Day 3
This morning I woke up and noticed a lot less eye irritation. This is a good thing as it means my eye is healing. It still constantly feels like something is in my eye, but much less today.
However, I gotta say that me whole "eye area" is totally swollen and kinda lethargic. This has resulted in having total droopy eye. It is very hard to open my eye all the way and its really annoying the hell out of me.
I did sleep a lot better last night than the first night. Last night there was no need for gauze under the eye patch, so all I had was a eye patch taped to my eye. This is in place so I don't inadvertently knock my eye at night.
One more complaint - The kit the eye doctor gave me came with tape for the eye patch. When I took the tape off this morning, most of the sticky stuff stayed behind. This sucked (and is not good cause I had to wash it off near the eye - still under orders not to touch the eye).
Another thing I found out yesterday is that I am banned from playing the tuba for at least one month. This gives me no practice for our May 6th concert in the park. What a pisser. I can't help but think I've let a whole bunch of people down.
I figure now is a good time to talk about the eye drops I have to use. I am using 3 different eye drops, 4 times a day:
1.) Pred Forte - This is a milky white eye dropthat contains a steroid medication that eases redness, irritation, and swelling due to inflammation of the eye..
2.) Zymar - Zymar is indicated for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by susceptible strains of Corynebacterium propinquum,* Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus mitis,* Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae.
3.) Systane - Lubricant Eye Drops represent a revolution in dry eye care. SYSTANE® is the first artificial tear clinically proven to reduce both signs and symptoms of dry eye.
That's it for today ... more to come !!
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