CassyLee (cassylee) wrote, @ 2009-04-13 20:35:00

Don't it make my hazel eyes brown?
I had an appointment with an opthamologist today. My optometrist visit (the first one in 7 years & way overdue) had resulted in my optometrist being worried about some 'defects' in my field of vision test & some overly large optic receptors, both of which might be signs of glaucoma. Or, as she hastily assured me, might just be due to the extreme near sightedness I had before my lasik surgery.

After having a couple of different assistants run me through different tests & dilate my eyes (which are still very dilated & I can't really read what I'm typing right now) the actual opthamologist finally came in, introduced himself & told me that while the tests weren't conclusive, he was 90% sure I have glaucoma and he strongly recommended that I start taking some eyedrops.

Apparently there are a number of different drops available, but given my young age & that we're going to try to stave off blindness for 40 years or so, he was recommending a rather strong drop which has potential side effects like adding redness to the white of my eyes, some small irritation, and in rare cases - changing the color of one's eyes. It happens more often in people who have hazel or green eyes & it turns them brown. One of the other side effects is that my eyelashes might grow longer. So there's a plus ;-).

	soupytwist 2009-04-14 01:05 (link)
	The glaucoma thing isn't great, but good news that it's so treatable! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bettiepie 2009-04-14 01:16 (link)
	Gah. I'm glad it's treatable. But mostly I am stuck on how incredibly weird it would be to have your eye color change. (Weird for me! Because this is all about me. But I bet it would be really weird for you, too.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cosmicavatar 2009-04-14 03:12 (link)
	Glad they can do something about it, at least. I hope you just get the longer eyelashes, personally. That sounds like a nice side-effect. ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bally 2009-04-14 04:17 (link)
	Good Lord. Medical science is a bizarre place. Still, if it gets you healthy, that's the main thing. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	smallgod 2009-04-14 10:35 (link)
	Bah, that's a bit of a bummer! But, as the others said, at least it is treatable. And at least you may get longer lashes; I'd be very excited about that, were it me. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mouse_wd 2009-04-14 11:54 (link)
	Yikes! Are they going to do more conclusive tests to get a definite yes or no? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nkl 2009-04-14 12:05 (link)
	Personally, I'm in favor of staving off blindness. Good luck. A+ on the subject heading, btw. Whatever happened to Crystal Gale? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	callie_demeter 2009-04-14 12:08 (link)
	Nice title! It's good it's treatable, and yay for longer eyelashes! Though I'd be sad to love my hazel eyes to just brown. But hey, I wonder if people would notice your eyes have changed colour? :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jupe 2009-04-14 13:54 (link)
	Oh dear! But I guess the important thing is that if your eyes do change color, at least you'll be able to see to tell. I hope everything goes well. (Reply to this) (Thread)