Lots of snow here, this is in a local plaza. They have to make space for cars to park!
I was at my eye doctor (opthalmologist) last week for my annual checkup. I have a small cataract in my right eye but it has been stable over the years so I don't need surgery for now. He monitors it and I have been asking him to check my eye pressure (which was normal). I mentioned I have a 50 year old friend who just developed glaucoma. He said it's not common, but he has a few teenage patients with glaucoma. It really can happen at any age.
It seems I have been seeing him since 1999. I had a stressful job in the computer industry and developed an eye inflammation in that right eye. I had to take corticosteroid eye drops to tame the inflammation and it was a troublesome condition to get rid of. It makes me wonder if that medication caused the cataract. The other thing is that I left my job the next year to stay home and since then I have never had a recurrence (knock on wood)! It must have been caused by stress.
It seems I have been seeing him since 1999. I had a stressful job in the computer industry and developed an eye inflammation in that right eye. I had to take corticosteroid eye drops to tame the inflammation and it was a troublesome condition to get rid of. It makes me wonder if that medication caused the cataract. The other thing is that I left my job the next year to stay home and since then I have never had a recurrence (knock on wood)! It must have been caused by stress.
