My New Glasses to Help My Dry EyesGlasses! I have nearly as many pairs as I have bottles of drops. But now I have a new pair, quite different...reactions6comments
Traveling Abroad with Chronic Dry EyeI recently traveled on a mission trip to India with my daughter and a small team, and one of my worries was...reactionscomments
It's Not What You Think: Using Eye Drops While WorkingThe problem I’m going to discuss is made worse because I work mostly from home and have many Zoom meetings. While on...reactions2comments
Chronic Dry Eye Mystery: Deciding to Play DetectiveTwo years ago, I was diagnosed with chronic dry eye and blephartis. My improvement over the past two years was not only...reactions6comments
Let's Talk About TyrvayaA few months ago, I sought out a second opinion on my chronic dry eye situation. One of the things we discovered...reactions3comments
My Most Common Dry Eye SymptomsDry eyes are a fairly common condition, though one that isn’t talked about enough. At least not in my eyes (pun intented!)...reactions4comments
Dear Diary, I Scratched Out A Punctal PlugI’m 47 years young and most days I cry like a baby. No, I know what you’re thinking. You think I’m a...reactions4comments
Getting Into the Dry Eye RoutineIf you’re just learning about chronic dry eye, it might seem a bit overwhelming. There’s so much information out there about what...reactionscomments
When Your Eye Drops Aren't Working: Back to the Drawing BoardMy eye-care plan isn’t working. I realised this the other day when, no matter what I did, my eyes were just too...reactions4comments
Great Start to a New YearI always start January with a brief look back to the year behind me. Next I spend time thinking about goals for...reactionscomments
Predicting Good and Bad Days with Dry EyeThe only thing predictable about life with dry eyes is that good and bad days are unpredictable. I might do everything “right”...reactionscomments
Dry Eye: Not As Simple As It SoundsOutside of routine eye checkups, the average person doesn’t have to think about their eyes or eyesight much. On the contrary, chronic...reactionscomments
Find a Dry Eye Friend“One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else's survival...reactions6comments
New Eye Problems and Having a Corneal MeltMy eyes have proved unpredictable since my chronic dry eye started seemingly overnight in May 2017. Life has been full of curve...reactions8comments
What Having 20/20 Vision Means to MeIf you asked me when I realized it was time to take chronic dry eye seriously, it was at Dead Horse Point...reactionscomments
How I Try to Get Others to Understand the Struggles of Chronic Dry EyeNo one really sees the daily struggles I go through with chronic dry eye on a day-to-day basis. They don’t see the...reactions3comments
Using a Saliva Stimulant for Dry Mouth and Dry EyesMy rheumatologist prescribed the saliva stimulant Cevimeline to treat my dry mouth symptoms. Based on my symptoms of dry mouth, dry eyes...reactions3comments
The Grief Is DevastatingGreetings I’m Stacy, a CDE sufferer and survivor. Living life with dry eye can be devastating because it sneaks up on you...reactionscomments
What Was Your First Experience With Eye Drops Like?Not long ago both of my sons got pink eye. The youngest is one and he also had an ear infection, so...reactions7comments
When Life Gets in the Way of Self CareI am fortunate to be married to the most self-sufficient husband ever. That was true even while he was going through a...reactions3comments
