But then I up and moved to Idaho, and the cyst swelled right up. This was not okay with me. I went to the dermatologist this morning.
Just as Jon predicted, the doctor drained my eye. He injected the lump with lidocaine and scalpeled the S out of that cyst. I couldn't feel any pain beyond the needle, but there was plenty of squeezing in addition to ripping sensations. Eventually what I'd thought was a cyst was worked out - it was actually a rice-sized calcium deposit.
The whole thing was fascinating and I wanted explanations throughout the entire process, but afterward when I began ruminating over the horrible sensations I'd felt and thinking about that needle going into my swell-eye, it sort of turned my stomach. So when Jon and my mom stopped at Cafe Rio right afterward for lunch, I abstained from food, forlornly iced my incision, and attracted stares.
Hope you don't bruise too badly! But I have to say I'm absolutely fascinated with this also. I love seeing "cyst removal" on our patient day sheet. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteOH MY HELL!!! what just happened to you??? i am so sorry- your eye looks horrible!! i hope you don't FEEL horrible too!! and i am also glad it wasn't an alien. LOL your mom. ha. RICE-SIZED? that's HUGE!!!
ReplyDeletehope you feel better ASAP-AMAP, and also i hope you don't have to go anywhere. hehe love you
ah, jessie! at the first close-up i thought, "that doesn't look too bad. . . " then when i saw you with the eye half-closed. . . sad! I hope you are feeling okay! Also, glad it wasn't an alien.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought they scraped it out from the inside of the eyelid and I almost had to stop reading. Looking at the pictures, I think/hope I'm wrong. Get well soon!
ReplyDeleteYeah no, no, no, nonono. OUTSIDE. I wouldn't have let them do the inside without sedating me. Gag.
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