I can't believe it....

[Lindsey]

PINK EYE AGAIN!

My right eye was pretty red yesterday morning, it was mostly bloodshot at the bottom of the eye. I already had my contacts in so I thought I'd just leave it for the day, maybe I had gotten some dirt or something in it gardening.

Last night it was no better, and this morning my left eye had started to turn pink instead of white. They aren't watering but they are a little sore and itchy. I figured I might as well go to the doctor in case it is pink eye and I can catch it at the start. And yep, he gave me some antibiotic eye drops again. I'm glad I'm starting them today though, because I'm going to visit my pregnant best friend this weekend and I don't want her to be worried about getting it too!

I can't help wondering if it's being misdiagnosed though. I had it at least 3 times between December and February, and now 4 months later it's back again. Scott hasn't caught it ONCE. There are no germs from last time that should still be alive this time, and I haven't been anywhere except work lately. I'm home from work today though anyway, just in case.

It's just one thing after another with me!

[Blueyes]

I wonder about the diagnosis, too. I'm so sorry you're having MORE problems, Lindsey! Geezzzz

[DianaB]

That is funny to have pink eye so many times in the last few months.....you probably need to talk to your doctor about it.

Do you use a product called Reun with moisture loc? There are problems associated with that.

http://www.weitzlux.com/renu/eyeinfection_612312.html

You might do a search on chronic eye infections and see if anything looks like what you have. I hope you get to feeling better. Hugs!!

[Lindsey]

Diana, I have used Renu before, so I just checked but that's not what I'm using at the moment. I think I'll stay away from it now though! Thanks for the information.

I put in the eye drops when I got home, and they were itching a bit so I laid down, closed my eyes, and fell fast asleep My left eye (that just seemed to start this morning) looks white again, but just with a bit of redness still showing. The right eye is still pretty red.

[DianaB]

How are your eyes now, Lindsey? Did you decide if it was pink eye or not?

[Lindsey]

I'm still wearing my glasses and using the antibacterial eye drops. Both eyes are not yet WHITE like they should be, and are still a bit veiny. Yesterday my left eye was bad... very very bloodshot from the inner corner right to the iris. I used the drops last night and it's much better today but still not good. I really don't know what's going on. I wasn't using the eye drops a lot over the weekend and it started getting bad again, so I am going to try to use them 3 or 4 times a day now. Hopefully this will be resolved before Tuesday when we leave for our holidays. We will be driving 9 hours or more on some days and I would really like to be able to wear sunglasses!

My eyes aren't watery at all though, and there should be discharge with pink eye. My eyes are just really sore most of the time. Of course, my glasses are an old prescription, and I'm sitting in front of a computer for 13 hours a day most days now because I'm so stressed out and working so much overtime. I'm not getting much sleep either, especially the nights when I don't get home until 10 pm and still need to make a meal and eat before bed!

I just think I need a break all around, and a chance to be able to just rest my eyes and hopefully they will get better. I also hurt my jaw last night and it's so painful to chew! And the scab on my foot still isn't healed so I'm walking funny. I'm just falling apart all over the place lol!

[judy]

Poor Lindsey!!!

[gja1000]

Gosh Lindsay! I hope you are feeling better - all over - soon!

[DianaB]

I'm really concerned about your eyes especially since you work so much with a computer. You could be right that they just need a rest but I wouldn't think that not resting them would cause an infection. Maybe you need to call in and talk to a nurse at the doctor's office and see if there's anything else that they can do.

[Lindsey]

It's still not clearing up and I leave on vacation tomorrow night I guess I'll just have to wear my glasses. By the end of the day my eyes hurt so bad it causes headaches that just won't go away. But I use antibiotic drops before bed and when I wake up they feel fine, although they are still red. Since yesterday they have both had yellow goopy stuff which is a sign of bacterial pink eye. I've been trying to use the eye drops 4 times a day, but of course have days like today where I forgot them at home.

[Blueyes]

I'm sorry your eyes aren't better for vacation. There should be a doctor somewhere that can get to the bottom of this...when you get back, you gotta find the answer! Have fun, and don't forget to take your drops!

[DianaB]

I hope that you're able to get rid of it soon.

[Lindsey]

Well I may have a verdict....

I ran out of the antibiotic eye drops on Sunday before vacation was even over. My eyes have been getting worse and worse, painful and red all the time. So I called the optometrist today and got in just after lunch. She figures I had a viral eye infection at the start, maybe from a cold or flu. I started using the prescribed eye drops, the same brand I had used way back in December and January (and they didn't totally work then either). And now my eyes are STILL red, sore, and itchy. So her conclusion is that the infection is probably gone, but I'm just allergic to those antibiotic eye drops! She said it's very common to be allergic to that antibiotic, and the drops are just the drug combined with steroids. The steroid would make my eyes feel better for a little while, but then they'd get sore again. What I have now is just dry eyes with inflammation, an allergic reaction to the antibiotic.

Phew!

She gave me a box of artificial tears to put in my eyes every hour until I see her again on Friday. Hopefully this is the end of it!

[DianaB]

I'm glad that you finally found out what's wrong. I couldn't imagine that you were getting pink eye that many times so close together. Being allergic to the eye drops makes sense. I hope that your eye problems all disappear now!!!

[judy]

I hope this is the end of your eye problems now! I have dry eyes, and it can really be bothersome. It sounds like your will go away quickly!