Blurry vision
I have one of the worst immune systems in the world, it seems like at times. It won't, for example, actually protect me from picking up every cold, illness, and sniffle my children catch (case in point: they both got sick this week, and would you guess who got sick on Thursday??). But it will decide to over-react and cause me all sorts of other problems... such as the Pemphagoid Gestationis I developed during my pregnancy with Zachary. Or, say, decide that my contact lense is an evil foreign entity that must be destroyed, and suddenly start attacking my eye.
Yes, you heard that right.
Now, admittedly, I wish I had been told when I first started wearing contacts that it might not be a good idea to where them when you have a cold or other sickness. Because then it would be my own damn fault (had I chosen to not take them out) instead of "oh, wish I had known that a little sooner" kind of deal.
So, yes, I developed a fever/sinus infection type cold, having caught it from my kiddies, and over the course of the day my contacts did dry a little. Not anything I thought I should worry about, because they were still fine. But then my right eye started bothering me. A lot. Felt like something had gotten under the lense. So I took it out. But my eye continued to hurt, and got worse and worse. Light hurt. I couldn't see clearly.
Made it to the eye doctor, who thinks that my immune system, hyper-sensitive due to my cold, just decided to go at my contact lense - but continued its bombing on my eye even after the lense was removed.
I've been put on a combination of antibiotics/steroid eye drop medication and have a followup appointment today. My eye no longer hurts like hell, and sunlight doesn't make me desire to live in a cave anymore. But my vision is still shot, and very blurry.
So now I'm just waiting to get better, and trying not to worry. Because, me being me, I can't just sit here and NOT think "What if my vision doesn't get better?"
Ugh.
By the by, I rely on my sight way too much. Trying to figure out how to entertain myself or play with my kids that doesn't require me to use my vision is nigh impossible. I don't ever want to go blind.
Yes, you heard that right.
Now, admittedly, I wish I had been told when I first started wearing contacts that it might not be a good idea to where them when you have a cold or other sickness. Because then it would be my own damn fault (had I chosen to not take them out) instead of "oh, wish I had known that a little sooner" kind of deal.
So, yes, I developed a fever/sinus infection type cold, having caught it from my kiddies, and over the course of the day my contacts did dry a little. Not anything I thought I should worry about, because they were still fine. But then my right eye started bothering me. A lot. Felt like something had gotten under the lense. So I took it out. But my eye continued to hurt, and got worse and worse. Light hurt. I couldn't see clearly.
Made it to the eye doctor, who thinks that my immune system, hyper-sensitive due to my cold, just decided to go at my contact lense - but continued its bombing on my eye even after the lense was removed.
I've been put on a combination of antibiotics/steroid eye drop medication and have a followup appointment today. My eye no longer hurts like hell, and sunlight doesn't make me desire to live in a cave anymore. But my vision is still shot, and very blurry.
So now I'm just waiting to get better, and trying not to worry. Because, me being me, I can't just sit here and NOT think "What if my vision doesn't get better?"
Ugh.
By the by, I rely on my sight way too much. Trying to figure out how to entertain myself or play with my kids that doesn't require me to use my vision is nigh impossible. I don't ever want to go blind.