1 Month Post-Transplant

Well, it's been 1 month post transplant today! What a mile stone! And so far its been great! I did go to work for 3 days but it was just too much. So now i'm just resting until probably November. No complaints really, my eye looks FANTASTIC and I don't feel the stitches hardly ever. I feel very very lucky. The only complaint I have is I have a headache almost all the time. Sometimes it is quite bad but now that i'm not working I just have a nap when I get them and sleep it off. Hopefully they don't last long! Although I have a feeling they will because I have my double vision still. My vision isn't really improving much more, I think its at its limit for now until I get the stitches out in 6-12 months. Anyways, just wanted to do this quick update! I go to the doctor again Oct.28th so I probably won't have any new news until then!

3 Weeks after Transplant....

Sorry I haven't wrote in a while. I went on a little vacation to Fairmont last week with Kevin, then finally came home to my own house (not my parents) and I'm just settling back in with my new cornea. So tomorrow marks my 3 week mark! Everything is really great. It looks awesome and I can still see a lot (not as much as my other eye but a HUGE difference from what it was). Tomorrow I am also going to try go back to work for the first time. I'm only going for 3 hours so hopefully it will be ok. For those of you who don't know me I am a massage therapist and I also have a job doing mostly graphic design / computer stuff. I cannot massage for another month but i'm doing the graphic design / computer stuff tomorrow. Dr. A also said I can drive now so tomorrow will be the first time I drive anywhere too! So a big day all around. I'm going to keep this short today as I have had an awful headache all day and just feeling a lot of nausea. It's from my eye so I think I'm just going to go to bed early tonight!

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!