First off, no, I'm not blind. Both of my eyes can still see… Mostly. =) Secondly, I don't like Third Eye Blind nor their tribute band, Second Eye Blind. They both suck, yet, Second Eye Blind is better musically speaking…
After nearly two months of dramatics with my eye and people asking "Uh, dude, how'd you get pink eye?" Or "Man, you should go home, you don't want to infect people with your pink eye." I finally have resolution on this issue.
It turns out, my opthamologist tells me, that I have Intermediate Uveitis. It sounds made up, unfortunately it's not.
What Intermedia Uveitis is, according to Wikipedia, is
Intermediate uveitis refers to inflammation localized to the vitreous and peripheral retina. Primary sites of inflammation include the vitreous of which other such entities as pars planitis, posterior cyclitis, and hyalitis are encompassed. Intermediate uveitis may either be idiopathic or associated with the development of a systemic disease such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or sarcoidosis. As such, intermediate uveitis may be the first expression of a systemic condition. The most common causes of intermediate uveitis are idiopathic (69.1%), sarcoidosis (22.2%), multiple sclerosis (MS), and Lyme Disease (0.6%). [1]
The only thing I noticed in that description was sarcoidosis and that's because it's something that Foreman is always suggesting as a potential issue to Dr. House but gets shot down. It's never sarcoidosis, Foreman!
Anyway, it's a genetic condition apparently, though, I'm not sure who in my family has had this… It's not known what causes this, but it's not altered my life in such a way that I can't function and do what I need to do. In fact, my eye is still located in the same place where it's always been. Which is good to know, I don't want it falling out and getting eaten by my neighbor's cat, Pillsbury.
So the doctor doesn't know how or why I got this and that's okay, at least I know I have it and have begun early treatment.
For now it's just something I get to live with and tell people about from time to time. People say "I'm sorry" a lot… Personally, I don't care to hear other people's apologies. That's life these things happen and you move on and deal with it. I don't need apologies, just my friends and family and I'll be fine.
In the interim I'm just treating this with topical steroid drops for the time being, if those don't work then my chances at making the Olympic Mud Wrestling team will be severely derailed because the doctor will force a generous amount of steroid pills to combat the inflammation. I know. It's kinda lame.
Second Eye Blind?
First off, no, I'm not blind. Both of my eyes can still see… Mostly. =) Secondly, I don't like Third Eye Blind nor their tribute band, Second Eye Blind. They both suck, yet, Second Eye Blind is better musically speaking…
After nearly two months of dramatics with my eye and people asking "Uh, dude, how'd you get pink eye?" Or "Man, you should go home, you don't want to infect people with your pink eye." I finally have resolution on this issue.
It turns out, my opthamologist tells me, that I have Intermediate Uveitis. It sounds made up, unfortunately it's not.
What Intermedia Uveitis is, according to Wikipedia, is
The only thing I noticed in that description was sarcoidosis and that's because it's something that Foreman is always suggesting as a potential issue to Dr. House but gets shot down. It's never sarcoidosis, Foreman!
Anyway, it's a genetic condition apparently, though, I'm not sure who in my family has had this… It's not known what causes this, but it's not altered my life in such a way that I can't function and do what I need to do. In fact, my eye is still located in the same place where it's always been. Which is good to know, I don't want it falling out and getting eaten by my neighbor's cat, Pillsbury.
So the doctor doesn't know how or why I got this and that's okay, at least I know I have it and have begun early treatment.
For now it's just something I get to live with and tell people about from time to time. People say "I'm sorry" a lot… Personally, I don't care to hear other people's apologies. That's life these things happen and you move on and deal with it. I don't need apologies, just my friends and family and I'll be fine.
In the interim I'm just treating this with topical steroid drops for the time being, if those don't work then my chances at making the Olympic Mud Wrestling team will be severely derailed because the doctor will force a generous amount of steroid pills to combat the inflammation. I know. It's kinda lame.
Until next time.