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An eye has gone bung again
Why is it always this time of year and on a weekend this stuff happens? Last year I had a clot in a vein in the back of my left eye. Over time it has repaired itself but was very worrying. My vision in the eye that time was like gray snow.
Yesterday I thought I would pull a couple of weeds out of the pathway. I only lasted about 5 minutes and I got dizzy and nauseous and ran out of energy so I came inside and in about an hour on a Saturday I had a black furry line in my right eye vision. Through the rest of the day and now on Sunday the black fuzz has increased. No drops are helping so first thing Monday morning I will be going to see if I can see the optometrist specialist. I hope they aren't away for Christmas break yet. It is no good going to the hospital as I tried that last year and they have no specialists for eyes.
My mum says the cancer is gone, get out and do the normal things I used to do but every time I do something bad happens so I am going to say at this table with my computer and fan and jigsaw puzzle and not move, it's safer.
Yesterday I thought I would pull a couple of weeds out of the pathway. I only lasted about 5 minutes and I got dizzy and nauseous and ran out of energy so I came inside and in about an hour on a Saturday I had a black furry line in my right eye vision. Through the rest of the day and now on Sunday the black fuzz has increased. No drops are helping so first thing Monday morning I will be going to see if I can see the optometrist specialist. I hope they aren't away for Christmas break yet. It is no good going to the hospital as I tried that last year and they have no specialists for eyes.
My mum says the cancer is gone, get out and do the normal things I used to do but every time I do something bad happens so I am going to say at this table with my computer and fan and jigsaw puzzle and not move, it's safer.
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- More like Jack Sparrow. Or Geoffrey Rush being half decomposed.
Bet you would rock being a Pirate.... arghhh- Pirate sounds a ripper idea! When all else fails we should all turn to robbery on the high seas. What can we lose? You are so much braver than me, the mere thought of a wire down my tear duct would loosen up my cheque book immediately. I hope that all is well in a week's time. Otherwise hoist the Jolly Roger, fire amidships and sink the oculoplastic surgeon.
- Speaking about bung eyes, I've just arrived home from Melbourne where I had some monstrosity removed from my eye lid. The oculoplastic surgeon I was referred to only works in the private system and I have no insurance. To get this thing removed in theatre was going to cost me thousands which I don't have. Main reason for the theatre was she prefers patients to be sedated because, and I quote 'Its not pleasant and people don't like it' I've had to do lots of things I haven't liked in the last ten years. I reckon I'm getting pretty good at it.
So, I managed to convince her to do it in her rooms. Part of the test she put me through to see if it was going to be possible was sticking a piece of wire down my tear duct to see how I'd react. I didn't like it much. But I sat there.
I didn't like today much either. But I lay there like a good girl thinking about the $100 per minute I was saving by sucking it up. I never want to do that again.
I now have a very flattering dressing that covers half my face and a weeks wait to see what the pathology is. Life just gets better and better, does it not?
To add insult to injury I bought a black eye patch, I decided if life must keep turning to shit, you may as well be a pirate. It doesn't fit. Argh. - Hey @Brenda5, excellent that it was just a burst vessel. Give you another tip whilst on Tamoxifen - don't do repeated somersaults!!!! All the blood vessels in your eye will burst within a couple of hours - looks more horrible than anything else unless you're going to go to a fancy dress party as a vampire - then it would look excellent!!! So glad you're OK lovely. Xx
- Glad the eye issue is not serious. Thanks for the tip re predators. Im going out to look for some now, you never know
- Good news about your eye; and very funny about looking up for predators. Best wishes from jennyss
- A nuisance but glad it's nothing more serious. I shall keep doing back bends and looking up at yoga, now I know about the risks of no predators! Best wishes.
