After my eye surgery a couple of months ago, I underwent tear duct repair along with the eyelid tuck to help repair my vision. I thought that I would have normal tears flowing from my tear ducts again. It was normal for about 3 weeks. Then it stopped. I was back to having severe dry eyes again.
Having severe or chronically dry eyes or also known medically as Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is a pain in my 6. Even with tear drops, it's constantly itchy, red, swollen. It looks like I have a case of Pink eye. But I don't. People who don't know me assume that I have pink eye. Even after I tell them that I don't. They advise me to go see a doctor and get it checked.
There was one time, over a year ago, that I got bumped off of my flight to see my son, who was admitted into the hospital at that time, because the flight attendant was afraid that I have pink eye and reported it to the captain. I was told to disembark from the plane, get a doctor's note, and I'll get booked on the next flight. I was more than upset. I was livid. So everytime I plan to fly. I have to get a doctor's note just to get on the plane.
The other annoying issue is the constant mucous discharge from my eyes. I have to constantly clean around my eyelids to prevent the accumulation of morning glory. So I wear dark safety glasses at all times. Then when I take them off, I clean my eyes out.
The next issue is when the dam breaks. Yeah, it looks like I'm crying but I'm not, in an emotional sense. Yes, I have tears flowing uncontrollably. But when people see me, they think I'm crying when I am not. It's embarrassing trying to explain to them what severe dry eyes is all about. Even Rhoda, my wife, saw me, one day during one of my many visits back home, and asked if I was crying and why. I told her that I was not.
ESTA
KEEP SMILING :)
