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Greetings I’m Stacy, a CDE sufferer and survivor. Living life with dry eye can be devastating because it sneaks up on you with no debating. Each and every day is...

Not long ago both of my sons got pink eye. The youngest is one and he also had an ear infection, so he got oral antibiotics. But the four-year-old only...

In this video I show how I am able to incorporate meditation with dry eye treatment. My favorite kind of meditations are about 10-15 minutes long. Not long ago I...

I am fortunate to be married to the most self-sufficient husband ever. That was true even while he was going through a kidney stone attack. All he really wanted was...

My final pair of scleral lenses came to me in the mail because the tweak to both the vision and the fit from my previous pair was minor (my doctor...

One of the very first things that my dry eye specialist recommended was blinking exercises. I had no idea such exercise existed, but it sure does. She explained that since...

If you have dry eye disease, chances are you have some days when you wake up with your eyes feeling worse, and some days when they feel better, and there...

In this video I am showing what I use to help escape the hot and dry air from a heating system. I found a vent cover from my local hardware...

I was thrilled when my rheumatologist offered to send me to a Sjögren’s syndrome specialist. I had no idea there was one in my city. In my excitement, I envisioned...

My scleral lens fitting took a total of three office visits to my dry eye doctor. During my first visit, the technician took some initial measurements using a machine that...

Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...

There’s a lot to be done after my visit to the optometrist or the eye specialist. Most of us have heard suggestions about how to prepare for our visits to our...

So you’re on a day trip with your spouse and children two hours from home and it dawns on you: you’ve forgotten your dry-eye suitcase, because you are new to...

This video is about some of the surprising things I found out about when I developed chronic dry eye (CDE). I was shocked to find out some of the symptoms...

I have been fortunate enough in the past to not have experience with styes and chalazions, which can be common among us dry eye sufferers. That was until recently, when...

After working relentlessly for nearly two years to improve my chronic dry eye condition, I decided to try scleral lenses. These large, hard contact lenses rest on the sclera (the...

Here at ChronicDryEye.net, we want to spotlight some of our most active community members. These community members have thoughtfully shared their experiences with dry eye and helped foster conversation with...

Dr. Essence Johnson, an optometrist, demonstrates how to properly use eye drops. She shows techniques that can make it easier to put drops in your eyes – or, if you're...

Hi there. Like you, I’m one of the millions of Americans who have chronic dry eyes. I’m also a guy, which apparently makes me rare. This makes me feel weird...

I am experiencing the worst flareup with dry eyes I can ever remember having, as of my writing this. I usually cope fairly well with my routine of lubricant eyedrops...