Health in a Nutshell Part 2 - The EYE

Well tomorrow is the day.

Gastric By Pass.

I have had nothing but clear

liquids for two days.

I thought clear liquids were

well, clear! But

apparently that means

liquids that light shows

through. So I have

been able to have my unsweet,

decaf tea, beef broth and

even Jello.

The list of things I can

have goes on and on...but

I am limiting those items

because of the artificial

sweetener in them.

Fibromyalgia is affect

by those things.

The Jello I am using has

Aspartame in it but

it is less then 2% so I

am trying that.

Anyway....I will be at the

hospital at 6am in the morning.

And with that my new life

will be here!

I was afraid that I might have

to cancel the surgery.

WHY?

Because Friday evening I

noticed that my left eye

was really red. Thinking that it

was maybe allergies from

all in bloom. But come

Saturday when I went to the kitchen

sink with the beautiful sun

shining in, and had a terrible

pain shoot through my eye

to the back of my head....I

thought maybe I needed to

treat it.

I went and got some Opcon A.

(not my eye but this is what it looked like)

Well, Sunday morning was terrible.

Pain shooting through my eye

went light hits it. I walked around

the house keeping it closed and

trying to stay away from bright light.

Then it got to the point that light

going in the good eye made the

bad eye hurt.

Mom picked me up and we

headed to Walgreen Walk In,

or what we called a DOC in the BOX

when I worked for the TBI.

haha..

They were not seeing anymore patients.

Riding in the car with my mom

I had a wash cloth

folded up and placed on the eye,

held in place by my sunglasses.

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The sun was so bright and it was

making for some bad pain.

But I had to have relief so

I decided I had to go to the ER...

after all it was Sunday where

else was I to go?

They were amazing in the ER.

Had the best young pregnant doc

looking after me and she seemed

to have a great knowledge of the eye.

She said that it appeared I had

Iritis!!

Yep, leave it to me to have something I

never heard of.

So what is it?

It is an inflammation of

the iris.

What causes it?

Being sleep deprived

and

STRESS!

Well, with that said, I usually have

at least one night every other

week or so where I can't sleep.

Last week I was up for 36

hours.

And

STRESS..

Oh lets see, my grandson has been

living with me since Aug.

My daughter moved in

in Dec.

I found out in July that I had

the liver issues.

I have jumped through hoops

to get to the point of

surgery and lets not

forget the

SURGERY!

And people wonder why I laugh

through this sort of stuff.

But apparently my body processes

the stress when I act like there

is none, or shall I say this time

my eye did this time.

Surgery is still on.

Had this been an infection I

would have had to cancel.

Now to the really funny part of all

this.

Sitting in the ER I get a text from

my niece who is 4  hours away.

This pic was attached.

and the text said,

"is that your sweater on your head"?

So I felt the total confusion

that I am sure was all over my

face. How did Holly get a pic

of me in granny's car with

my head covered up?

I had to ask....and I found out

that Holly's friend that she

went to school with and who

knows my mom and her car pulled

up next to us and took this pic!

Being confused about why someone

was sitting with a sweater on their

head, she sent the text to Holly...

Never know who is watching!

Thanks for stopping in,