucoma.

I started going blind over a 2 day period and on a Monday walked into his office. My IOP was 52 in the right and 54 in the left. Emergency surgery and 5 different eye drops 2 -3 times a day and 9 pills. Been doing this for 22 years.

Glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve which has no way to heal ever. Several things can cause it but high Intra Occular Pressure is the most common.

I had the thickness of my sclera measured. Not everyones eyes are equal in thickness which affect the amount of IOP. Hence some can have low pressure damage as a thick sclera can not expand as much and the small increase will put pressure on the optic nerve.

So to date I have had 2 laser treatments, after no medications were being effective any longer had a Trbeculerotomy and just recently cateract removal.
My iris is so beat up dialation barely works and had to use Iris Hooks to pull my iris open.

If you are eye queasy do not look up my procedures they are horror movie stuff.

Glaucoma is a sneaky Bast*rd vision is lost before you know it. I suffer from Acute Glaucoma attacks so my pressure can spike without notice.

So to the OP, My normal IOP is 20 in the left with no further damage and my right has been anywhere from 5 - 22 with lots of damage from previous spikes. Normal pressures should be say in the 7 - 16 range to be safe.

Do Not Rely on the Optitician for any serious evaluations, go to a ophthalmologist yearly for a total check up. They can check your Sclera thickness which is only a one shot deal, photo map your internal eye, visual field, pressure test with a more accurate method and a dialated visual inpsection.

Terry

PS - Since the last 2 procedures my eyes have been better than the last 20+ years to see as clear as I do today is a golden gift. Still not seeing 20/20 but what I had to now is nothing less than amazing. Still on the 3 month review.