(Un)health update.

I'm on day seven of the cold that just won't quit. Each day is worse than the one before. Every morning I wake up with a new symptom - it's like Christmas morning, except no fun at all, and instead of presents I've gotten earaches and a fever, and a loud hacking cough.

Ick.

I went to the eyedoctor today. He told me that my myopia (nearsightedness) has gotten worse, as has my astigmatism. He said that my nearsightedness is a fairly normal level, but that my astigmatism is about three times worse than what he usually sees. Great. I also asked him to look at this little bump on my inner eyelid that has been there for a couple of years. He called it a conjunctival concretion, which is a deposit of calcium on the inner part of the eyelid. Apparently I have six or seven little ones, and the one I noticed has actually become a cyst. In my eye. He recommended I make another appointment with him, at which he would numb my eye and then STICK A NEEDLE IN AND REMOVE THEM. Um, no. No needles near eyes. NO. I can't even let him touch that little clear thing on my eye to test for glaucoma without blinking him away repeatedly - although I still prefer that to the "puff of air" - I really can't handle that. What can I say? I don't like things touching my eyes (hence the glasses for the past twenty years, instead of contacts).

Am I falling apart at the seams? Hope not.

On the bright side, I don't have class tomorrow morning, so I can finally sleep in. I'm hoping that this will help me gain some footing against this beast of a cold. I'm tired of taking cold medicines - I miss my brain.

Here's to a healthier tomorrow! Cheers!

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Vocabulary lesson: Here are the other common vision problems, along with their "proper" medical term.

myopia (my-oh-pee-uh) - nearsighted. Can see objects close up clearly, but far away objects are blurred.
hyperopia (hyper-oh-pee-uh) - farsighted. Can see far away objects clearly, but close objects are blurred.
presbyopia (press-bee-oh-pee-uh) - farsighted, due to the normal process of aging. The lens of the eye becomes less elastic with age, and it is more difficult to focus the light properly for viewing objects close up.