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I finished my entry, and I sat down with Julia to get back into those Greek mythology lessons we'd forgotten about. We saw two lessons, one about the minotaur and the labyrinth and one about strange luck Heracles. It was about 9:00pm, and I found my eye hurting pretty bad. I thought going to bed early might help it. However, I am having great trouble sleeping.
As I typed the date and time, I found it hard to believe it's still Saturday. My right eye has been gradually reddening and getting more irritated since Wednesday or so. I thought the eye drops would get rid of it as they did before. But I don't know. I'm having great eye pain, like I never had before. I might need to go to urgent care. And at this point, it's a question of 'go now' or 'wait until morning'. I had no idea an eye could hurt this bad. Or is it the lining of the eye socket? I can't tell from where it's coming.
Oh well, I'll make report as I know more.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 D
"Eye Infection Again"
11:52pm
I don't know what to do. How much would going to urgent care cost over waiting until Monday to see an eye doctor? Maybe I am just being a weakling. Maybe it's not hurting as bad. Maybe it's just really, really, really itchy now. Maybe it will go away on its own.
I am checking Wiki:
"Irritant or toxic conjunctivitis is irritable or painful when the infected eye is pointed far down or far up. Discharge and itch are usually absent. This is the only group in which severe pain may occur."
Ooh, yeah, that's when it hurts, the looking way up or way down. But I also have itch. And sometimes I have discharge.
from a source Wiki links to
"At its onset, conjunctivitis is usually painless and does not adversely affect vision. The infection will clear in most cases without requiring medical care. But for some forms of conjunctivitis, treatment will be needed. If treatment is delayed, the infection may worsen and cause corneal inflammation and a loss of vision."
Erm. Curiously, one site I saw said menopausal women often get dry eyes, which I often have, and which is probably why I've been having more eye irritation overall. I wonder if a bottle of eye drops I have got contaminated from the last infection. I'd accidently touched my eye with the dropper tip.
Sunday, February 3, 2008 A
"Can't Sleep, But Not Hurting So Bad"
3:01am
I test my eyes, I bend my head low and look up, not quite so bad pain. I just keep anointing them with the saline drops. I'll get more tomorrow and toss that bottle that might be contaminated.
And I have this to say:
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I will try again for sleep...
Sunday, February 3, 2008 B
"Eye Report - 10 am"
10:16am
I woke, all goopy eyed, furiously itchy, but not much eye pain. It's there if I lower my head and then look up at the screen, but not as bad as yesterday night. I had Julia take this picture. The only things I did to it were cropping, doing 'curves' to lighten my skin tones, and taking some of the yellow out. That's a result of the bathroom lightbulb.
So I suggested we go outside on the porch:
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