Happy Birthday To Meeee

Hey everyone! So not much new to report again. My eye is starting to get used to the stitches rubbing on my eyelid but it is still quite painful. I've been taking a Tylenol 3 or two everyday and I'm still keeping up with the eye drops. Other then that everything is good!

Since today is my 24th Birthday and that I received the best birthday present anyone could wish for this year I thought I would take a full face picture today of my eye! So watch for the picture later......

1st Post-Op Appointment

Well, today was my first post-op appointment with Dr.A. He said everything looks GREAT. He said he really like how everything is healing. Then he said he wanted to take off the contact bandage lens, which I wasn't too keen on. But he said if it was too irritating he would put it back on. So I said ok lets do it. So with NO freezing eye drops or anything he took tweezers and told me to hold really still and he pulled the contact out of my eye with the tweezers! Soooo weird! But surprisingly it wasn't as bad as I had expected. However, now that I'm home it is VERY irritating. The stitches are rubbing my eyelid now and it sometimes does hurt a lot, but mostly it feels like I have a piece of glass in my eye rubbing on my eyelid. Ouch!!! Hopefully i'll get used to it soon- I don't really have a choice! These stitches will be in for at LEAST 6 months maybe longer. My eye feels very vulnerable now though, now that the bandage is gone. Just feels very open and its kind of scary! Oh! And I almost forgot, I put the eye drops in and if I thought they hurt before when I had the bandage on. O.M.G it is HORRIBLE now. They burn burn burn!!! But thats really the only pain I have now. Everything is soooo good in general and I couldn't be happier! Oh and it looks great too! There will be a new picture to come soon!

1 Week Post Transplant!

Well, it looks like I finally made it to a week! And I feel fantastic! The only part that still hurts is putting in the eye drops. My eye feels GREAT. Its not sore or anything! Tomorrow I go see Dr.A for my one week follow up so hopefully I will get some more details on how its healing then. Other then that not much to report!

6 Days After Transplant....

Absolutely NOTHING new to report. My eye is doing sooooo incredibly good. I could definitely go back to work tomorrow for a few hours, but since I still can't drive (can't for 2 weeks! doctors orders) I will be stuck at my parents house relaxing and watching tv until...well...a while. My eye still hurts but it is feeling better also. The worst part of the day is putting in my eye drops. It still hurts BAD. But I didn't take any Tylenol 3's or anything today!! Woo! Anyways, thats it for today!

5 Days After Transplant....

Nothing new to report. Eye still hurts a lot (really sore!). But other then that everything is good! Here is a picture of me with my eye shield on. I have to wear this plastic eye shield when I sleep for 2 weeks so I don't accidentally hit my eye in the middle of my sleep. Pretty attractive hey? lol. Thank goodness it is only for 1 week and 2 more days!

4 Days After Transplant....

So not much new today. Except that I have a bit more nausea then the past couple days. I think its just because my eye hurts so bad and I haven't taken any Tylenol 3's today. I'm going to try not to though and see how it feels. So I thought that maybe I would tell you what kind of eye drops I'm using (mostly for people reading this who are going to be having a transplant and are curious what to expect). This week I have 4 different kinds of eye drops and i put them in 4 times a day. The first one is an eye drop for pressure (i think!). It wasn't on my original list of eye drops to use but Dr.A gave it to me after the surgery because I was complaining of pain and he thought I might have pressure building behind my eye.

So these eye drops are called Vigamox. I only need to take these for the first week. Thank goodness because they sort of burn a little bit. These are to reduce inflammation and redness in my eye.

These eye drops are called Ketorolac (Acular). These are the devil to me. They burn SOOO incredibly bad. I'm absolutely convinced that these are the reason my eye hurts so bad. Evil evil evil. And unfortunately, I have to take these eye drops for a while. They are also used to reduce inflammation and redness.

Last but not least, this is Prednisolone (Pred Forte). It is the anti-rejection eye drop. Me and prednisolone are going to become very good friends as I will be taking this one for at least a year. The good thing about these are that they don't burn! Yay!

3 Days after Transplant....

So.....it seems that the more days go by the more sensitive to light my eye seems to get. So these are the wicked shades I get to wear. Pretty stylin hey? lol. I got them from the nurse after my surgery. They do really help though! I find that even just wearing them to watch tv makes it hurt so much less. Everything with my eye looks good though. Still no redness or gooey stuff! I am sooo lucky! I still don't really have much vision whatsoever though. Like none at all. I just checked. lol. But with time. I just have to be patient. Seriously though, these eye drops I have to put in are KILLING me. They are so painful! They just burn my eye so bad. My mom says that means they are working. But I think next week when I don't have to put them in 4 times a day (only 2 times) my eye will feel a lot better. I think they really dry my eye out bad. Anyways, all in all I can't complain too much. Things are pretty darn good with it. I am still taking one tylenol 3 twice a day though. I tried not to but I just can't quite do it yet. On a happier note, i'm having my first visitors over to see me today! I hope they are as surprised at how I look as I am!