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So, I thought I would drop in and update everyone as to the latest with my situation. For those who do not know, close to a year ago I accidentally (who does this intentionally??) scratched the cornea of my left eye. Unbeknownst to me, at the time, I have a corneal dystrophy. One morning, shortly thereafter, I awakened and it felt as though my eyelid had stuck to my eyeball. At the time I thought, 'Nah! That can't happen!' Little did I know. While I did not experience much pain at that time, my vision was quite blurry, my eye quite sensitive to the light, and it felt as though something was in my eye, although nothing I did relieved the feeling.
About a week went by and I was fine. Then, it happened again, my eyelid felt as though it had stuck to my eyeball. Then it did not stop happening. Within a few days, I was in misery. The pain was horrendous. I went to the ER, and was referred to an ophthalmologist. He told me I had Map Dot Fingerprint Dystrophy. He tried a couple of different options, including a contact bandage on my eye. Nothing worked. He then told me we needed to try anterior stromal puncture. I was unwilling to try that...until the situation once again got very, very bad. Now it's been 4 months since I had the puncture done. I sleep through the night, no waking up to dose my eye. I do still dose every night before bed, cover my eye with plastic wrap to keep in the moisture, then cover that with an eye patch to prevent it from being dislodged in my sleep. When something is needed during the day, I use TheraTears Liquid Gel (R). At night I use Genteal Gel (R). Both are for severe dry eye.
My doctor told me my case was the worst he had ever seen, although compared to many of the cases about which I've read on here, I don't think it was all that severe. For me the stromal puncture worked great, and I am very grateful for deciding to do it. I could not live the way I was living. For the most part, mine is a success story. My eye will almost definitely never be the way it was before this happened, but I can live with the situation as it stands
About a week went by and I was fine. Then, it happened again, my eyelid felt as though it had stuck to my eyeball. Then it did not stop happening. Within a few days, I was in misery. The pain was horrendous. I went to the ER, and was referred to an ophthalmologist. He told me I had Map Dot Fingerprint Dystrophy. He tried a couple of different options, including a contact bandage on my eye. Nothing worked. He then told me we needed to try anterior stromal puncture. I was unwilling to try that...until the situation once again got very, very bad. Now it's been 4 months since I had the puncture done. I sleep through the night, no waking up to dose my eye. I do still dose every night before bed, cover my eye with plastic wrap to keep in the moisture, then cover that with an eye patch to prevent it from being dislodged in my sleep. When something is needed during the day, I use TheraTears Liquid Gel (R). At night I use Genteal Gel (R). Both are for severe dry eye.
My doctor told me my case was the worst he had ever seen, although compared to many of the cases about which I've read on here, I don't think it was all that severe. For me the stromal puncture worked great, and I am very grateful for deciding to do it. I could not live the way I was living. For the most part, mine is a success story. My eye will almost definitely never be the way it was before this happened, but I can live with the situation as it stands
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