Ow! My Eye!

Jan 09, 2008 21:44

I'm in a world of pain right now. There's something wrong with my eye and I don't know what it is. I've developed terrible sensitivity to light, icky redness, slight swelling and cloudy vision in my left eye, and I have no idea what is causing it ( Read more... )

illness, complaining, san francisco, eye

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djdood January 10 2008, 06:04:07 UTC
You probably got an eye-bug here in Seattle, since El Corazon is such an eyesore.

Seriously though, you need to see an optometrist. If it's to the point of affecting your vision, it's serious and needs to get dealt with before it gets worse. It sounds like the scleritis a friend of mine had.

I don't know about CA law, but in WA hospitals have to treat you (eventually), insurance or no.

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walkingtheridge January 10 2008, 06:31:52 UTC
You probably got an eye-bug here in Seattle, since El Corazon is such an eyesore.

I knew I shouldn't have been rubbing my eyeballs on the floor... El Corazon isn't as bad as The Catwalk was, though.

I don't know about CA law, but in WA hospitals have to treat you (eventually), insurance or no.

Well, I know they'd have to treat me - but it's a matter of being able to pay the bills afterwards. I would not be able to do so and would put myself in an extremely bad financial situation which would lead to me likely being unable to pay my rent or eat food.

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theblackdeer January 10 2008, 06:37:12 UTC
This kind of rationale is the kind of thing that causes people's condition to worsen until they have to have some massive procedure and hospital stay for something they could have gotten taken care of (thinks of a friend's emergency dental surgery for a toothache he put off because he was too broke to go to the dentist).

Are you gonna eventually get insurance at your job?

Also, if it does seem like an emergency, could your folks help out with a dr. visit?

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walkingtheridge January 10 2008, 06:44:39 UTC
yeah, i'm sure my parents will help out.

i'm going to try and find an optometrist tomorrow.

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djdood January 10 2008, 07:08:16 UTC
Catwalk. Heh. Yeah, that place took all for gross.
I'm assuming you never saw the Men's room there. It was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy I ever had the displeasure to set foot in (and I've been in some scummy bar-johns in my day).

"unable to pay my rent or eat food" - also hard to do if you lose your eyesight. Please find a way to take care of yourself. Is there a free clinic somewhere?

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