Yes, we can.
Last night my brother-in-law, Bob Willey and my sister-in-law Nancy came over and prepared an amazing dinner for us. Grilled pork tenderloin, vegetable medley, tofu patties, smashed potatoes, roast mushroom caps and an amazing custard with fresh berries for dessert. I sampled it all. It was a terrific evening.
At bedtime, Mary noticed that my right eye was bloodshot. For me, a non-itchy red eye is a warning sign for iritis, also called uveitis. It is an autoimmune disease that attacks one eye; sometimes left, sometimes right. The sure signs are pain, light sensitivity and soft focus. I have tested positive for the gene that makes me susceptible so I can expect it to crop up once in a while. So I was not too surprised when I woke up this morning and turned on a light and felt that telltale zing of eye pain.
My regular eye specialist was on maternity leave but her partner at the Verdier Eye Center, Dr.Chelsky was clearly a real experienced pro. She quickly confirmed what I already knew and went further to make sure that the iritis was not complicated by the lymphoma, which she said could affect the back of my eye and the optic nerve. She confirmed there were no white blood cells back there so it was just classic iritis; my stupid white blood cells attacking my iris for no damn good reason beyond genetic misfortune.
The standard drill is steroid eye drops every hour, tapering off over about 6 weeks and pupil dilation drops twice a day.
That's it! I'm cutting off all new specialists until further notice.
2 comments:
Chuck,
auto repair looks less and less like a hassle.
take your drops,
Mannie
It's a bummer when your immune system turns on you. "With friends like these ...?" Needless to say, we're very disappointed in our autoimmune systems in our household. If it wasn't for warding off the occasional flu and infection, we'd trash them.
Glad you liked the dinner! It's always fun hanging out with you guys. I'll dig up some more brainteasers for next time.
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