When I was taking care of my Dad last week, I noticed that my eyes were itchy,runny and chapped.  The skin under my eyes was red and on the corners (like toward my ears)  it was like wide red lines.  Because I work at an optical lab, I asked one of the bosses what he thought it was.  He didn`t know but gave me some nice, soothing drops that seemed to help for Friday.  On Saturday, I got up and it looked like I had been punched.  They were really irritated and wouldn`t stop running right down my face.  We did a little shopping then went to Red Lobster for lunch.  Then we stopped at my eye doc`s, the one I used to work for.  It was so nice because even though he was busy, he took me right in.  I had just had an exam in October and everything was fine.  So he checked my eyes out, and told me I have a bactieral (sp) infection in both eyes.  How on earth did I get that?  Maybe from my cold or bronchitis or maybe from work or cleaning at Dad`s and then touching my eyes.  Stress may even have something to do with it.  So, he wrote me a prescription for some kind of steroid cream to put on them.  I have to put it on twice a day for 10 days.  It was very expensive...$50 for a teensy little tube.  But it is working.  He said I should notice a difference every day while using it, and I have.  I just look like a shiney, greasy eyed racoon when I go to work.  But it`s a good thing I went because it wouldn`t have gotten better on it`s own.  So, the running count is I have had 5 things since November....shingles, bronchitis, severe back pain that kept me home from work, a juicy cold and now this eye infection.  Enough already!

                          That Girl

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Hope you feel better