TheBanyanTree: I had my doc's appt with the specialist

[Sheri Baity]

Listen up all you Fibro sufferers out there, you'll find this something to keep in the back of your mind.

In my right eye, in the white, it has been blood shot for about 6 weeks now.  My regular eye doctor, said it was inflamed.  There was no drainage, it didn't hurt, it just felt like there was too much eye for the socket and felt tight, is the best way I could explain it.  And it looked so bloody glowing red and UGLY.  So after battling wits with him over the fact, well I do have FMS and that is not random as to which organs it decides to attack during a flare up, could it be that??  noooooo, he said over and over again.  He put me on steroid drops which were really burning strong and told me to come back if it didn't clear up.  Guess what, it didn't.  So he sent me up the road about an hour to a specialist.

By now, I'm pissed.  I just hate being talked down to and I hate having any kind of med in my body that isn't natural.  So I did some research and cleared my mind and focused.  After a 45 minute appt with just myself and the doctor, on a one on one level.  He thanked me.  He said for once it was refreshing having a patient in his office that he could talk on the same level with.  All of my patients were down at this level, but you, you were right up here with me.  You are certainly well educated(it was so damned hard not to burst out in laughter over that one).

He went on to say how the white part of the eye is like a cartliage(you know the shiny part at the end of a chicken bone) and it definately appears that I have arthritus in it.  So we discussed a lil more and here was the final output.

After spending $130 for this specialist to tell me what I had already believed and having for once a doctor that was willing to listen and talk, It would appear that my eye was a direct attack of this FMS flare up.  It will eventually go away after the flare up subsides but like we all know, it will for ever now be a delicate organ for a possible future flare up.

So, just wanted you all to know if all the sudden you get a swollen eye, looking all bloody, but no drainage, no cut or any object stabbing it or flying into it, and if you have Fibro, you might want to take this mental note out and read over it.

This has been your public service message...lol

Crow

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