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I don't know whether to scream or cry at this point. The way things are going, I'd better not cry.

I went to the eye doctor last week for my annual checkup. Everything was fine.

Yesterday afternoon my left eye, the one I have very little vision in, started hurting. I checked it out in the mirror, and the eyelid looked kind of red and puffy, so I put some basic rewetting drops in. Didn't help. Started putting hot compresses on it this morning, which didn't help much either. Now my eyelid's red, swollen, and painful. I can't tell if it's affecting my vision any, because I can pretty much only see out of the corner of that eye.

I'm pretty sure I know what this is. I had something similar back in the 90's, only it was much worse because it was in my good eye. So this scares me a little bit less than that did, but I'm still not having a great time.

I was laying on the couch this morning with a heat pack over my face for almost an hour before I decided enough was enough, and called the eye doctor. I hate to do it, because I was just there, but this is not going to go away on its own, and the pain is starting to really make me cranky.

Thankfully it was almost lunch when I called the doc's office, and the phone rang so many times in the front office that I think they finally had to pick it up in the back. This would explain why the person I talked to seemed to have it together anyway.

Really though, this is why I love my eye doctor's office. "What's your name and date of birth? And what's going on?" Pause. "Can you come in this afternoon?"

Yes, I can.

So, you know where I'll be at 3:15. And it's not that I don't want to go, it's just that I don't want to have to go.

Date: 2010-03-30 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vayshti.livejournal.com
All the best. Eyeball pain feels whacky and freaky, so I hope it's something benign and unreleated.

xx

Date: 2010-04-01 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbandruid.livejournal.com
Thanks. It's nothing major, just a gross blocked thingy on my eyelid. And mostly clearing up now, yay!

Date: 2010-04-01 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vayshti.livejournal.com
It's freaky until you know for sure though, isn't it?

Yeah, my eye thing was the way milder blepharitis (but oddly, same cause as yours), which I never heard of until yesterday. but given I've got rosacea flare ups these days, seems like it's a thing I might have to expect more of in the future. Boo.

I was so sure it was a muscular thing though - it felt like I'd been punched.

Date: 2010-03-31 01:29 am (UTC)
g_shadowslayer: (Tom Needs a Hug)
From: [personal profile] g_shadowslayer
*HUGS* I hope it's something simple to fix and that the pain is gone quickly!

Date: 2010-04-01 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbandruid.livejournal.com
*hugs* Thanks. Yeah, it's pretty minor, just irritating. The pain started getting better almost right away. Medicated eye drops are good, even if they do burn.

Aww, cute little Potterpuff Tom. :)

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