Well, it's been a little over a month since I had surgery to repair my blocked tear duct. For anyone new to this ongoing saga, I've been having problems with my left eye since November 2011. I've seen several doctors, who have all referred me to other doctors. I've had several procedures-probing & irrigation, three snip punctoplasty, dilation & probing, and most recently dacrocystorhinostomy with Jones tube. I'm now seeing an oculo-plastic eye surgeon who performed this latest surgery. I have a permanent glass tube in my tear ducts because of a complete blockage. He was hoping to be able to place a temporary stent, but when he got in there it was completely blocked, so the only option was to place a permanent tube. I had a great recovery with very little scarring, some swelling, and no bruising. I was finally able to wear make-up again a little over a week ago with no tearing. This past weekend, my eye was a bit irritated and on Sunday the tearing was back. On Monday, it was puffy, tearing and red. Yesterday, it was still red, irritated, puffy, droopy, and tearing. I called the surgeon and they scheduled me to go in for an appointment. After examination, he told me that the tube is partially blocked with tissue again. Seriously. He said that he had removed quite a bit of tissue, but during the healing process, the tissue has grown and covered one end of the tube. He has me back on the antibiotic eye drops and ointment (drops 3 times a day and ointment before bed), which he "hopes" will help. I have a follow-up appointment on September 6. If the tube is still blocked, he has to do another procedure. He said he will "possibly" be able to do the procedure in the office, but it may be too much and we'll have to schedule it in the hospital. He will need to remove the tube and cut more tissue. At this point, I'm kind of laughing at the whole thing. Seriously? This surgery was the "granddaddy" of blocked tear duct treatments-nothing else worked and this was supposed to be the end. I'm discouraged, but what can I do? I can cry over it (like I don't already have enough tears draining out of my left eye-haha!), or I can choose to laugh about it. :)
In other exciting news, I went to weigh-in last night and lost 1.7 lbs. YAY! I knew once I got back into the gym the weight would start dropping again. I think I'm getting to the point where I'm really listening to my body. I have been eating well and I really don't have that much of an appetite. I'm finding that by fueling with good food I don't seem to have the cravings I had before. I'll take it :) This week, I made a big batch of quinoa with lentils and I've really enjoyed that. It's packed full of protein and very filling. For breakfast, I've been making green smoothies-I prep them the night before and blend them up in the morning before heading out the door. Convenient and a great way to start the day with some veggies.
Whenever I need a laugh, I look at ecards. It works every.single.time! One of my recent favorites:
How true, huh?! Have a fantastic day!
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