While the contact lens over my eye was good and helpful Thursday day, night and half of Friday, by Friday afternoon it felt like I had a piece of fuzz in my eye. I kept putting drops in. Finally, it got a little better and then a couple hours later it was doing it again. I was able to get to sleep and it wasn't bad, but as soon as I got up this morning (to get ready to go see the eye dr) it was so bad. DH had to drive me in and my eye just watered the whole 45 minute drive. I walked into his office and said you need to get this lens off my eye. He took off the lens and it felt so much better, and better of course because he put a numbing drop in (can he just give me those? LOL)
Anyhow, my eye will just not completely heal for some reason, so he is referring me to a specialist that he says is on call and to call first thing Monday morning and he thinks they should be able to get me in right away. So, for the weekend, I'm back to eye drops and eye ointment. But, honestly, I'd rather deal with the hour of pain during the night when it "sloughs off" the part healing and gives me pain for an hour that what I dealt with last evening and most especially this morning, with that lens in. So far, since I've been home it feel uncomfortable and like it's still scratched/abrasion, but nothing like when that lens was in the last 12 hours.
My mom said my son and his girlfriend went shopping for her this morning and got her milk, cereal, bread, some frozen dinners, etc. I guess she's been having the dining room bring her up soup for dinner but she said last night the soup was awful and too spicy so she called DS to see if he could take her to the store this morning (he lives in her area). I was hoping that he would just do the shopping for her, so she didn't have to leave/get exposure and that's what they did, so that is good. I also told her, I can't imagine her dining room is only serving soup every night! They have quite a menu, so I'd think there would at least be more she could have then soup. She said tonight she was just going to heat up one of the microwave dinners. I said next time she calls down to the dining room to ask them what's available for dinner besides soup! If she tells me it's soup again, I'm going to have to call the place and see what's up with the meals.
I'm not looking forward to another week of not really being able to work. I hope everyone is well and I keep praying for blogger T'Pols mother.
When I had a cataract removed on a Monday morning, it was hurting by afternoon and I called and was rebuffed. I thought I was going mad with pain and eye tearing. I called the next morning and same thing. Finally, I called in the afternoon and was told to come in the NEXT morning. He said I had a piece of lint in the incision and had to pull it out. I have never had such pain in my life, not even from a tooth. I sit here not able to understand how you can hurt so long and get no lasting relief. I am sooo sorry for this problem and hope you finally get some permanent relief. I was hoping you got something to numb the pain, too.
ReplyDeleteSoup is not enough! Even if they brought around a good microwave dinner from the grocery store, that would be better than soup. I think I would call before the next dinner.
Today they brought the menus to the residents and they can order from thst so that is good.
DeleteThat eye pain sounds awful-I'm sorry. I'm glad your kids have been a help to your mom.
ReplyDeleteit has not been fun, that's for sure. I'm so ready for it to be better.
DeleteGoodness, that's a long time to be in pain. I hope they can take you early in the morning and get it sorted!
ReplyDeleteI hope so too!
DeleteThank you so much. She is still hanging tight. A true fighter. We will have info hopefully tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that
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