Posted by gardenergirl on November 7, 2006, at 17:01:15
In reply to Having a pity party, posted by gardenergirl on November 6, 2006, at 22:01:07
****maybe a trigger at the end???**** about surgery and being unable to move or see.
Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone. And the humor, Dinah. I use it a lot to deal with depressing stuff. After all, I'm the one who likened myself to a one-eyed, one-horned, flying Purple People-Eater. :)
Wish I had some idea how this happened. It was a piece of metal in my eye. It was there for at least two months, maybe more, because it didn't really bother me much. Never hurt. Just a few times a day I could feel something in my eye but could never find anything. Oh, except for that black dot that appeared out of nowhere one day. (Really should have gone to doc then I suppose). Maybe it was from repeatedly turning the sprinkler water "on" while looking down at the settings? You would think that after one or two dousings, I'd have learned, eh?
But hey, apparently, I don't rust much. The doc thought there would be way more rust in there. Must be all that rustoleum I keep spraying in my eyes from pushing down on the sprayer while visually checking to see if the nozzle is clogged. (Kidding about that one!!!!)
Time to go rest my eyes. I'm still a mite traumatized from one of the instruments he had to use to get it out. Hard to forget that, er, never mind. Oh, and I figured out, I think, why eye problems get me so upset (not that they aren't upsetting anyways). But I think it brings me back to the eye surgeries I had when I was about 2. Pain. Helpless. Not in control of my body or environment. Being patched up and not being able to see. Hands restrained to avoid pulling bandages off. Probably wasn't fun.
Okay, enough for now.
Thanks again.
gg
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