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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2017-08-13 11:10 pm

You'll be glad to hear my eyes have not exploded

Instead, I was seen by a doctor last night at the Out of Hours service, who checked with the Eye Pavillion, who told me to come in at 2pm today. So Jane got me there in one piece (crossing roads and navigating festival-goers being tricky when any change of brightness causes intense pain), the doctor checked it was nothing unexpected, and that my iris was not stuck to my cornea (like last time), and then handed me some Maxidex and Cyclopentolate. The former reduces inflammation, the latter stops anything sticking to anything else while it recovers.

It's a pain, because I have to take the Maxidex hourly for the next two days, then 6 times a day for a week, then 4 times a day for a week, then thrice daily for a week, twice daily for a week, once daily for a week, and then I can finally stop. So I've installed an app on my phone to tell me when I should, and am letting that worry about it for me.

Also, the Cyclopentolate seems to cause my eye to focus slightly less well, so for the week I'm using that I suspect I'll have a bit of a headache (as I do now).

But! I am not in as much pain as I was, and my eye is probably not going to explode. So yay!

[personal profile] theandrewhickey 2017-08-13 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray for non-explosive eyes and less pain! Boo for headache! Hope you're feeling better soon.
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[personal profile] darkoshi 2017-08-14 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for unexploded and non-sticking eyes. I'm glad you are posting again.
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Oh noes!

[personal profile] lsanderson 2017-08-14 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hope it's all better soon.
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[personal profile] threemeninaboat 2017-08-14 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Cyclopentolate prevents your pupil from constricting and keeps is dilated, so yes, blurry. It gives most people a headache.
But good news!
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[personal profile] doug 2017-08-14 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yowsers. Glad you have some treatment, hope things get better soon.
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[personal profile] lilysea 2017-08-14 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
But! I am not in as much pain as I was, and my eye is probably not going to explode. So yay!

Yay! ^_^

Sorry you're having to go through this!
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2017-08-14 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a result and I'm glad your eyes didn't explode!

That would be messy! :o)
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[personal profile] splodgenoodles 2017-08-14 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ouch. Yes it's good when eyes don't explode. *nods*
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[personal profile] miss_s_b 2017-08-14 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
Not exploding is a good thing, certainly as far as eyeballs are concerned
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[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2017-08-14 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
I am glad to hear that.
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[personal profile] annie_r 2017-08-14 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
oh, good news! If you have to take the med hourly, does that mean essentially not sleeping?
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[personal profile] nickys 2017-08-15 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Scary stuff.
Glad you are getting it sorted out.
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[personal profile] agoodwinsmith 2017-08-15 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for nonexploding eyes - and for apps to keep track of fiddly dosages.
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[personal profile] myka 2017-08-15 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
glad you're feeling better!