RESULT OF EYE APPOINTMENT

hileena111

I was in the waiting room and Mr Horrible poked his nose out and shouted for someone....sounded as horrible as he has before :roll: A few minutes later a lady shouted for me....FANTASTIC....dont know if she was a registrar or what???? but dont care either
Her diagnosis was different to his. She says its dry eyes and excema :?: :?:
She says she can see small patches of excema on both eylids.....the right more than the left....it is the one that is worse.
So her prescriptions are Celluvisc.....little phials to be broken and one drop in each eye, Lacri-lube thats the gooey stuff and steroid cream to be put on my eyelids to hopefully clear the excema.
The other thing was eye hygiene......Quite a rigmarole.....bathing them for 5mins in hot sterile water, then washing the lids with baby shampoo, then massaging under they eyes and eventually using cool sterile water
Well I'm going to have to fit that into my routine someway
So pleased not to have seen him.....got to go back in 3 months time.
Hileena

JuliaHod12

Hi Hileena

I know how dismissive the can be, I have Glaucoma and in the early days was worried, so turned upat emergency Eye Clinic only to be sent off with a flea in my ear cos it was Blepharitis ( a buldup of oils in the eyelid).....how was i to know that?

Am so very pleased for you that it went so well :-) now you know what it is i guess your mind must be a bit at rest
A lot to fit into your routine,lets hope it pays off xx

valval

spent the afternoon at eye clinic with mum and the bloke she saw was lovely just as well she was well scared but has agreed to go for op. so glad yours went well good result val

suzygirl

I hope the treatment helps you.

hileena111

Hi
Thanks for the support guys.
Val....hope things go well for your mum
Julia......yes....One of the GP's about a yr ago diagnosed blepharitis.
The eye hygiene list they gave me was the same as the one the GP gave me for blepharitis...so lets hope it all helps
Love
Hileena

stickywicket

Well, that should keep you out of mischief for a while each day, Hileena A bit of a faff but at least some proper treatment – not to mention a nice doc. Good. I’m glad it went well.

hileena111

Hi Sticky
You're right....I'm trying to get some sort of a routine sorted out.
Its not working
I'll give it a full day tomorrow and see how it goes.....but as you say what with that, anti inflamms, paracetamol,anti convulsant, and omneprozol etc....will i have time to do anything else
It was great having this lovely little doc.....especially since she had some other ideas....his wern't working. It would be great if I saw her in 3 months time again...not him....Oh well...worry about that closer to the time
Love
Hileena

skezier

Hi Hileena,

I second or third the fact that the eye people can be shall we say 'distant'

Glad you saw a nice one and hope that it will soon work and hep you. I wont be around much flower but thinking of you just the same. Love, a ((((( ))))) and tea in the special cup. Cris xx

dreamdaisy

Ah, eczema on the eyelids - happy days! My skin used to split on the crease of the eyelid / brow bit, strewth that hurt. I found the only thing that would clear it up was Betnovate, a topical steroid cream - I wasn't supposed to use it on my eyes but the eye cream the doc gave me was rubbish. The new routine sounds a bit of a faff but if it helps then that is what counts. Do you wear mascara etc? It may be best to give that a miss for a while, that can set things off. DD

hileena111

Hi Cris
Thinking of you...

DD.....it is a lot of faff but if it stops these tears I can put up with anything.....I'll get into a rountine eventually.
I tend to wear eyeshadow but havent while they have been so bad, Mascara and eyeliner....that is a rare occasion so its no problem not wearing those I fact any freebies or anything like that I get......the mascara goes to Sarah {daughter} she appreciates it.

Love
Hileena

Heather65

Hi Hilehna,
im glad you had a better appointment this time its worrying enough going to the hospital so its even worse when you get someone who isnt very nice ,lets hope your eyes will get better soon,
Heather x

pinkbritishstars

so glad it went well Hileena.

xx

barbara12

Hileena Im so glad you didnt see that awful man....dont you just feel sorry for his wife...thats if he still has one...
Has for the routine....well you will get there...says me that cant remember my names some days...wishing you well with it all

fowls48

Hi Hileena

Hope all goes well with your routine , Glad you had a nice doctor this time , but have been a weight off your shoulders.Sounds like that other one was a right frankenstein .


karen.

elainebadknee

Hileena

Sound like the woman doc was helpful...As for the rigmarole well i know about that, can use body lotion on my tops of thighs, tops of arms, but nowhere else as get a horrid rash! Also having to put good old aqueous on chest then steroid cream and all in between get skin peeling!
Why not try good old aqueous, its very good on lots of skin problems and is as cheap as chips?

Good luck

Elainex

hileena111 wrote:

Hi
Thanks for the support guys.
Val....hope things go well for your mum
Julia......yes....One of the GP's about a yr ago diagnosed blepharitis.
The eye hygiene list they gave me was the same as the one the GP gave me for blepharitis...so lets hope it all helps
Love
Hileena

frogmorton

Hi Hileena

i am so so so glad my rolling pin wasn't needed So pleased the doc was NICE!! Tis only as it should be really though you know. Shows what a different pair of eyes can see (pardon the pun :oops: )

I hope that your efforts - together with the meds will put this problem to bed for you finally

Love

Toni xx

hileena111

Hi
I'm so glad I didnt get him as well We can be a vicious lot by the look of my thread for pocket duty So Toni ...no your rolling pn wasnt required.
Today has been much better to be honest.....wouldnt think it would work as quickly {started yesterday afternoon} and its not mind over matter.
Wonder how the next few days will go?

Love
hileena

tillytop

Hello Hileena

Belatedly :roll: just wanted to say I am so pleased you had a good appt and saw a NICE doctor! Also that you seems to have a diagnosis which makes more sense and some "stuff" to use which seems to be helping. I have never been advised on the "cleaning rituals" but am well aware of the rigmarole of eye drops and mucky eye creams. And despite using Lacriblube every few minutes in the day and several times each night I still haven't mastered the technique of getting the stuff IN my eyes, rather than everywhere else! So if you get the hang of it - and have any good tips please let me know Anyway, really glad it went well and hope it continues to help you.

Tillyxxx

hileena111

Oh Tilly
I wish I had got the hang of the lacra-lube.....I would gladly tell you :roll:
The other thing I find hard are these drops. I can use the ones in little bottle but these have about 4 drops in one little plastic thing....got to use one drop in each eye, then get rind og the rest and so on and so on ...4 times a day. I keep missing my eye
I havent checked online but if you google blepharitis you might get the eye hygiene pages she gave me. I think it does help.
Let me know if you have any tips
Love
Hileena

tillytop

So we are both in the same boat with the Lacrilube then Hileena! I tend to end up with it clogging my eyelashes and running down my face! As for the little tubes, they sound like my steroid eye drops and I find them difficult too. What I do now is to stand in front of the mirror, pull down the bottom of my eye and, without tilting my head, drop one drop (hopefully) into the gap behind the bottom eyelid (if that makes sense). If I try just to aim for the middle of my eye I miss every time! Thanks for the tip on the blepharitis website - will have a look.

Love Tillyxxx