My eyes are so raw and red and itchy that I feel I could scratch them out. I am worried, as my sight is a bit odd at the moment. The GPs I've seen have recommended X, Y and Z as cures but none have worked. The eye A&E chap was not better (and I am pretty sure he didn't use gloves when he touched my face/eye – ugh).
The eye thing, whatever it is, has extended to the skin around my eyes – it's so dry, it's awful. And when my eyes water, the saltiness of my tears makes my skin burn with pain. It almost makes me want to cry but that would just hurt. I'm waiting for a referral letter to the hospital. Madness. How bloody long will that take? The itchiness breaks my sleep, precious sleep. It's rubbish. Rubbish and crap.
OMG, MD, this sounds really really bad and has been going on for far too long. This is NOT good! Is there anything at all you can do to speed up the process of getting yourself to a specialist?
ReplyDeleteThis may sound daft, but have you tried cucumber on the skin around your eyes - it's generally very soothing... Just a thought, really don't know what to suggest, you poor thing.
Hey, dear Vanilla. I took myself off to Moorfields Hospital after getting really worried that all my eye rubbing and yanking and pressing would affect my eyesight. Such behaviour can in fact affect the eyeball irrevocably, and damage vision. It turns out that that nasty cold I had in September caused the problem – I have viral conjunctivitus with bumps beneath my eyelids (!!!!). Doc said that my immune system would fight it off but added that such infections go slowly: "they wax and wane". Anyway, I have some new drops to ease the pain. All those flipping ointments and antibiotics I was squeezing into my eyes didn't help. I am sooooo relieved to know what the cause of the problem is, though. And also, deeply relieved that my corneas are OK.
ReplyDeleteOops... Sorry for such a long response! :)