A Chilean friend of mine once said that they had no equivalent expression for beating a dead horse because Latinos don't believe it's possible to say too much on one topic. I have to agree.
I'm talking about my insanely dry eyes. I know you think it's a dead horse, but it's not. There's still plenty of life in my baby blues, just no water. Fortunately, when I open my eyes I can see. The problem is, I can't open them too often, which severely cramps my style. By 9 pm, they're toast and I have to go to bed. If we're having dinner at someone's house, like we are tonight, I have to recline on the couch with my eyes closed. Sometimes I drift off in mid-sentence, and I've been told I snore.
Not wanting to take this lying down, I've made inquiries. It looks like I have two options: use blood serum or get scleral prosthetic lenses. Blood serum sounds icky but it is said to work. A bit of my own blood would be used to make eye drops that would use my lymphocytes to counteract my donor's. I keep thinking they'd be red and I'd look like a vampire, but of course the red cells are removed.
I plan to discuss this with my doctor the next time I see her. She's been in Hawaii for three weeks.
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I know of a transplant patient living in Switzerland who had severe GvHD of the eyes. Having the drops made from blood serum were the only thing to relieve it. He's doing fine now.
I agree, you get to talk/write about your eyes for as long as you want. What a bummer. But the blood serum idea definitely sounds promising. Hope you get in touch with your doctor soon.
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