Dear doctor:
I just got back from my opthalmologist today to do my last test to detect for glaucoma. Here are my results so far.
1) visual field test = normal
2) Cornea thickness = good -2 or 3 something like that
3) Briefly looked at my optic nerve through dilation = seems good
However, today, the doctor himself took a picture of my eyes, and he said that I might have open angle glaucoma. He looked at the pictures and said "there is something there". My diagnosis of glaucoma is in the "suspicious" stage. That's how he put it. He wants me back in a month to redo the eye pressure check.
last few weeks, my eye pressure was 24, going up from 22.
Questions:
1) Can't the doctor tell if a patient has glaucoma or not???
2) How can I have glaucoma so quick, since my eye pressure only started to elevate to over 20 three months ago. Before they were in range
3) Am I gonna go blind in a few years with open angle glaucoma?
Thank you so much doctor.