A couple of years ago (feels more like a whole century) when I was in high school, my eyes started giving me problems. The occasional headaches became more frequent coupled with photosensitivity, eye itching, and, eye redness. It began to affect my daily lifestyle and my studying habits. My parents were left with no other choice other than to schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist who would then become my permanent ophthalmologist. Fast-forward to a few days later, mum and I were in his consulting rooms, waiting for my appointment, a few minutes later it was my turn, yikes!! I remember walking into the examining room, indulging in a brief 10-minute introductory conversation, followed by explaining all my symptoms to him. Next up was the tonometry test to measure the pressure inside my eyes which revealed that my right eye pressure was elevated by two, and my left eye had decreased eye pressure by 0.5. I mean talk about opposites attracting!!! Sometimes life is eye-ronic!! The right eye was a cause of concern and that's when I was first introduced to the term, 'glaucoma'. We had to get on top of the situation and it meant being prescribed steroid eye drops to regulate the eye pressure before it lead to glaucoma. I used the eye drops diligently and a couple…