Had my first follow-up with Dr. Opth this afternoon. He ran all his usual tests and wasn’t happy with my eye pressure. Apparently it’s quite a bit above normal. He believes I’ve developed an allergy to the medicated drops. Dr. Opth says that’s not unusual with extended use and I’ve been taking them since early October.

Dr. Opth’s decided to put me on brand name drugs, which will cost considerly more but won’t have the side effects I’m currently having. He says that “fullness” under my eyelids is swelling, not a gathering of tissue. He’s concerned about the redness of the right side of my eye since nothing was done to that area of the eye other than getting the local. Dr. Opth gave me a couple of samples of the most expensive new drop and a prescription for it, plus for another drug.

My eyelid never got swollen like the first surgery and I didn’t think it was the consistent use of ice packs. When I asked Dr. Opth, he said it was probably because I didn’t have stitches this time. He believes the stitches irritated my eyelid and that’s why it was so swollen for so long. Fine with me! My vision has been much better this time but I don’t know how much of that is because of the lack of swelling or the dilated eye.

I went to Wal-Mart to fill my prescriptions. Dr. Opth had warned me that they’d probably have to order one of them and they do. I got the other one and about had a heart attack when I went to pay. $65! Ouch! I think the one they have to order is the one Dr. Opth said was expensive so I’m not sure what I’ll hear when I pick up that one tomorrow.