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Sonotech, if you want a crazy friend who emails everyday ( well when I'm upright ) mmmmmmmmmm that makes me sound like I have a drink problem, which I dont have as I'm tee-total........right anyhow if you want a natter about this , that and anything you can think of I'm always about , stuck here at this time in the house going even more mad ( if thats possible) I to lost a number of my friends because they couldnt or wouldn't understand my condition and how some days I can be ' my silly self ' and other days I cant move a muscle. They also couldnt understand why in the past ( 5-6 years ago ) I would run them about like I was a taxi and now I hardly drive at all , especially at 1 am in the morning when they have been out all night and cant find a cab the cheek of some people!!!!! I recently lost my best friend to , I had looked for her for over 30 years ( we where best ever school mates) when I found her she lied in order to get money from me , in fact she lied so much I dont think I will ever forgive her now. So I now natter away on the web , like this. I have found more friendship here than on any other site , not that I've tried many , but you know what I mean. Sometimes just talking to someone ( even by email) can make a bad day into a good one, bring sunshine when its raining and make you laugh when you want to cry . I'm here if you want a natter ..........willows........... a wise old woman who's Crazy with all the heat !!!

Well...............I'm still stuck in the upstairs bedroom most of the day , in fact I haven't been outside for so long I cant remember when I last went out , I hope I'm not turning into a hermit ! Mike is on line to hitting a stone of weight loss by Sunday as he is suffering with the heat and just cant seem to eat much at all, drink, drink, drink is all he seems to want to do at this time. It has been so hot at his college , which is up on the moors near to us, that they are now saying if it goes up one more degree they will close it down as they to have no air conditioning at all. My hubby has once again decided to 'kiss the floor' Last night at about 3 am I heard a loud bang followed by a number of words that are unrepeatable ..........from downstairs. Hubby has taken to sleeping still in the 'natural state' in the door way of the big windows, so far no one has tried to enter the house at night via this way or any other, mind you one look at this large body laying 'natural' in the open window would make the local cats run a mile let alone a human My stitches are still firmly embedded just under the eye brow with still no sign of 'going walkabout' which is annoying as I really need to get some moisturizer on this bit so I dont look like a sheet of and paper for the do..............which is fast and furiously approaching. I still have to get Mikes suit trousers turned up , which I have written on a stick it and plastered all over the inside of my wardrobe doors and on my own wedding suit, so hopefully I will get them done next week. Well, I think I will have to go shopping tomorrow and great the world again, with a large hat on and sunglasses, looking rather like a spy or more likely someone who's just had plastic surgery and wants to hide Bye for now, hope the weather is being kind to you all and not holding you to ransom in the bedroom to................I wouldn't mind if I was being held by some 6 foot bronzed 25 year old with naughty intentions.............but the weather!!!! Mind you what would I do with a 25 year old bronzed god ..............get him to wash the kitchen floor probably !!!! Willows.........help I'm going heat mad here .

Hello lalalisa . I would get yourself checked out as soon as you can. I get angina ...........tightness of chest , pick axe feeling in the middle of my back, greyness of skin, sweats and pain in the chest that makes me wish someone would knock me out. As well as this my oxygen level falls and I get short breathed. Its not a nice thing to have happen to anyone, mine started with tightness and short breathlessness about 30 years ago and was never sorted !!!! So you get yourself to the Doc's girl , better safe then sorry I say , you dont have anything to loose by doing it, more to loose if you dont !!! Take care in the meantime and rest ................Willows.

Oh , my ...............did I say it was hot at the week end? Ha ! thats nothing to what we have now , its hit 100 + here . So I'm being held to ransom by my own body in the bedroom.............. Just walking down the stairs is causeing problems , eating, drinking , washing, sleeping ..............all gone to pot dont know if its night or day at the minute, sleeping from 6 am until 12 pm then trying to eat then to hot to .........what you have to remember is that in the UK we dont have air conditioning just a fan and the windows open .................no dont open the windows as all the bugs come in and bite the living daylights out of me Right think the best place for me is laying in the pond outside with the frogs, toads and newts second thoughts hubby's just informed me the waters in the mid 70's to 80's so even thats no good, and the thought of those slimy things slithering on my bod , well would you Roll on the winter when I can freeze and moan about a red nose again. Willows..........confused, hot, tired and in need of an arctic holiday please.!!!

It's strange I just thought it may be the case of 'heart broken once , so never again' I to feel I can no longer have a dog after the love of my life 'Goldie' had to be put down last November , so I can understand how he feels.............we love them so much , and I'm sure they know it . Its hard to let go. Willows.

Hi Babs, Just got up and doing what I always do first ...........read the posts I was just wondering ..................you said that your husbands last wife was obsessed with her cats and dogs and hubby got 2 cats , well this makes me think . And I'm wondering if your husband is afraid to have a dog again? Not because of the work, time, cost or any other excuse he can think of , but because he is afraid to give it his love . We all know that in time you do love your cats/dogs or any amount of 'other furry critters' and it can be heart braking to loose them for any reason. So I'm wondering if when he was married before and he had all those animals if there wasn't one he 'loved to bits' . Because unfortunately some ex-wife's ( and husbands ) can and do make sure that there partner never gets that animal. To someone who's lost an animal through what ever reason ( death. custody, theft, lost) it is heartbreaking and it is very hard to open your heart again to another ................becuase at the back of your mind is the nagging feeling ................' it could happen again' An idea !!!!!! What about you getting him a dog ????? put it in his name , but with you as 'carer, cleaner, walker and stand in MUM' ..............any dogie person will know what I mean by this as you do become a mum to them . I will when my hubby gets back put a couple of poems on here for you that I wrote about dogs ( on my discs at the minute) one was for my son who wanted a dog so badly ..............I sent it to my hubby! And another one about 'Goldie' my last beloved friend who was left in a dogs home to die ............until I came along . Hope that you can persuade him as a dog is unlimited love for the whole family . Willows.

Ah ................now thats may be the problems , thanks goldicedance. I have been keeping the area dry , because I was told to , but may be because I get so hot , and I have been complaining to my hubby how dry my whole face felt .............well that could be the answer. As for a follow up 7-10 days after the op Dawg tired , nope haven't got to go back at all. I know the sites not infected , just so tight, but then I can remember this happening now with the last but two lumps I had removed ( one on my right side) that was so tight I felt like I was wearing a bra two sizes to small until the 'gave way'. Thanks for your replies , Ill'' watch and wait now . Willows.

What time did you last eat before you went to bed???? I now find that if I eat after 6 pm at night and go to bed at 9 pm I feel so full and feel sick and sweat more I to gag at times and find that little meals and often are my best bet , as I have no gall-bladder and a lactose intolerance I cant digest fats as such so I stay off the heave stuff. my bet is that you ate to late and to much and then your poor old tun couldnt digest it , it sat there and then what with the heat ........................mmmmmmmm not nice I hate it when I get a 'sicky day' , hope you feel better soon . Willows.

I've had a look about the web and cannot find any real answer to my question , so I thought I'd ask the site if anyone knows. I had my 16 or 17 lump removed last Wednesday from just underneath my right eye brow ( size of a small marble ) I was told that I had dissolvable stitches on the outside ............tiny, tiny little stitches ( scar about 1 to 1 1/2 inches long ) all up the scar line with a piece of white fibre at each end. Well this scar is now feeling very tight and rather sore. The pieces of white thick cottony line sticking out of the end of it are still firmly in place and dont appear to be going anywhere. I always thought that dissolvable stitches started to fall out at about 7 to 10 days ??? if this is so I'm now 11 days post-op and not a sign of even the smallest stitch 'shifting' . Any ideas if my timings are right or should they have fallen out by now ? I cant call the surgeon as in the UK you just cant !!! Thanks all Willows.

Hello Jualia59, I'm so sorry you have had a bad time with the SSDI . We have a different sort of examination in the UK bit its still rather daunting to say the least, what I cannot understand is why in the USA you are expected to pick up objects and move them around ??? its crazy to me! I also 'hide' my symptoms well and at times if you met me in the street you would think there is nothing wrong with me, even when I know I'm 'going down ' ( about to hit the floor ) I will try my hardest to get a seat and make out I'm OK. I hate people knowing I'm ill , its a case of 'self preservation' I'm sure we all do it . But If there is one thing I have learned over the past 30 + years with this condition and that is .............dont cover up for the doctor, consultant or DHSS because if you do your just making a rod for your own back ( UK saying for making it worse). I do hope that they sort you out soon, I've just manged to get another 3 years of UK DHSS but I was 100 % truthful with them even down to wetting myself and some other 'not so nice things' !!! Good luck with your claim and I do hope that your Doctor speaks up for you, as a doctor fighting cause is everything . Willows.

Not a good day here in lovely Devon...............'ITS SO HOT' ............to hot for me to move in at this time. I dont know about you but when it gets very hot ( about 74...75 +) I cant breath properly and get short breathed as well as that all I want to do is sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep . So far today , well since 12 midnight last night in fact , I've............. Sat up in bed because of the horrendous hip/leg/foot pains , all night with that v pillow jammed under my neck to keep me from slipping down the bed ............ha ! looked round at one point and there was hubby mouth wide open snoring his head off with a click. click in between ...........oh, it was tempting to stick an ice cube in his mouth or better still a feather up his nose !!! that would shut him up So having been awake most of the night with the heat and pain, got up at 9am...........had a shower, and then another hours rest as I was knackered again then pottered about in the lounge , had lunch and then feel asleep from 1.30 om until 5.30 pm .............what an 'eventful day I've had '.........NOT I had one of those strange dreams as well , dont know if its me or something others get , well I know I was asleep when Mike came into the room but I was trying to wake up but couldnt , he stood beside my bed and said quietly 'mum its after 5 , you need to wake up and take your meds'...... ...........but however much I tried to tell him I could hear him and was awake , I couldnt move , I hate it when I do this. It took me 30 mins to get myself awake after that . Well the good news is ; Mike has lost yet another pound from his ever decreasing bod and me just 1/2 lb..........well 1/2 lb off is better than 1/2 lb on but I think this hot weather and me constantly going to sleep at all hours isn't helping much . Never mind there's 5 weeks to go and I may suddenly 'kick into gear again' I've done this in the past , so there's always hope on the horizon, never give up hope thats another of my many motto's. Bye for now and drink loads in this weather guys , keep a hat on your head and lots of sun screen on if you do venture out doors ................keep smiling . Willows. 'pear chomping' at this minute !!!!

If any of you would like to see jus what hubby's been up to with his new camera , take a look at this link to his macro web site; But be warned its a spider and very close up , I found it on my washing yesterday and well...........you have to read what he said ...............huh! men , dont we just love them !!!!! http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=191633 Willows.

Big black hairy spider continues.................. If any of you have read the post about us being burgled then you will know that hubby has a new camera again, well he 'Just' had to take a picture of the thing ............yuck !!! Its on the following link if you want to see it ' be warned it not just a picture of the spider, he gets VERY close in ' !!!!! mmmmmmm, lovely dear but not the sort of thing I'd want framed and stick on the wall . http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=191633 It makes my stomach churn ! ...............oh ! an idea comes to mind ????? If hubby keeps popping out of places brandishing large spiders at me , may be my bowels will suddenly spring into life again ( if you know what I mean) just hope I get to the loo in time or dont pass out with the shock ..............that's seeing the spider not seeing hubby !!!!!! Willows.

Its the last day of Mikes work experience today and boy is he tired. I have tried telling my friend who runs the shop / repair service that he is just 4 months post-viral and so must be allowed to sit down if he feels tired ( not all the time though ) but because they have never had anyone who is not 100% well work for them , they dont seem to understand ........which is typical ! Poor boy when I picked him up at 3.30pm last night , what with the heat and standing didn't know if he was coming or going and ..............went to bed at 9 pm !!!!! He's still been good on his diet this week although in his words ' I've been starving hungry all the time' , but I suppose this is to be expected if you have gone from sitting in a classroom all day to standing and building bikes, cleaning units and serving customers all day , a bit of a culture shock or what !! OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! just had a bit of a shock and a huge load of palpitations...........I went to move the next load of towels to go into the washing machine and sitting underneath the top one was a HUGE black hairy spider .............AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Cant stand the things Right lets get back to what I was nattering on about ........ I've started getting some of my clothes together now ( the wedding is the whole weekend ) tried on this wonderful white camisole top with a sheer long sleeved tunic top over , its white with silver sequins on the cuffs, around the neck and at the bottom a very sleek cool looking top and great with some off white linen trousers ......right thats one evening sorted NOT!!!! Hubby came in and said ' darling its very nice BUT..............I dont think its the sort of thing you should wear for the wedding , given the fact that there will be a number of elderly men there ' ????? Me , standing there with a 'what' look on my face , cant think what he's on about ??? it covers all my body except hands, feet and head !!! Hubby stood me in front of my full length mirror and then took his flash light and held it behind me ...............'OH .....MY' You could see every hair on my top half, every scar, dimple , mole .........well you name it , you could see it . So back to the drawing board Next weigh in this Sunday and as the weather is so hot here I'm BBQ-ing all weekend , its loads of chicken breasts, salmon and sirloin steaks on the fire for us lot here in glorious Devon by the sea.. Happy eating ................Willows.

Oh !....how cool, sat and had a good laugh at them all . We used to have a dog up until last November when we had to have our dearest Goldie put to sleep, she had come to me as a birthday present from my husband and son the year before , I picked her ............. no I will rewrite that , she picked me out at a dogs re-homing centre. our eyes met and 'that was it ' no turning back . When we first got her she was so thin her ribs and hips bones stuck out of her body , she had hardly any hair and couldnt keep a meal in her .............one way or another. I had to beg the vet to let me take her home after the re homing centre just didn't think she would make it from all the abuse she had suffered from her previous owners. It was a case of the drugs helping body , but her out look on life was holding her back . When she came home we washed her for the first time ever and discovered she was exactly like a female fox in all ways !!! Many months on and you wouldn't have recognized her , she played for the first time ever , and don't jump and hide when someone new came into the room..............she stuck by my side day and night every single day she was with me , she knew , she dont have to ask , my love for her was as her love for me. When I became really unwell.............so did she and it was in last August that we discovered that she also had heart problems ( same drug as myself ) but soon her vomitting and diarrhea came back and her weight plummeted again .................it was then we discovered she had cancer and I had to make the awful decision to let her go . I still think sometimes she is in the bedroom with me watching me type my book sitting there with her big green eyes staring up at me saying' thats it mum, write it all down , I'm here watching you do it right' My new book is dedicated to my ' little shadow ' Goldie who came into my life when I needed her the most , gave so much and left me with a smile . Love to you girl always ................Willows.

Thank you goldicedance...............if you pay the fare to USA and back I'd be delighted to pack your lunch ( only kidding as I'm not allowed to fly ) Mike is exercising every other night , you see we live by a wonderful river that leads out to the sea ( called the Plymouth Sound) and Mike was bought a semi dry suit in the spring of this year , so he gets himself 'kitted out' in his wetsuit and fins and swims across the river to his mates house then they both mess about racing up and down , watching the tide. Its very safe in the harbour section and everyone in and around the village knows that all the local village kids do this and keep a watch out for silly boat men who come into the key side pubs for a beer and sound a very loud horn to warn them of swimmers. I've been in bed the last 24-36 hours with another bout of 'my flu' that isn't flu and stomach contractions that have you rolled in a ball, sweats, and such joint pain I cant stand, but what the heck ...............here's another lovely day and I can forget about the last few days again. My eyes healing nicely , the stitches are now white and looking like they may come away soon. Well hope that your husband manages to keep it off , fruit , thats the answer to all ..........fruit ' strawberries, raspberries , pineapple all dribbling thick fresh raspberry sauce ..............right thats me in the kitchen with the fruit bowl again...............bye , bye for now Willows.

I'm going to check out the web site mentioned by mightymouse . I have for years been asking doctors and consultants 'what is it' and like you sonotech I just get 'I dont know' . The problems is that in the UK trying to find an answer to the question can eat up some of the money designated for 'more important issues' ..............so I dont stand a chance ! If I had private medical insurance and unlimited funds I'm sure the doctors would spend months searching this problem , but as I have neither its 'you got it and put up with it '. Sad in a a way , but thats life , it took me all these years to find out that the main condition was so a lesser but more painful one doesn't stand a chance . Willows.

Another wonderful sunny day here in glorious Devon UK. Mike went to work yesterday , he is just 15 years old and still at college full-time , but has to do a weeks work experience so he's working at a friends bike shop in the nearest small town to us ( about 10 mles away) This friend has built his company up from a back street car repairers to a huge auto shop , petrol station and car wash , bike shop ( cycles, motor bikes and 4 wheelers) bike repair and parts . Mike is absolutely loving it and came home yesterday rather 'chuffed ' with himself as he had built a ladies bike from the parts given to him in a huge box!!! He was also feeling very happy with himself as his trousers kept slipping down when we bought them for him he was moaning as they were so tight they hurt him , now its the other way around ..............can't win can you !!!! He's still taking his packet lunch to work and his boss also noticed that his food looked rather nice and not the normal stuff his work experience kids bring in . Mike told him he was on a diet , to which his boss said 'your joking '!!!! 'NOPE.' was Mikes reply ...........'and I'm loosing weight ' So now I've been asked if I can type out a lunch time diet sheet giving all the items I put in Mikes box and an average calorie count per box as the boss man is also getting 'rather large ' ..............and that's being kind !!!!! Today Mikes got chicken tikka sandwich , a bag of low fat crisps ( less than 100 cals a bag) an apple and a large bottle of low cal drink. He's also allowed to buy a 'water ice ' lolly from the freezer if he wants to. I am so proud of my son at this time, he has struggled with his own medical conditions since he was just 4 years old and is at this time on 4 medications to keep him fit and well , so loosing this weight and still being happy , helpful and just a really ' nice lad' I'm smiling here because I'm his mum. Willows ............mum to a nice lad.................big smile on her face ( if you could see it )

I must admit that when I saw sonotech's post I was surprised as I have never heard of anyone else with this problem, and put it down to the fact that I've had my condition so long that its something you get may be in the later stages , just another nasty thing that happens as your veins get weaker. I do find it strange though as most of mine go in my hands and you can see after the blood has gone ( about a week ) the tip of the vein on the surface of all the ones that have gone in the past. I find it very annoying , a bit scary and rather painful..................... My doctor put me onto aspirin because of the bleeding , but as well the veins bursting a few weeks ago the whole of my left side was in pain ( neck, shoulder, arm, hand, hips, leg foot) and became weak for a week or more , having had a really had episode of high blood pressure twice now her concern is that I dont stroke or have a heart attack. Yes, I am aware that aspirin thins the blood so I am more incline to bleed more if cut and I remembered to tell my surgeon last Wednesday to enable him to compensate by giving me adrenalin . But I look at it this way , I'd rather bleed more and have to have a blood transfusion than have a blood clot hit my brain ( what brain ) or my heart .............there's no choice. I to bruise 'for no reason' and sometimes I look like I've been in a fight when all I've done is lay on the bed for a few days, so I take rather large amounts of vitamin C every morning and evening a 500mg tablet. As this is a soluble vitamin any excess is just sent out via your bladder so you can't overdose on it . Hope your doctor can through more light on it than mine could , it does appear that your medical care is far superior than that in the UK lucky things !!!! Best wishes and keep you chin up ( old UK saying meaning keep smiling , dont let it get you down ) also keeping you chin up saves the dribble running off your elbows if your tongue goes Willows.

Just came onto posts and couldnt believe what I was reading !!!!! I have been having these for some years now . At first in my fingers , oh ! do they hurt when they go , I dont know about you but I seem to get tingling in the part thats going to go first , then a burning sensation and then 'bang' it bursts ............it has been very bad at times and once my whole finger filled up with blood and went as stiff as a board . I was told to apply pressure when the vessels burst to try and control the bleeding ..........well thats alright but the last one I had was in my TOUNGE boy ...oh ...boy did it hurt , you try holding your tongue and not dribble down your arm at the same time My own doctor is so worried now that I have been put onto aspirin each day just in case another big one goes ( the tongue one was rather large and half my tongue went black/red / blue !) I dont know what to suggest I thought it was just me who had this strange' happening ' but obviously it isn't . I have had Autonomic problems for over 30 +++ years and as time goes on it does appear that I'm having more odd things happen to me . I do hope you can get some answers from your own doctor , it may be advisable to mention that you know someone else with this problem who has the same underlying condition as you and that hers is getting worse , also you could mention the aspirin . Good luck and I do hope they stop , there not very nice at the best of time . Willows.

Well its Sunday and another weigh in day for us both. Mike has now lost a total of 10lbs in the 5 weeks and 1 inch of his chest and waist ! Despite the few off days I've had over the past week or so I to have now lost a total of 10lbs ............and whats better still; 1 inch of my bust, waist, hips and thighs ..............( loud cheer and applause by hubby here ) I am definitely slowing down , but the good news is that I tried on my suit yesterday and even if I loose not another pound by August 20th I can still wear it and feel O.K. ..................... BUT ...........you know what us girls are like , looking at everything from every angle I still think a another 7 -10 lbs will make it hang better . As for my eye , well the stitches are so small it looks like a doll has sewn them ! I still haven't managed to wash my hair as yet yuck, yuck, yuck ..........but better hair that needs a good wash, than I get it wet and start off something , as you may know yourself , if its going to happen to anyone it will be you ! So ................today Mike has two of his mates round and hubby and I are doing a basic Roast chicken dinner , but with new boiled potatoes, honey glazed carrots, broccoli, green beans and a light chicken gravy ...........no roast pots or stuffing or Yorkshire puds and thick chicken gravy for the boys or us . No that any of us three miss it now , Mike who was hooked on a brand of crisp that 'pops' and you cant stop ................has stopped !!!!! he has been known in the past to eat a whole tub of them in one sitting now he has an apple or banana instead ..............ah , at last its sinking in with my family , just take away the rubbish and substitute something crisp crunchy and full of fibre and vitamins . Keeping up the good work and not scratching my stitches ( unless asleep and that doesn't count ) Willows.

I have a bruising problem , but its not the 'norm ' A few years ago I noticed that the small veins in my fingers started to burst . First I'd fell this sort of burning , then painful tingling .........then you could actually watch the vein just under the surface go !!!! COR .........did it hurt. I've had rather a lot of these now and they are jolly painful, sometimes I cant stop the bleeding under the skin ( I apply pressure to the point it started) and my whole finger fills with blood and goes as stiff as a board. I've been told that if the vein will not stop at the base of the finger to get help ASAP. Just recently I got a scare as a vein in my tongue went and that filled up ( huge black bruise afterwards ) you try holding you tough to stop it swelling and not dribble everywhere, hubby got quite sacred as now he wonders where else a vein will go. So now I've been put onto dissolvable aspirin each day in case of stroke ..............what else can my silly body throw at me ???? Answers on a post card Willows.

Managed to get half a nights sleep last night with the aid of a v pillow wrapped around my neck to keep my head still. I did on a couple of occasions slid down the bed and lay my right hand side of my face against the bedclothes .............................ouch ! that woke me up quickly . I have a small amount of 'crispy' stitching sticking out of the end of the thing, which if caught on the bedclothes makes me want to jump rather and every so often now the scar 'twangs' at me as the burnt nerves wake up. Most disconcerting as its like a small electric shock in the eye lid or a Nat with a tiny cattle prod getting its own back for all its fellow Nat's I've splatted . Well never mind that I'll take my mind of stuffing my face for a while !!!! Next weigh in on Sunday and this time I'll take a tape measure to the vital bits and see how much inches have done a runner from the old bod!!!! Remember excess in the mouth ................. means excess on the waist.........keep smiling Willows.

Now that the village has become aware of the walk in villains who will stop at nothing to 'nick' something, the local neighbourhood watches are being more alert to the problem, and have set about informing all inhabitants of our wonderful little village of the distress it as caused to a member . Yesterday we received a letter from them informing us that a resident of our street ( that resident being us ) was broken into while they were upstairs in the house and a number of items were taken ....................including a valuable camera talk about 'Chinese whispers' !!!!!!!!! We hubby has another new and 'interesting' strategy to add to the 'anyone come in my house again' syndrome...............as the weather has been so hot and I've been a bit unwell and unable to sleep , he's taken to sleeping downstairs in the front window opening of the lounge , where its cool .............in the 'natural state ' if you get my meaning ? So burglars beware as hubby is a very light sleeper when downstairs , and you are libel for a bit of a shock if you attempt to enter the house ..........................unless you want to be greeted by a stark naked man wildly brandishing a walking stick his glasses askew ......................not a pretty sight Willows.

Well..................I'm back minus the critter. What an eventful time day +night it was ..........................I discovered I'm allergic to 'iodine' after the event Got to the hospital and having done all the normal logging in with the nurse , who's face was a picture when I handed over my drugs list . Then saw the surgeon ................mmmmmm such a nice man looked more like a school boy than a doctor, but may be that's because I'm getting old Anyhow everything was signed ,sealed and sorted and I was taken in to the anesthetics room stuck on a trolley and the surgeon came in to 'freeze ' my critter . Silly hat on my long hair and me wearing a cast off of some 'christian Dior ' dress than had been used as a floor cloth by mistake !!!! In theatre the surgeon than washed most of my face with iodine , why to this day he washes all of my face when he only had to wash my right eyelid and my be above this I'll never no.....but he did , and that is when I started to think 'here , something not quite right now'. He has done a wonderful job on the critter cutting to parallel lines above and below then burning it out and sewing the nice clean line up with one long fine stitch. Back on the ward my eyes started to water............stream........blur.......... double vision........face burning .........now feeling rather unwell. The nurse washed my face as best she could and although she managed after loads of saline and clothes had been used in me to remove most of the iodine.............it had gone into my left eye, which by now resembled a golf ball............a red one !!!!!! So I duly spent another hour being given anesthetic eye drops, washes , antibiotic drops and antihistamines. Hubby was called back to the hospital and I was allowed to come home 'under his supervision' ............supervision being the optic word here as I was still having double vision and was unstable on my feet. Laying on the bed at some 6 pm all the local anesthetic 'wore off' along with the eye drops and my eye's started to SCREAM at me , quietly at first but building to a crescendo of ' we are in pain and swelling , do something ' cold compresses placed on them by hubby and son, who were by now getting alarmed at the look of my eye's , warm water rinses , fans ................three hours of this and all I ended up with is two eyes looking like I am dracula's daughter having had a good nights feed !!!! eyes sticking out of my head feeling like they are going to burst and I'd cried ( not on purpose ) so much I could hardly close my eyes any more So at 9.30 pm another dash was made back to the A & E of the royal eye infirmary , me holding wet tissues over my eyes under dark glasses. The duty doctor confirmed that I now need a full course of antibiotics as well as some false tears , owing the the rather bad allergic reaction I'd had to the iodine and that .............wait for it..............I could look like the monsters mother from the deep for a few days yet Well its morning now and having survived the night my eye's are still looking like I've been crying for a month and are still 'rather' ............ha , dont make me laugh , blood shot and as well as this I am now sporting a nice black eye from the critter site ............................oh happy days !!!!! I suppose it could have been worse , at least I can see a bit now and my hubby hasn't got two heads So its those horrible greasy eye creams and drops for the next two weeks and hope that I never see another bottle of iodine again in my life ! Ha, and the surgeon said to me ' ah ! this is a nice critter , pop this out in one go ( its the size of a marble now) and you will have virtually no scar and no after pain to deal with ...........................OOOOOOoooooh! wash his mouth out with soap if I get my hands on him again Willows.