Two New Specialists for the Eye

I had an appointment with Dr. Heigle, who is my cornea specialist.  I have an epithelial mass under the cornea of that eye I see him for.  That is not growing so he just looks at it once a year.  Kinda like the thyroid nodules were before they started changing.

He looked at my eye, and looked some more.  Then called in another cornea specialist Dr. Tran and he looked and looked some more.

They talked back and forth and decided on another stronger course of Valtrex the antiviral, increasing the steroid to 6 times a day, and discontinuing one of the other drops.

Dr. Pearce, the previous specialist, had decreased the steroid because of the increased pressure in my eye.  But that is back to normal for the last three months.

I have an appointment with Dr. Tran on Friday.  He will check on the changes and hopefully see an improvement!

FIVE months.  Yep, five months I've been dealing with this.

Wish me luck!  And if you need me, I will be putting drops in my eye all the time now!

What....No way!

My cat lady friend called me about 3 weeks ago and told me she had shingles.  It caught her by surprise, however when thinking about it, she knew she has been dealing with a heavy lot of stress lately.  And stress is one sure thing that brings out the shingles virus. 

Then about 3 days later, she called and told me a mutual friend also had been diagnosed with shingles.  And since they do not socialize with each other there had been no contact for several years.  An odd coincidence.

So I have been calling my cat friend every day, checking on her, being a contact with the outside world for her and generally trying to keep her spirits up while she endured the itching and pain of her shingles. 

I went to my surgeon today for my 6 months check and he said this was the most perfect job he has done ever.  He wanted to use my before and after photos to show prospective patients how wonderful they too can look.  He took numerous pictures, and I mentioned never having been in a porno shoot before!  So I guess if you see a perfect pair when considering your own surgery, they are mine!

Right before I left I asked him to look at a spot on my back, and he casually said, what do you think it is?  I said, shingles.  He agreed!

So I went to see my family guy this afternoon who also agreed.  Both assured me it is not contagious and I could not have gotten it from either friend.  But I want you to know that the three of us, even though we have not been "rubbing elbows" in the last several months, ALL have shingles. ( I wonder why they call it shingles?)

I have my anti-viral meds, I talked to my cat friend about what worked for her in the way of itch and pain reduction, and am armed with lots of my wonderful homemade baklava!

So with a few pain pills in my coffee, the baklava and I should be just fine!  And I have it all planned out, I am going to tell Frank that the doctor said I can't cook, clean anything or run errands.  I can't be under any stress, I should be in my sewing room all I want, and that I should not have to walk to get anything or let a dog in or out.  I think I can milk that for a week or so. 

glen