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Well i Suppose i should introduce myself, i've been floating through these forums for a while and being comforted by the messages so.....yeh....me.
Prior to june 2013 i was fine, i was a monthly contact lens wearer whos eyes could handle the lenses for around 10-12 hours. Then i went to a rock festival in the UK, 5 day camping, usually great. This time i had a little dry eye, i thought nothing of it and used some eyedrops thinking it'd get better or it was just suncream irritation.....it didn't get better, i came back and went to A&E with a wildly red right eye and was told it was HSV 1 (Ocular Herpes) and i had dendretic marks across my eye. Anyway i recovered and was left with some lovely scarring across the cornea, just outside of my daytime vision, but when my pupil dilates i get some ghosting/streaks etc.
Went to daily contacts, was fine for ages. Ghosting i can deal with for now (without going to prosthetic to block some of the light from certain directions.......but i'm not at the end of my tether yet). I went to the ophthalmologist to check my scars to see if they're healing/doing anything and they dilated my pupil with the drops........It stung a bit at the time around my eyelid margin but was told that'd wear off. It lasted 2-3 weeks then from then on had intermittent flare-ups of inflammation (mostly on the bottom lid). My TBUT used to be fine, 8-12 secs now around 4 secs sometimes less.
Optician saw blepharitis symptoms on a sight test, with little dandruff type flakes on my eyelashes. So been doing hot compresses with the eyebag for a while with lid scrubs afterwards. Baby shampoo was irritiating my eyes so went to that ocusoft foaming stuff, which is alot easier. But alas my eyelids still sting a little during the day with the general feeling of dryness in the eyes so i have Hyloforte during the day.
1st GP was no use, after trying ciloxan eyedrops and chloramphenicol ointment (just before bed) i was confronted with "what do you want me to do about it?" as a response to my dry irritated eye. Suffice to say i changed GP, before i lamped him. Second one has been pro-active, seing if it's anything allergic (antihistamine drops- irritated my eyes) and fusidic acid (which was lovely to put on but left me irritated again 30-40 mins after). BUT he's been contacting the ophthalmic dept to see if they know of any other approaches to dry eye. So i see that as a plus, a pro-active GP....... a rare find.
Anyway that's me.
Prior to june 2013 i was fine, i was a monthly contact lens wearer whos eyes could handle the lenses for around 10-12 hours. Then i went to a rock festival in the UK, 5 day camping, usually great. This time i had a little dry eye, i thought nothing of it and used some eyedrops thinking it'd get better or it was just suncream irritation.....it didn't get better, i came back and went to A&E with a wildly red right eye and was told it was HSV 1 (Ocular Herpes) and i had dendretic marks across my eye. Anyway i recovered and was left with some lovely scarring across the cornea, just outside of my daytime vision, but when my pupil dilates i get some ghosting/streaks etc.
Went to daily contacts, was fine for ages. Ghosting i can deal with for now (without going to prosthetic to block some of the light from certain directions.......but i'm not at the end of my tether yet). I went to the ophthalmologist to check my scars to see if they're healing/doing anything and they dilated my pupil with the drops........It stung a bit at the time around my eyelid margin but was told that'd wear off. It lasted 2-3 weeks then from then on had intermittent flare-ups of inflammation (mostly on the bottom lid). My TBUT used to be fine, 8-12 secs now around 4 secs sometimes less.
Optician saw blepharitis symptoms on a sight test, with little dandruff type flakes on my eyelashes. So been doing hot compresses with the eyebag for a while with lid scrubs afterwards. Baby shampoo was irritiating my eyes so went to that ocusoft foaming stuff, which is alot easier. But alas my eyelids still sting a little during the day with the general feeling of dryness in the eyes so i have Hyloforte during the day.
1st GP was no use, after trying ciloxan eyedrops and chloramphenicol ointment (just before bed) i was confronted with "what do you want me to do about it?" as a response to my dry irritated eye. Suffice to say i changed GP, before i lamped him. Second one has been pro-active, seing if it's anything allergic (antihistamine drops- irritated my eyes) and fusidic acid (which was lovely to put on but left me irritated again 30-40 mins after). BUT he's been contacting the ophthalmic dept to see if they know of any other approaches to dry eye. So i see that as a plus, a pro-active GP....... a rare find.
Anyway that's me.
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