[Trombone-l] Glaucoma

[Chris Waage]

First, I want to offer a belated and most grateful THANK YOU to everyone
who replied directly to me about the effects of glaucoma on playing.

I had my followup with my eye doc on Monday, and my pressure had dropped
from 22 to 16 with the use of eye drops.  I also have completely stopped
drinking anything with caffeine as that is another known contributor.  This
was harder than eye drops - I almost lived on Diet Coke.

Thanks again to everyone for their thoughts and info!

Chris


On Aug 14, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Chris Waage via Trombone-l <
> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>
> This morning, my ophthalmologist diagnosed me with open-angle glaucoma.
> Fortunately, we've caught it quite early and there's very small evidence of
> damage and my eye pressure is 22, top of the "normal" scale.
>
> After dealing with the mental stuff, I started researching and found a
> 20-year old article from the Chicago Musician's Union about glaucoma and
> wind players.  Trumpet, oboe, and alto sax tend to create backpressure and
> can frequently exacerbate glaucoma.
>
> Does anyone out there have any first- or second-hand knowledge about
> glaucoma and brass players, particularly trombonists?  I know that as a
> bass trombonist, my instrument really has almost no back-pressure - dual
> bore Edwards slide with the B3 leadpipe and dual inline Thayers with a
> Giddings Chinook mouthpiece.  But since my doc probably has no info - I
> didn't think to ask - I'm hoping to find some concrete information.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris
>
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> *Chris Waage, DMA*
> Staff Arranger and Assistant Conductor, Northland Cathedral, Kansas City,
> Missouri
> Music Director, Lexington Wind Symphony, Lexington, Missouri
> Freelance teacher, clinician. and low brass artist
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*Chris Waage, DMA*
Staff Arranger and Assistant Conductor, Northland Cathedral, Kansas City,
Missouri
Music Director, Lexington Wind Symphony, Lexington, Missouri
Freelance teacher, clinician. and low brass artist