Well, my push to return to daily blogging isn’t off to an auspicious beginning. We took a trip to my ophthalmologist to see why my eyes were irritated and painful. I had guessed it was sleep interruption or allergies, and boy was I off base! I have a staph infection in both eyelids, left worse than the right. That’s Blepharitis in case you are curious. Sexy, huh?

Because of my cataracts and glaucoma risk I cannot use corticosteroids, so we can’t reduce the swelling. Due to potential drug interactions I’m limited to what antibiotics we can use, limiting us to a single drug therapy. So, my doctor took his best guess, wrote me some ‘scripts and sent me on my way with instructions to return in a week and call immediately if I get worse.

The ointment makes my vision blurry, but I have to admit the relief, though relatively brief, is extraordinary. I didn’t realize how much my eye hurt until it stopped. Of course things again get interesting when it starts again, but what’s a guy to do?

No, it isn’t wildly contagious, but I would like to know why I seem to be contracting all these childhood diseases now that I’m into my 40′s.

For more information and gross eyeball video click HERE.