What you described doesn't sound like glaucoma - perhaps it's something besides that? Whatever it is, is scary for sure.

If your thyroid is giving you so much trouble, maybe it is better to get them out. You'll be on meds for the rest of your life, but it's better than what it's doing to the rest of you.

Do you have Lens Crafters? I hear they always have some kind of sale.

Huggles.