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
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
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 Quiz and Trivia - New Recipes, Measuring Humidity, and MoreHave you been following the latest stories and insights from our community? Take our quiz to test your knowledge and find dry...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
Trying Low Level Light TherapyI’ve struggled with meibomian gland dysfunction, also known as MGD, for many years and have tried an array of treatments. At my...reactions1comment
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
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
Friend & Foe: Dealing With The Inner CriticWe all have an inner critic. It’s that voice in our heads that never shuts up, to put it mildly. No matter...reactions7comments
Dry Eye Quiz: Biweekly Trivia - Winter, Eyelids Closed at Night, and MoreHave you been following the stories and insights from our community over the last 2 weeks? Take our biweekly dry eye quiz...reactionscomments
Being Fitted for Scleral LensesMy scleral lens fitting took a total of three office visits to my dry eye doctor. During my first visit, the technician...reactions1comment
My Scleral Lens MishapMy final pair of scleral lenses came to me in the mail because the tweak to both the vision and the fit...reactions3comments
Dry Eye Quiz: Biweekly Trivia – Comorbidities, Seeing Specialists, and MoreHave you been following the stories and insights from our community over the last 2 weeks? Take our biweekly dry eye quiz...reactionscomments
My Experience Going to a Sjögren’s Syndrome SpecialistI was thrilled when my rheumatologist offered to send me to a Sjögren’s syndrome specialist. I had no idea there was one...reactions5comments
What Qualities I Look For in Humidifiers for Dry EyeIdeally, I’d have a large cool mist humidifier in every room of my house during the winter – maybe even 2 in...reactions4comments
What Is the Social Health Network Community?Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health...reactionscomments
Keeping Track: After the AppointmentThere’s a lot to be done after my visit to the optometrist or the eye specialist. Most of us have heard suggestions about...reactions3comments
