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I had this thing "growing" on my right eyelid. It was something between a zit and a wart. The doctor checked it yesterday and decided it wasn't some kind of disease that was going to change me into a demon, but the thing definitely needed to be removed because...well...I was looking at people and giving them the evil eye.
So today, I went, for the first time in my life, to do a little outpatient surgery. Meaning, I was awake after they numbed me and I saw what they did to me with the instruments. It involved sticking some kind of metal on the side of me to "ground" me because they were cautering off this odd lump and then soldering the OPEN SLIT back together.
Then the doctor sewed me back together. It was very strange because even though I felt no pain, I could SMELL my skin burning. I felt the droplets of my BLOOD trailing down the side of my eyes. Afterwards, since my eyes were closed during this procedure, I get to imagine the doctor sewing the skin back together. This is my EYELID, mind you, so the writer with me was getting these awful thoughts about finding out that this doctor sewed my eye shut. Argghhh. Each time he moved the needle, I felt the dangly thread snaking across my face. Argghh.
It didn't take long, but I was glad it was over. My eye, though, looks demonic. My eye is fine, actually, but the eyelid? Yikes. Three times its normal size! The doctor said I should be fine tonight but I've been checking in the mirror and it still looks horrible. Sigh. And the sutures look so nicely fashionable.
Yes, just call me One-Eyed Jenn today. And probably tomorrow. Thank God--no romantic date tonight! Hard to look sexay when one eyelid looks like you can use it for a surfboard.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Call Me One-Eyed Jenn
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6 comments:
should you be in front of a computer? Grab you some ice cream, and sit back with your adorable puppy (he is not bad) on your lap.
I guess the ice cream could be used in two ways...1) to put on her eye for the swelling 2) comfort food. Works for me :)
Glad to hear it wasn't anything serious. Time for ice cream and chocolate!
Step away from the computer screen, lady!
Your story just reinforced my eye phobias. Oh, when I first found out how they do that laser corrective surgery...*shudder*
Get well soon!
Jenn, hope it heals fast! Thanks for the advice on the shingles. The other half of the roof should go more quickly...
Cecily
OUCH!
When I slammed my thumb in the door a couple years ago, the doc said that if the blood underneath had nowhere to go, they would have to burn a hole in my thumb so it could come out. Just imagining that, I shuddered and ran out of the office. Thankfully, it all worked out well, and no hole was needed.
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