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Hi everyone,
This is my first post here, though I've been reading the forums for quite a while now.
First of all, apologies for my English, but I'm writing from Spain.
My story began when I decided to undergo Lasik almost two years ago. Back then I already suspected I could have dry eyes: I had been wearing contact lenses for 20 years and I couldn't put up with them anymore. And it wasn't much better when I wore glasses. However the doctors at the clinic told me my eyes were completely normal and there was nothing wrong with them. I believed them and had the LASIK done.
Since then my eyes haven't stopped aching and itching. I went back to that clinic and all the time they said I only had a slight allergy, but other than that my eyes were totally fine. They just told me to keep using tear drops and ointments.
Finally a month ago I decided to go to another ophthalmologist who told me my problem was dry eye and blepharitis. It didn't come as a surprise, though: I suspected the clinic where I had the LASIK done had been deceiving me long ago.
So far the doctor had told me to use another brand of eye drops and lid care towelettes and I must go back in two months. But I'm going to try something else as the drops are hardly helping. I've also been taking fish oil pills for a month now, but I don't think I'm noticing any improvement (maybe it's not enough time).
My job doesn't help much either: most of it consist in entrying and tracking data in a computer (not to mention that it's in an office whose windows are never open and with a carpet that's never cleaned).
Some days are more or less bearable, others are pretty good (mostly when I stay home or I'm travelling to humid places) but others (many others) are just hell. Right now, for instance, I feel as if my eyes were made of cardboard that's about to break into pieces.
And that's pretty much it.
I'm glad to have found a place where I can share my experience and also learn from other people's knowledge and experience.
So thanks for accepting me
This is my first post here, though I've been reading the forums for quite a while now.
First of all, apologies for my English, but I'm writing from Spain.
My story began when I decided to undergo Lasik almost two years ago. Back then I already suspected I could have dry eyes: I had been wearing contact lenses for 20 years and I couldn't put up with them anymore. And it wasn't much better when I wore glasses. However the doctors at the clinic told me my eyes were completely normal and there was nothing wrong with them. I believed them and had the LASIK done.
Since then my eyes haven't stopped aching and itching. I went back to that clinic and all the time they said I only had a slight allergy, but other than that my eyes were totally fine. They just told me to keep using tear drops and ointments.
Finally a month ago I decided to go to another ophthalmologist who told me my problem was dry eye and blepharitis. It didn't come as a surprise, though: I suspected the clinic where I had the LASIK done had been deceiving me long ago.
So far the doctor had told me to use another brand of eye drops and lid care towelettes and I must go back in two months. But I'm going to try something else as the drops are hardly helping. I've also been taking fish oil pills for a month now, but I don't think I'm noticing any improvement (maybe it's not enough time).
My job doesn't help much either: most of it consist in entrying and tracking data in a computer (not to mention that it's in an office whose windows are never open and with a carpet that's never cleaned).
Some days are more or less bearable, others are pretty good (mostly when I stay home or I'm travelling to humid places) but others (many others) are just hell. Right now, for instance, I feel as if my eyes were made of cardboard that's about to break into pieces.
And that's pretty much it.
I'm glad to have found a place where I can share my experience and also learn from other people's knowledge and experience.
So thanks for accepting me
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