Diagnosis

Let me start by saying I am not a hypochondriac. You see the eye for yourself. But when I woke up this morning the eye had noticeably gotten smaller. Still puffy but not quite as in the picture. I conveniently set it up so that all of my doctors are in the same building I work in. Not because I am a hypochondriac but because I like convenience. With that said, my primary care physician is across the hall from my place of work. I ran over there as soon as they opened and asked if I could be squeezed in as an emergency. They are always so helpful and I got me an appointment at 1 pm. Like any other doctors appointment, the issue at hand seems to diminish. I showed up all ready to run down the chain of events that occurred up until the swelling. I told the good doctor what happened and he said, "well it could be anything but I think it's blufferitis". Now of course this isn't the correct spelling but this is what my ears heard. LOL. He goes further to say, "I wouldn't do anything with it. At most, just some warm compresses". I said, "OK" and left thanking him. Why was I thanking him, uuumm dunno. I always feel as if he makes up diagnosis for my symptoms but this was one time he got it right. I know, he's the doctor and he knows his stuff but I have to venture out into that world of mine and assume the worse. I paid my copay and headed back to the office to go to my favorite tool on the world wide web called Google. I typed in "bufferitis" and "blepharitis" showed up asking me if that was what I meant. I guess. LOL. I initially saw the words causes, symptoms, and treatment. I clicked on the link and there before my eyes lie a new ailment of mine. In short, it's a chronic inflammation of the eyelids. It goes on to say it is the most common disorder of the eye. Ok so now I'm supposed to feel better because it's common? I think not. There are 3 forms of it. I narrowed my type down to the Meibomian gland dysfunction (MBG). What I also found interesting is that those that have the MBG also have seborrheic dermatitis. I say this because for the longest time I had issues with my scalp and what I called dandruff. I can't say I have it so much more now that I am chemical free and wash my hair everyday to every other day. It's has subsided dramatically but I wonder if it's worth getting checked out. For more info on my disease click on this link http://ww.agingeye.net/otheragingeye/blepharitis.php

I have previous issues with my eyes such as floaters and partial retina tears so I called my optometrist up to get some suggestions. They told me what the website told me to do which is to use warm compresses and clean my eyelids with baby shampoo on a cotton swab. It was funny because the beginning of the week I kept complaining that my eyes were burning. I equated it with me being tired but now looking forward, it was a symptom. One that is listed on the site.

I'm getting older. So on that note, I am off to clean my eyelids.