Unboxing My Shipment of Autologous Serum DropsIn this video I am showing an unboxing of my autologous serum tears. I just had my blood drawn the day before and they arrived just in time so I... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
A Day In the Life With Someone Who Has Chronic Dry EyeIn the morning I start my day off with using my bruder mask for 10 minutes. I find that it really helps my eyes and helps melt away some of... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
A Product That Gives My Chronic Dry Eye a Splash of ReliefIn this video I am showing a product called Avene Thermal Spring water. My dermatologist recommended this to me in order to help my facial and ocular rosacea. I must... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
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 with other people. I've had issues with everything... By Ava Meena1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
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 setting alarms on my phone but found them... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 learned that my office at work runs very... By Jonathan Heath1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 up leading up to being diagnosed with COVID... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Meditation and Dry EyeIn 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... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Blinking Exercises and Dry EyeOne 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... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
How I Prepare My Dry Eyes for WinterIn 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... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Most Surprising Thing About Living With Chronic Dry EyeThis 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... By BarbyIngle1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My First Encounter With a Chalazion From Dry EyeI 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... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
How to Put Drops in Your Eyes (Video)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... By Essence Johnson, OD, FAAO1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Money-Saving Prescription Cards for Dry EyeIn this video I explain how prescription saving cards can help with the cost of dry eye drop prescriptions. I also go into detail about using manufacturers' websites to see... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How I Get My Autologous Serum Drops DeliveredWhen you live in a smaller or rural community, healthcare can be harder to access. This is something I have experienced with my autologous serum drops. There is not a... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Demonstration of the Quantum Device (The Q)In this video I demonstrate how I use the Quantum device (The Q) for my evaporative dry eye due to meibomian gland dysfunction. I use it daily to keep the... By Erica Osborne1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments7 comments
How I Clean My Dry Eye DevicesWe probably don't even realize how many times a day we touch our eyes. Now, having dry eyes, we may touch our eyes a whole lot more throughout the day... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Humidifiers in Your HomeIn this video I explain how an industrial-sized humidifier has helped my dry eye. It covers a lot more square footage and regulates the humidity consistently. A humidifier was the... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Dry Eye Heating MaskIn this video I talk about a new eye mask that I have found works really not just in temperature but also for traveling. Dry eye heating masks are important... By Amanda Gaskell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments12 comments
A Video Introduction to Humidifiers for Dry EyeThe first article I wrote for this community posed the question: can you have too many humidifiers? While that debate still rages on in my household (jokingly), I decided to... By Ava Meena1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments