Finally...

... finally finally finally finished, I think, with the eye problem since last August.

It's called molluscum contagiousum on the lip of the upper eyelid for my right eye. It was really funny, incandescens that the doctor was having an interesting time coding what he'd done for the insurance folks and I was able to talk with him a little bit about it because of your journal. *laughs*

He actually finally diagnosed it in early May, let me go home with heat packs to see if it wouldn't just clear up on its own. Since it was threatening my eye with secondary infections from the inflammation, or glaucoma from the steroid drops we were using to keep the inflammation down, he said to get an appointment to deal with it if it didn't get better in a month.

So I did, for this morning.

( Cut for medical TMI, but it was a really fascinating if unnerving procedure. Warning against needles and burning around an eye. Okay... just that might have squicked people... but more details within. )

I spent most of the day just recovering. Trying to do a little writing work, played with Jet a little, and took him to an orthodontist's appointment in the afternoon. I read another Brockmann book, and didn't eat much at all. My guts were pretty damned upset by the whole experience. Soupy rice finally really settled me, and it felt good and comforting. It's just rice cooked in a LOT of water until it's thick and really soft and easy on the stomach.

I'm already seeing a difference in how the right eye feels. I can't go swimming until the scabs heal, which is all right for a little while. I checked myself in a mirror as well, half-expecting a big gap in my eyelashes, but it's barely noticeable at all, and it actually looks better without the big bumps that were there. So yay!!

The doctor said that my irritated eye was a classical symptom for the problem, so he's really confident that we Got It Fixed this time around. And I'm very content in that and in having had the courage to just get it done.

Finally...

... finally finally finally finished, I think, with the eye problem since last August.

It's called molluscum contagiousum on the lip of the upper eyelid for my right eye. It was really funny, incandescens that the doctor was having an interesting time coding what he'd done for the insurance folks and I was able to talk with him a little bit about it because of your journal. *laughs*

He actually finally diagnosed it in early May, let me go home with heat packs to see if it wouldn't just clear up on its own. Since it was threatening my eye with secondary infections from the inflammation, or glaucoma from the steroid drops we were using to keep the inflammation down, he said to get an appointment to deal with it if it didn't get better in a month.

So I did, for this morning.

( Cut for medical TMI, but it was a really fascinating if unnerving procedure. Warning against needles and burning around an eye. Okay... just that might have squicked people... but more details within. )

I spent most of the day just recovering. Trying to do a little writing work, played with Jet a little, and took him to an orthodontist's appointment in the afternoon. I read another Brockmann book, and didn't eat much at all. My guts were pretty damned upset by the whole experience. Soupy rice finally really settled me, and it felt good and comforting. It's just rice cooked in a LOT of water until it's thick and really soft and easy on the stomach.

I'm already seeing a difference in how the right eye feels. I can't go swimming until the scabs heal, which is all right for a little while. I checked myself in a mirror as well, half-expecting a big gap in my eyelashes, but it's barely noticeable at all, and it actually looks better without the big bumps that were there. So yay!!

The doctor said that my irritated eye was a classical symptom for the problem, so he's really confident that we Got It Fixed this time around. And I'm very content in that and in having had the courage to just get it done.