SLT procedure next week for Glaucoma

I had it ages ago, my pressures were round about 28!     They told me it would take about 1 1/2 hours, and that was worrying.    But what actually hapenned was nowhere near as bad.       They put drops in the eye, (completely painless) and then cleared off without a word leaving me in the waiting room.     After about an hour, they came and took me to the laser room.     Squirted some jelly in eye (painless). and then put something like a jeweller's eyeglass in eye with upper and lower lids over the edge of it, so I couldn't blink even if I wanted to.    They then sat me in front of laser machine, and I could see the end of the laser gun quite clearly.    They then said they would try one shot, to see how it felt.    It was the very slightest stinging sensation, nowhere near painful.    They asked if I was happy for them to continue, and I said yes.   They then put 25 more laser shots in, over about 20 seconds, and then told me to sit back for about ten seconds.   That was follwed by 25 more, and a rest, then another 25, and then the last 25 - 100 in total.     They then pulled the contact lens out, and all I could see was a grey blur, (caused by the jelly).    This began to clear within seconds, and sight was back to normal before a minute had gone by.      They told me to go away, and come back in an hour.   They didn't even cover the eye up.   I wandered about feeling quite normal.    When I returned, they checked the pressure, said it was OK, and let me go home.     The procedure itself took less than 5 minutes.    I always felt that they should have told me this, rather than saying it would take 1 1/2 hours and not mentioning the fact that most of that time was waiting from the drops to work!.    Apparently, SLT does not damage the eye, or puncture it, like other procedures do.     It must have been about 9 years ago now, and still have perfect sight in that eye.  (I am 73).     Maybe someone else will give their experiences with it!  

When I left hosital after the first procedure my pressure had dropped to 14 from 22 pre op. Strangely, when I left after second procedure pressure was 26 up from 21 pre op.

Neither SLP procedures were successful, various drops have only reduced readings by 3 points, all with horrendous side effects. It will be interesting to see what hospital next suggests as my readings were 24/29 yesterday at my field test. I am fortunately past the extreme anxiety about all this (helped hugely by a mindfulness course).