The Eyes Have It!!

In the words of the Speaker Of the House in that Dream World where all the puppets go to play, the eyes very much do have it indeed. Before i drive you as insane as me i must point out what the hell I'm on about. I finally got round to attending the Eye Clinic at Heath Towers after months and months of waiting and countless appointments being canceled by them, not me i must add. The original reason for the appointment was to investigate an apparent infection i had at the time which obviously has long gone since. In fact i have probably had 2 or 3 since then but as my eyes are still pretty bad at the moment it is a bit needed. It didn't start off too well. I was shown into a room to check my eyesight and placed in front of this kind of mirror, reflecting a series of letters which i guess a lot of you will have experienced before. Well, after placing this kind of cover over my left eye she asked me to read out the letters. I was looking and looking for them but said that i couldn't see any at all which was true. She looked rather confused and alarmed and after a little maneuvering of the mirror the penny dropped and i realized that she wanted me to read out the letters being reflected in the mirror and that they were not in fact printed on the back of this cover she had put over my eye. Ha Ha Ha!!! What a plonker!! In to see the Registrar then. He set about poking and prodding around in both eyes before giving me his expert opinion. He has said that i actually have Graft Versus Host Disease of the eyes, something i never knew you could actually get. It results in you getting large areas of dry dead skin on the surface of your eyes causing all sorts of irritation. On the plus side at least i don't have an infection, but the downside is that i have to put in Lubricating drops every hour to keep them moisturized. This may reduce a little in time as the lubricant will build up some sort of layer but even then i will probably end up needing it about 4 times a day and for life sadly as it is a permanent thing. So just when i thought i didn't have anything else left for this lurgy to attack yet again i was proven wrong. The pain has eased a little thankfully but i just have to put up with everything being sort of blurry for about 20 minutes every hour which is fun whilst it breaks down a little. I must just add a note on the usual hassle involved with such an outing as this and thats the amount of bloody waiting around involved. The actual time spent in the company of the doctors or nurses and then on to the pharmacy was maybe around 25 minute yet i was up there along with my p.a for about 4 ½ hours. Very frustrating in the least.

I had a great day today again at the New Horizons Day Centre or as the beloved daughter calls it “Day Care”, cheeky git!! i haven't said a lot about them yet i know but they won't escape the blog for too much longer I'm sure. They're a lovely bunch and so friendly and talkative too, which all helps to make you feel settled, and the foods nice too. I think i will begin to make my mark soon in corrupting their minds with all the drivel I've inflicted on all of you for so long long now, i think they may be about ready now for some hard core Jonny5 Ranting!!! Wish them luck poor souls!!!

Okay more eye drops needed as i cant see the blinking screen anymore.

See Ya!!

p.s HIYA LOUISE If YOUR READING THIS!!!!!