Any bodybuilders famous or otherwise who have glaucoma or R glaucoma suspect?

Before you go TLDR (too long didn't read)...you might find all of this interesting in terms of prevention.... or help if you have glaucoma or are like me "a glaucoma suspect".... at the end, there's more positive info.

I was diagnosed recently as having high pressures in my eyes, optic nerve cupping and loss of optic nerve

I'm considered a "glaucoma suspect" at almost 55 years old.....and need to follow up in 9 mos. w/ my glaucoma specialist opthalmologist

I think my years of gear and being a hot blooded New Yorker has messed up the blood "plumbing" around my eyes

See "Anger Kills," yes like the dude from the SEx pistols, "anger can be an energy," but it also in practice activates the fight or flight system and wreaks havoc on the circulatory system and the heart...

The info. out there is that strenous bodybuilding can progress glaucoma or even help bring it along

The deal is my other cornea opthalmologist told me that as long as you breathe often and do not invert upside down (as they do in Yoga), then I can do 8-12 reps, and 1 set of really heavy weight at 4 to 6 reps.... so that's good news....

It would help to know if I'm not alone -- any others out there famous lifters have glaucoma

I'd figure I'd have to breathe Often almost like a woman giving birth

Here's what I got on AI overview

Yes, bodybuilding and other weightlifting exercises can potentially increase the risk of developing or worsening glaucoma:
Intraocular pressure (IOP) spikes
Weightlifting can cause a dramatic and temporary increase in IOP, which can damage the optic nerve and lead to vision loss.
Intracranial pressure
Weightlifting can also increase intracranial pressure, which can contribute to compressive lamina cribrosa damage.
Adverse responses
Weightlifting can cause a range of adverse responses, including retinal detachment, retinal hemorrhage, and cerebral hemorrhage


Here's the Postiive Link on You can still work out heavy duty---just Breathe! ....and maybe smile

(I did notice smiling as when I used to do in the early 90s allowed for a better relaxed body to do a Good Loud and Proud Chiro adjustment)
A tonometer meeting at the Opthalmologist showed a lower pressure reading in both my eyes when I breathed often and smiled by the way

Both my eyes are 16 mm Hg (the glaucoma risk factor is 21 mm Hg or higher)

PLEASE NOTE: that sometimes holding your breath as in the beginning of picking up an olympic bar in a flat bench press is temporarily invevitable

I QUOTE:

Exceptionally strenuous exercises may also not be good for glaucoma. Lifting weights over 200 pounds, for example, is not recommended.
Any activity that causes you to hold your breath so long that your face turns red is usually not beneficial for glaucoma.Mar 17, 2022 (END QUOTE)

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Source: What Exercise Is Good for Glaucoma?

Northeastern Eye Institute
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