Christie Brinkleyjust had a hole drilled in her eye — and lived to tell the tale!
The 67-year-old supermodelsharedon Instagramthat she underwent the scary-sounding procedure after she was diagnosed withacute angle closure glaucoma, a serious condition where fluid pressure suddenly builds up in the eye.
“I just discovered that I have something called acute angle closure,” Brinkley explained on Wednesday. “I only found out because I included an eye exam as part of my yearly physical checkup and my brilliant ophthalmologist spotted this problem.”
The mom of three said that it was good her doctor was able to catch the condition quickly.
“If left untreated it could have resulted in vision loss…So I’m very grateful! Thank you Dr. Coles!” Brinkley said.
“And friends keep your eye on your precious eyes! 👁👀Get them checked!” she added.
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2021 has been a year of health issues for Brinkley, between her eye condition and thehip replacement surgery she underwent in January. She opted for the surgery after struggling with a lingering injury from 26 years earlier, when she was in abackcountry skiing helicopter crash.
“The pain in my hip got a little bit worse each year,” Brinkley explained in an Instagram post in January. She was originally told to undergo a hip replacement in 2009, but said that the idea was too “daunting” at the time.
As Brinkley continued to struggle with the pain, though, she “started feeling like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is how you get old,’ " she toldDr. Mehmet Ozon an episode ofThe Dr. Oz Showin February.
And the surgery made a huge difference, Brinkley wrote on Instagram, and allowed her to “move my body again.
“I tell you for people at home, go speak to the doctors. Find out what they can do for you,“she told Oz. “You know the more you learn about it the less afraid you will be and don’t be afraid because you know what these surgeries can do now. The way they have perfected them is really amazing.”
source: people.com
