It's been a crazy busy day today (whew!). When I woke this morning, I developed itchiness on my forehead when I used a different hat to shield my eyes from the light and I thought I was having an allergic reaction to the cotton and couldn't figure out what was going on and then it dawned on me my nerves were regenerating and feelings were returning. It was a horrendous experience as all I wanted to do was scratch and it was so uncomfortable. Though thankfully I thought to ice it and when I did, whew, it was such a relief and instant! Bliss!!
I decided to drive to Harley Street instead of chancing it through London peak hour traffic on the trains; and made it though I was 10 mins late as a man in the street and myself couldn't figure out how to use the parking meter on the street; thou with our two heads together, we eventually made it, using his experience of having played with it 10 mins before I arrived and my interpretation of it!
Jane was running a few mins late so I was good time wise. She was very interested in my progress and took more pictures and observing my eyes and reactions continuously as we spoke and checked out my eyes for dryness etc as eye doctors do. My left eye is still dry and red and she seemed frustrated at that, as am I, though we can only wait for it to heal. My eyes seem to be getting a little more red lately and she wanted to change medication, though funnily enough that which she prescribed me is exactly (I think) what the hospital gave me to take home!
Jane removed the staples on both sides of my head and also the threads at the front which were the worst and which bled lots. This time round thankfully the staple removal wasn't painful - halleluliah!! I think last week cos I was still early in my healing phase it hurt more and also cos the hair was being pulled a lot. Only a few strands pulled out today during the removal process - though no more than when brushing one's hair. Jane did mention today that some amount of hair is lost during brow lifts.
I did some series of eye movements for her and she noticed that my left eye blinks less easily than my right eye. I never noticed this till she mentioned it. She's got a good eye :) I asked her if my eyes will ever shut properly and she said yes; just give it time to heal.
I mentioned my upper eyelids were still feeling immobilised and she said it would for a while as I had extensive work done through the upper eyelids as the endoscope went through there and through my scalp (yikes) and would feel numb for a while. I also mentioned the forehead itchiness today and she said that would happen for a while. Oh no! (grins). I'm dreading it happening at work as today when it happened it was a shock to my system, like I was having an elliptic fit or something or an allergic reaction. My whole forehead area on the left went red, like I was having an allergic reaction thou completely went when I iced the area and I haven't felt it since thankfully!!
I also mentioned that my eyes teared while I was sleeping and she said this was secondary tearing and that she'd prescribe me something for it (though now that I've seen the medication it seems the same as what the hospital prescribed; though she's asking me to use it twice instead of once a day - once at night and once in the morning). I forgot to ask her if I can use it with Lacrilube as the new cream (I'll post the name shortly) doesn't seem to last long. It also blurs my eyesight and that concerns me if I need to use it in the morning as I drive. It also tends to cling to my eyelashes and makes my eyes look wet and goey at times - perhaps cos I use too much? Maybe. I'll ask the chemist tomorrow if I can use both lacrilube and the new ointment. Jane did mention that she could insert an eye plug if needed. She said she could do it there and then in her office - hmm I'll have to look up into this as I thought one needed an operation to put in an eye plug. http://www.edinburgh-eyetests.co.uk/dry_eyes.htm re an article on eye plugs.
I also asked if/when I could start acupuncture and/or semi permanent brow make up and she said immediately though I don't think she realises too much about how permanet brow make up works and I think I'll wait till my swelling reduces. She said I could now return to normality. I think she thinks brow make up is normal make up and doesn't realise it's permanent (smiles) and is based on the brow's natural shape.
She asked me what I thought of my eyes and brows and I mentioned that since the brow lift my eyebrows appear more sparse which is why I was considering the permanent eyebrow make up; though overall I was very happy with the way my eyes looked. She did say my eyebrow level would not stay as high as it is now and would drop a little and I'm glad as in some ways I do have a little "surprised" look in that my eyebrows seem a bit too high; thou I'm not sure if that's cos my eyebrows are indeed too sparse and I've overplucked them in my lack of knowledge of plucking and shaping eyebrows; hence wanting to go see a professional. I like the look of high arch eyebrows and wonder if my face and shape can cater to this. I'll make an appt to go see Deborah in Harley Street in the next few weeks once my swelling is down. For the moment temporarily I can always use an eyebrow pencil to add more definition.
Jane wants to see me 6 weeks post op and my next appt is on 20th Jan 06.
The drive to and from Harley Street exhausted me as it's the first time in 16 days I have been in the car so long; and after supper promptly fell asleep. I just got up and made an extra special effort to journal my thoughts while they are still fresh.
Met with Jane's secretary for the second time when I had to make another appt and she seems nice in person; though has to work in cramped conditions in a small office. I guess that's normal for Harley Street as years ago I worked in similar offices near St James' Park and those old buildings do have small rooms with extortionate rent rates. One pays for the location. Jane's secretary seemed to like the outcome of my surgery and said it was looking good (I hope she wasn't just being nice (smiles)) though it didn't seem to be so.
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