After I had my cornea transplants, I finished up with very dry eye which none of the medications seem to help.
A few months ago, they put plugs into my tear ducts, they fell out. So they tried different sizes to no avail.
Today I have been to our State-of-the-Art, new eye hospital, and had my tear ducts permanently lasered up, shut, for good. First, numbing drops (allegedly), then the large syringe to inject into my eye lids to totally numb them. OMG, it was so painful. Then they did the lasering bit, its horrid because you can see (and smell) it all.
I sat in the waiting area afterward for about an hour, before I could drive home, but consoled myself with a cuppa, and piece of homemade lemon drizzle cake, and I also bought a lemon and thyme scone, all of which are made daily by one of the volunteers.
So I am safely home, with huge black eyes, which are quite sore at the moment, and ointment to apply 4 x daily for 1 week, along with all the steroid drops etc which I also have to use.
But the biggest shock, was to learn that, there should have been 153 patients there today, and when I left only 18 had shown up, and apparently it is like it every day !!!!!! Maybe the missing patients should be fined, what do you think ? Mrs Bouquet