11/03/2025
March is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Across NZ, our optometrists detect early signs of sight-threatening glaucoma every day in routine eye tests. Those patients are referred on to a specialist for a diagnosis and then are able to access support and treatment to protect their sight. One such patient is John, who explains what life with glaucoma is like for him in this video.
☕ If you ask John what glaucoma looks like, he’d probably tell you it looks like a chipped cup, a bumped shoulder, or a streaky plate he swore was clean. 🍽️
🤷 It looks like years of thinking, my eyesight’s fine—why go to the optometrist? 👓
😨 And it looks like the shock of being told, out of nowhere, you have glaucoma—a shock so big, he fainted.
Read his story at https://glaucoma.org.nz/john-what-glaucoma-looks-like/
Watch more at https://www.facebook.com/glaucomanz/videos/613564218313087