'I COULDN'T BELIEVE I HAD GLAUCOMA IN MY FORTIES'

"As part of my routine eye check at my local Specsavers, I decided to have the OCT (optical coherence tomography) scan. It helps detect potential eye health issues such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, at a very reasonable cost.

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"The results of the scan showed something wasn’t right and the optician could see abnormalities at the back of my eye. They suspected I had glaucoma and referred me to my GP for further investigation.

"This was the first I had really heard of the condition - I thought it was something that only affected older adults. I couldn't believe it - I hadn’t had any symptoms at all.