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
Has Dry Eye Ever Made Life Awkward for You?In addition to all the physical difficulties that chronic dry eye can bring into our lives, it can also affect our relationships...reactions5comments
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
Keeping Track of My Eye Drop AdministrationI have found that relying on my own memory to put in my eye drops hasn't been so effective. I have tried...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
How Dry Is It in Here? My Hygrometer KnowsIn this video I explain how a simple device called a hygrometer tells me the humidity level wherever I take it. I've...reactions2comments
Cheesy Chicken PastaHaving both chronic dry eye (CDE) and age related macular degeneration (AMD), I try to incorporate ingredients into my recipes that are...reactions9comments
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
COVID-19 and Dry EyeIn this video I am talking about having COVID-19 and how it affected my dry eye. I definitely had a bad flare...reactions5comments
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
What Are Demodex Mites?While it may be unnerving to think about, many of the cells in our bodies are not actually ours. We host a...reactionscomments
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