Thursday, September 20, 2007

Day 10 - Can I Rip My Eye Out?

Last night I never got comfortable. The pain behind my BP ear just led to tossing and turning and my eye felt dry and scratchy in its socket behind its patch.

This morning when I woke up my eye already felt not great - not the best sign. Then my commute took about twice the normal time (from 30 minutes normally to a full hour), which I think further irritated the eye (can't use drops in the car, can't always manually blink, light irritation, etc). At work I was in a meeting where I needed to watch a 2 hour powerpoint presentation, and the eye just poured tears. I kept trying drops, rubbing it, holding it closed, anything I could think of to get it to stop, but it just wouldn't. It felt kind of grainy - as if I had about 50 large dust particles under my upper lid - and nothing I could do was going to change that. I knew then that I was in for a rough day.

My goal quickly shifted to getting out of work asap and making up the time with a little work from home and some sick hours if necessary.

Unfortunately, when I got home I couldn't make a new eye patch with the tape because my skin was still irritated from the patch from the night before. So I just tried to relax with my hand over my eye. Tonight I'll have to go back with the old rolled gauze/underwear/pirate patch method to let my skin rest.

For most of this week I've felt really positive, but now I'm really starting to get down again. I have to call the neurologist's nurse tomorrow about getting FMLA paperwork filled out, so I think I'll ask if there are any additional ideas about pain management.

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