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8 years and counting
8 years and counting

Glinda recounts how troubles with unhelpful doctors eventually led her to do her own research. Along the way, she found out that exercise, in addition to her normal regimen, was one of the best ways to keep her dry eye under control.

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Stage: OtherAidan MooreJanuary 15, 2019Blepharitis, Exercise, Make up, MGD, Online researchComment
No more eye drops
No more eye drops

With a bit of lifestyle modification, nomoredryeye was able to manage her dry eye symptoms.

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Stage: Remission or CureAidan MooreSeptember 9, 2018diet, hormones, pregnancyComment
Theodore's SLK
Theodore's SLK

A year after finding out she had dry eye, Scoelicolor wants answers and proper treatment from her doctors. She recounts how SLK has impacted her life, work, and studies; the mental health impact of dry eye; and what keeps her going.

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Stage: CrisisAidan MooreAugust 10, 2018anxiety, depression, doctor-patient relationship, mental health, pain SLK, suicidal ideation, support groups, under 30 Comments
Managing Single-Sided Dry Eye Due to Facial Nerve Damage
Managing Single-Sided Dry Eye Due to Facial Nerve Damage

Sara relates her surgery-induced dry eye story and how scleral lenses have helped her. Make sure to be careful about insurance and check out her personal blog!

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Stage: MaintainingAidan MooreAugust 5, 2018facial paralysis, insurance, laserfit, LASIK, sclerals, surgeryComment
LASIK dry eye: Coping with crisis and what moving on looks like
LASIK dry eye: Coping with crisis and what moving on looks like

If you’ve never read Rebecca’s dry eye story in full, now’s the time. Rebecca talks about her initial LASIK surgery, dry eye complications, and her deepening understanding of mental health — her own, and the health of those in the online communities she found. Today you may know her for her advocacy work and as founder of the Dry Eye Company.

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Aidan MooreJuly 15, 2018lasik Comments
PRK and Doctor Disaster
PRK and Doctor Disaster

Peggy now experiences light sensitivity, tired eyes, and eyelid troubles after PRK gone wrong.

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Stage: WorseningAidan MooreJuly 13, 2018diet, lenses, PRKComment
Getting My Life Back After 8 Years of Severe MGD and Aqueous Deficiency
Getting My Life Back After 8 Years of Severe MGD and Aqueous Deficiency

Hokucat eventually learned how to manage her severe MGD through paintrial and error of diet, supplement, and medicine routines.

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Stage: MaintainingAidan MooreJuly 5, 2018blepharospasms, depression, diet, MGD, probing, sjögren's Comments
Aging Desert Rat finds eventual relief without medication
Aging Desert Rat finds eventual relief without medication

The title explains says it all. Alexis shares her tricks for managing dry eye in a dry and windy climate.

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Stage: Mild to ModerateAidan MooreJuly 3, 2018dry climate, moisture retention eyewear, plugs Comment
Bill's Dry Eye Saga
Bill's Dry Eye Saga

Scleral lenses have helped stabilize Bill’s eyes after a corneal ulcer.

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Stage: StableAidan MooreJune 29, 2018corneal ulcer, plugs, scleralsComment
Your Eyes are the Window to Your Story
Your Eyes are the Window to Your Story

For Odette, managing her Sjögren’s and Dry Eye means being confident about her dry eye lifestyle modifications in public.

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Stage: MaintainingAidan MooreJune 29, 2018sclerals, sjögren's Comments
You will not win, Dry Eye!
You will not win, Dry Eye!

Amanda now looks forward to trying sclerals after troubles with misdiagnosis. Her story deals with balancing her career, dry eye, and related mental health struggles.

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Stage: CopingAidan MooreJune 29, 2018anxiety, career, cautery, depression, misdiagnosis, outdoors Comments
The Long Journey
The Long Journey

After putting opportunities on hold, scleral lenses have helped DianaK manage her symptoms.

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Stage: MaintainingAidan MooreJune 29, 2018cautery, sclerals, sjögren's Comment
No one has tried this, very alternative, but it works!...
No one has tried this, very alternative, but it works!...

Colin UK recounts how he learned to used Fucithalmic ointment to keep his lids shut at night.

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Stage: CopingAidan MooreJune 22, 2018fucithalmic ointment, RCE Comment

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