Hi TD,

My Mum's got glaucoma, she was diagnoised with it a few years ago, she was just under 50. She is on drops to slow the process down, as it is incurable.

As mentioned it is hereditary, so I began having my pressure tested every 6 months too when she found out. Though my pressure is usually on the high average at the optomistrist (my field visions are all ok), I've spoken to Mum's eye specialist a couple of times and he said not to be too concerned with the results at the optomistrist as they always tend to be a little higher then the specialists results, but obviously just keep having them checked every 6 months, so they can just keep an eye on any major changes. If they catch the problem early they can slow it down alot by the eyedrops.

Hopefully for us it is just something we just need to keep checking and they have worked out a way to cure it by the time we may or may not get it.

HTH...Good luck