Friday's Fun With Mold Allergies...

I attempted to open my eyes upon a brand new day, except one of them wasn't interested in coming along for the ride. This is the time of year that just drives me crazy with the mold spores & it affected the one eye that it always does. I knew from the day before due to the fact that I couldn't smell some carpet glue in the office that everyone was complaining about that I was on my way to a big blowup. But I never thought that it would have unfolded this way.

The pain in my eye woke me up around 4:00 am because I was having the most insane dream that I can ever recall. In this dream, this rooster was attempting to attack my eyes for some reason & as I was fighting to protect my face is when I opened my eyes to this incredible pain. At first I thought that I had somehow poked it in my sleep because I woke up with my hands near my face. So I jumped up & ran toward my lighted mirror to see if there was blood or anything, but the only thing I could see was the redness & swelling. I washed my hands before preparing a hot compress for my eye because I've danced this dance before & I needed to address this immediately. Since I have chronic dry eye, I decided to apply some GenTeal to it so that it would relieve the aggravation & it helped tremendously. From this point is just a matter of time before I'll be back to normal, but allergies are huge in my family(grass,tree,mold).

Since I couldn't infect anyone, I decided that I would make an attempt to work today unless my co-workers felt uncomfortable having me around & then I would leave. But they know how my allergies are early Spring/Fall & you can't catch an allergy from someone. My eye wasn't running or anything, so I did just fine today while keeping my eye moist. One audiologist had the same issue this morning, but had to go to the opthamologist since she wears contacts. I can't imagine what my situation would have been like had that been me, but I have enough trouble missing eye drops much less putting in a contact. There wasn't much activity today in the office & it was a very pleasant day.

We finally received a decent rain today & the temperatures are just marvelous. It's suppose to stay nice this weekend with the 90's returning perhaps later next week. The clique are playing cards tonight, but I'll have to excuse myself from it because of fact that I know that I'll want a drink & can't have it while taking this allergy medication. I'll hopefully catch them soon because this is my kind of weather & it's time for me to have some fun again !


Before I leave you, here's a picture of my swollen eye STRETCHED open for this picture. My eye on the right has fever & I need to apply more hot compresses to it to force the yuck come out.

T.