I had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Opth today. I’m weaning off the medicated drops … down to once a day for the next 2 weeks and then every other day for another 2 weeks. Dr. Opth seems pleased with the healing progress thus far.

It seemed like the perfect time to make a plea for wearing my contact lenses again in the near future. I have a feeling Dr. Opth isn’t a huge fan of contacts. He said he’s not sure I’ll be able to wear them due to the scarring. However, we all know I’m going to have to give it a try once I get the medical okay though! ha! I did make mention of the fact that, had I not been wearing contacts previously, the melanoma may have ended up much more advanced before I sought help. My contacts made the melanoma “bump” create the redness in my eye and that’s what drove me to Dr. Opth’s office.

Hopefully I can try them out after my next appointment with Dr. Opth, which isn’t scheduled until 2/18/09. Did you notice that my appointments are getting farther apart? Yea!