Hi Dawn - I too was just under 60 when diagnosed with glaucoma, and I must say my ophthalmologist is anything but "casual" about it for the past 13 years.
I am seen twice a year and my pressures are measured, with a visual field check once a year and a full eye scan every two years. She also checks the "angle" with a special instrument every 2-3 years.
I saw her again yesterday, and with this care and religious use of my drops every night, my pressures are maintained around 14 and the disease progress is very slow. She is confident that absent some strange occurrence, I will "outlive" glaucoma and have my vision, slightly impaired as now. I just hope I can find someone as thorough when she retires two years from now!
May I suggest that if these tests were not performed for you, and you feel the doctor was too "casual" about it, that you might want to find an ophthalmologist who specializes in eye disease? Once you have a diagnosis such as this, you are beyond the care level of an optometrist.
Sue

Back in 2000 I was also dealing with increased pressure in the eye and the possibility of glaucoma. My doctor tried all kinds of drops, but nothing works. I will add here that I have a problem with lots of drugs. They rarely work on me the way they are supposed to. At any rate, he finally said I am going to do laser surgery on you. So that's what he did on my left eye. It took about a minute and there was no pain. Flash forward 23 years and my pressure has been normal for all this time.