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05-31-2014, 02:10 PM
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Converting measurements
About four weeks ago I went in for my regular exam at my opthalmologist's. His assistant did all the pre exam stuff, eye drops,pressure test, eye chart.
He seemed qite concerned as he said my right eye was 41 torr and the keft was 17 torr. Apparently 17 is acceptable but 41 is not. So he prescribed eye drops and return in a week. After checking the pressure he was all smiles, the right eye was now at 14 and the left was 11 (Out of symosthy as it got no drops). Th PITA is that I will be on them for the rest of my life I gather.
Anyhow I got curious - what the hell is a torr in English? It is equivalent to 1 mmHg so 41 mmHg comes in somewhere less than a pound per sq. in. but still enough in the eye to damage the nerve. I do feel that now the pressure is down that the vision in that eye has improved. He has me scheduled for some further tests that will, I gather, determine how much of the macula still finctions well.
So after all that I now know what in hell a torr is. How I made it this far through life without that knowledge I shall never know.
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05-31-2014, 02:35 PM
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Just wait until the prescribe some brownies for that glaucoma Rob. Might even jump start your muse. Alternatively, your waistline could just go to pot.
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05-31-2014, 02:45 PM
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The last time I dealt with measurement in Torr, it was a measurement of vacuum/pressure. The conversion math eludes me at the moment, but I seriously don't know how vacuum would apply to your eyes anyways.
http://www.unitconversion.org/pressu...onversion.html
Here is some info off the 'net. Don't know it it'll help at all, though.
Dave
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05-31-2014, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by bobabode
Just wait until the prescribe some brownies for that glaucoma Rob. Might even jump start your muse. Alternatively, your waistline could just go to pot.
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Oh I am quite sure she will be back, she just gets restless somtimes and wanders off across the fields gathering flowers.
Luckily I have a damned good opthalmologist, head of opthalmology at the local JH general hospital.
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05-31-2014, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
The last time I dealt with measurement in Torr, it was a measurement of vacuum/pressure. The conversion math eludes me at the moment, but I seriously don't know how vacuum would apply to your eyes anyways.
http://www.unitconversion.org/pressu...onversion.html
Here is some info off the 'net. Don't know it it'll help at all, though.
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Ta, about what the other site guesstimated 0.793 pounds per sq. in. not enough to make your eyes pop.
Yeah it is not vacuum but glaucoma does suck.
Luckily I have an excellent nurse.
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05-31-2014, 05:37 PM
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Best of luck to you, Rob.
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05-31-2014, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
Oh I am quite sure she will be back, she just gets restless somtimes and wanders off across the fields gathering flowers.
Luckily I have a damned good opthalmologist, head of opthalmology at the local JH general hospital.
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I am quite impressed with my ophthalmologist as well. My wife insists on seeing him rather than an optometrist. It turns out that he discovered an issue that is somewhat unrelated to my eyes. I had a field of vision deficit that signaled glaucoma, but the pressures did not confirm that. So he had me go for an MRI. A few tests and a couple of doctors later, and we found a growth in my sphenoid sinus, which is close to the optic nerve and the pituitary gland. In any event, the ENT doctor will excavate the sinus cavity in a few weeks.
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05-31-2014, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by d-ray657
I am quite impressed with my ophthalmologist as well. My wife insists on seeing him rather than an optometrist. It turns out that he discovered an issue that is somewhat unrelated to my eyes. I had a field of vision deficit that signaled glaucoma, but the pressures did not confirm that. So he had me go for an MRI. A few tests and a couple of doctors later, and we found a growth in my sphenoid sinus, which is close to the optic nerve and the pituitary gland. In any event, the ENT doctor will excavate the sinus cavity in a few weeks.
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Wow D, I hope that booger is benign. <grin>
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06-02-2014, 10:22 AM
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Wow D, I hope that booger is benign. <grin>
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What Bob said.
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