So a few weeks ago, I finally decided that I had to get my act together and seriously make some doctor appointments. My oncologist said I needed to pay attention to my body and take care of it. Of course I take care of my body but I remember a time when if I didn't necessarily feel well, I would tend to ignore my symptoms and hope in time they'd go away. So about 2 weeks ago, I noticed my right eye started to get really dry right under my bottom eyelashes. I found that so odd and of course my brain immediately went to OH CRAP I HAVE EYE CANCER. I mean why else would the skin under my eye get dry unless something wasn't wrong. I know it sounds crazy but I've never had an eye appointment. I don't wear glasses and I can see just fine so I thought why would I need to make an eye appointment if everything is going fine. So I made the appointment and today finally came. I was actually really nervous. What if something was wrong? Could I have an infection in my eye? Is the dry skin under my bottom lash something the EYE doctor would be concerned about? Should I have gone to my primary care doc a week ago? And of course scared since I haven't been to an eye doctor, what should I expect? It should be pretty painless but I'm a chicken when it comes to meeting new doctors. More now than ever since the last few I met, gave me great pain but in the same sentence, saved my life.
My appointment was at 2pm. My first impression of the office wasn't that great. It's a doctors office but the waiting room area is filled with shelves of eye glasses and 2 chairs. Where am I going to sit? But it made sense because as soon as I handed over my paperwork I was called back to start my appointment. Humm...Impressed I am? (I'm suddenly sounding like Yoda.) But the eye doctor wasn't the doc doing the initial exam which made me think, why is it that all the assistants or nurses do all the ugly work and get paid way less? Makes no sense but that's the way it is at my job. Anyway, the assistant (don't know her official title) was awesome. She explained everything to me and walked me through the entire appointment. I was really impressed with her. I felt completely comfortable and as the tests continued I felt more and more confident that my eyes were ok.
I paid extra for a special test that takes pictures of your eyes. It looks for all sorts of stuff like diabetes, cancer, glaucoma, etc. It was amazing to see my eye in that way but yet scary cause I couldn't read the photo.
Eventually the doctor came and I immediately liked him. He was very kind and friendly. He didn't rush me through my visit and carefully explained everything to me. He also did another test with me, the eye chart and as he asked me to read off the lines, he would switch lens and asked which lens was clearer. There were definite differences but some that I couldn't tell and I thought oh geez I'm second guessing myself. But apparently I did well. I don't need glasses and I'm really happy about that. I know this sounds silly but it's hard enough sporting my out dated hair style, adding glasses to the mix would just throw me off completely. Then he went over the special test and luckily everything looked good. No issues with my eyes at all. Now this will stay on their file so when I see the doctor next year I can elect to do the test again. That way the doctor can compare the tests for changes.
So today was a good day for me. :)
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