I have glaucoma and suffering from red, sore and dry eyes. The eye drops for the glaucoma are very stingy
I have glaucoma and suffering from red, sore and dry eyes. The eye drops for the glaucoma are very stingy
Hello lamjas
I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling with your eye health. I presume that these symptoms have worsened since you started the chemo and immunotherapy.
Please do mention this to your chemotherapy team/Consultant. It would also be a good idea to make an appointment to speak with your Optician or the health professional who is responsible for managing and monitoring your glaucoma so that they can also check things.
I hope that things improve for you soon.
Best wishes,
Jenn
Cancer Chat moderator
Thank you. I am under an ophthalmologist and my cancer team are aware of this problem. I wondered if it this problem was experienced by many others getting cancer treatment.
Hi, my sister has glaucoma and a myeloma diagnosis last October. She is experiencing dry, sore eyes and the optician has changed her eye drops, some of them do cause stinging..hope you get some relief ⚘️
Thanks. I will ask them if they can change my eye drops.
I also had very dry eyes during Chemotherapy ,Specsaver gave me some really good gloopy eye drops,I used them at night and first thing in the morning and they really helped xx
Thank you. I have an appt next week with the ophthalmologist, hopefully he can help.