Glaucoma surgery

No, but can you tell us about it and why it is needed?

It’s a tissue sparing trabeculectomy. I was dx with primary open angle glaucoma severe stage a little over a year ago, with borderline pressures which have had zero response to SLT or eye drops. I’m out of options other than incisional surgeries,

Who is treating you and where do you live? Did you get a second opinion?

@marymj7
I had high pressure due to surgery for an epiretinal membrane in 2008. I was offered a trabeculectomy, but when I heard the risks, I came back to my home town and consulted a naturopath. I stopped the prednisone drops I was on. I started high dose vitamin C powder, several homeopathic supplements, did about 2 hours of vigorous exercise/day. Also, I was taught how to do mindfulness positive imaging. I did these every day for 2 weeks and the eye pressure was back in the normal range.

@mikaylar I am seeing a glaucoma specialist in Louisville, Ky. He is known as a good, very experienced surgeon-the best of the very few local specialists-but he will not engage in discussion. Travel is terribly difficult for me, but I am thinking of going to Wilmer Eye in Baltimore for a second opinion if I can manage it.

Is there a neuro eye doctor local to you? They don't do surgery, but they treat glaucoma. Get the best you can. We need our eyes.

@mikaylar The doc I’d like to see in Baltimore is a neuro