Scared. Like, a lot
Ah, woke up this morning as normal and went to shave. I took one look in the mirror and nearly had a fit.
There, staring back at me was something out of a Hammer Horror. The white of my eye had turned a bright red. I think the rest of my face went white - which didn't help the situation as I now looked like a zombie or something
This made the situation worse - I thought I'd been vampired in my sleep and now started to feel sick. I'm quite fond of my eyes and the thought of losing one of them was cause for some considerable concern.
As always, Mrs Sensible came to the rescue - "Can you see OK out of both eyes?". "Yes". "Are you in pain?". "No". "Don't panic then". "That's easy for you to say"
"Guess where you're going this morning."
Time passes in the local out-patient's waiting room.
"Next please"
I walk in and before I even had chance to shut the door - "Ah, you have a Subconjunctival Hemorrhage there's nothing to worry about, and there's no treatment, and this happens quite a lot on older people."
"I think I'd like a second opinion please"
"It's the same as my first one - you are old. Boom boom!"
We got on quite well after that.
I had burst a small blood vessel in my eye somehow during the night.
She followed that up with "Look on the bright side - it'll go like a bruise, changing colour through green and yellow. That'll be just brilliant for Halloween!"
There, staring back at me was something out of a Hammer Horror. The white of my eye had turned a bright red. I think the rest of my face went white - which didn't help the situation as I now looked like a zombie or something
This made the situation worse - I thought I'd been vampired in my sleep and now started to feel sick. I'm quite fond of my eyes and the thought of losing one of them was cause for some considerable concern.
As always, Mrs Sensible came to the rescue - "Can you see OK out of both eyes?". "Yes". "Are you in pain?". "No". "Don't panic then". "That's easy for you to say"
"Guess where you're going this morning."
Time passes in the local out-patient's waiting room.
"Next please"
I walk in and before I even had chance to shut the door - "Ah, you have a Subconjunctival Hemorrhage there's nothing to worry about, and there's no treatment, and this happens quite a lot on older people."
"I think I'd like a second opinion please"
"It's the same as my first one - you are old. Boom boom!"
We got on quite well after that.
I had burst a small blood vessel in my eye somehow during the night.
She followed that up with "Look on the bright side - it'll go like a bruise, changing colour through green and yellow. That'll be just brilliant for Halloween!"
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