Here's the update on my situation. It's unfortunately not very good:
1. I had these plugs put in:
http://odysseymed.com/products/paras...re-loaded.html
Size small: 0.40mm-0.55mm
Lumen diameter: 0.20mm
2. Even with the 0.20mm lumen I was still overflowing which caused me a bad rash on the skin under my eyes.
3. My doctor told me my upper puncta are approximately 0.50mm in diameter.
4. When I have no plugs in the upper puncta I get too much drainage.
5. 0.20mm is not enough drainage.
6. Therefore I would imagine I need somewhere around 0.30mm to 0.40mm of drainage diameter to the get the drainage balance I'm searching for.
7. To my knowledge the 0.40mm option is a bit out of the question since they don't make a plug the right size.
8. The doctor told me she could squeeze me into a 0.60mm plug with a 0.30mm lumen by temporarily dialating my puncta, but that's the best I can hope for. The 0.80mm plug with a 0.40mm lumen is out of the question for me.
If only there was another non-permanent way I could alter the size of my puncta. Does anyone have any ideas? I believe in my heart of hearts that 0.40mm is the size I want. I just want to make my puncta a tiny bit smaller. I believe that 0.30mm won't be wide enough, and 0.50mm is too wide as that's how big they are without any plugs.
1. I had these plugs put in:
http://odysseymed.com/products/paras...re-loaded.html
Size small: 0.40mm-0.55mm
Lumen diameter: 0.20mm
2. Even with the 0.20mm lumen I was still overflowing which caused me a bad rash on the skin under my eyes.
3. My doctor told me my upper puncta are approximately 0.50mm in diameter.
4. When I have no plugs in the upper puncta I get too much drainage.
5. 0.20mm is not enough drainage.
6. Therefore I would imagine I need somewhere around 0.30mm to 0.40mm of drainage diameter to the get the drainage balance I'm searching for.
7. To my knowledge the 0.40mm option is a bit out of the question since they don't make a plug the right size.
8. The doctor told me she could squeeze me into a 0.60mm plug with a 0.30mm lumen by temporarily dialating my puncta, but that's the best I can hope for. The 0.80mm plug with a 0.40mm lumen is out of the question for me.
If only there was another non-permanent way I could alter the size of my puncta. Does anyone have any ideas? I believe in my heart of hearts that 0.40mm is the size I want. I just want to make my puncta a tiny bit smaller. I believe that 0.30mm won't be wide enough, and 0.50mm is too wide as that's how big they are without any plugs.
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