Sunday, July 21, 2013

How to deal with bandaging an eye..

How to deal with bandaging an eye was a never ending learning process for me. After surgery my left eye would not shut due to cranial nerve damage.... I had to have it taped on and odd so the eye wouldn't. Stop working and had to put eye drops in every hour so my eye wouldn't dry out.the docs put on tape that was hard to pull off my face with gauze which was also itchy and uncomfortable. After about a week or so I was introduced to a neuro ophthalmologist who took a breathe right strip which she used as a bandage which was much more comfortable.
I also used a pirate patch ,had a friend sew a patch over my eye glass, I just kept trying different things,
Then one day, almost 2.5 years after my surgery a woman stops me in the gym and asked me why I was using such uncomfortable tape on my eye. She sent me right to the drug store to start using eye bandages. Why didn't someone tell me that before????
Well, now you will know! What a relief...
I also wear dark glasses for bright lights and the sub.
Also a cap helps a lot....

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