Day 12 post surgery : Sat 17 Dec 05

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Day 12 - Y-V Endo Brow lift, bilateral upper eyelid reconstruction, upper left eyelash ptosis repair and upper right eyelid ptosis repair

Last nite the pain in my left eye woke me up for the first time in 12 days since surgery. Sharp pains, like I had dry eyes. Perhaps I hadn't used enough lubricant. I went downstairs and used a little bit more and then tried to go back to sleep though for the rest of the duration of my sleep, again for the first time in 13 days since surgery, this time my right eye started tearing by itself which was very painful. I was too tired to wake up to put in eye drops and kept wiping away the tears. The pain and sting in my right eye hurt and throbbed for many hours after I woke up. I wonder what happened and whether it was because I hadn't used enough eye lubricant last nite. Strange that this would happen on Day 12 post surgery.

Vision is still blurry on and off and I'm not taking my pain medication as much as I used to; and if I leave it too long, eg 6-8 hours, the pain in my head starts (ouch) and I have to force myself to take paracetamol.

I took half a cube of Ortisan the other night and ended up having some diahrrohea (spelling?). Ergh.

Today after my bath, I slowly knelt down to fix the rug which had pulled under the door and woah, big mistake, as when I tried to slowly stand up, my whole body felt a rush of heavy pressure like I'd never felt, like a heavy weight was on top of my whole body, and I was pushed to the ground and had to sit down. It's a good job I didn't faint (I never have and wouldn't want this to be a first time). I naturally have low blood pressure and it's something I need to keep an eye on, especially at times like this.

Washed my hair today though still can't get all the dried blood out of my hair as they're stuck to the staples and to my hair and if I pull or tug too hard, my hair falls out; and my hair is long, took me years to grow, and is about 6 inches past my armpits. I don't want to lose too much hair so trying to refrain from picking at the dried blood. It's going to get worst next Weds when I have all the staples removed as I'll have to leave it for a few days before I can wash my hair. I hope I don't lose too much hair after that as when the incisions were made I'm sure some hair was also cut. (sighs). (sniffles).