Updating since Eye bump biopsy...

Eye bump biopsy

Beautiful pic, yes?  Well, it's now 8 days since the biopsy on my lower eyelid bump... and believe me, it has not been fun. 

Whole eye has been red/pink, sore, leaking, and burning (felt like large pieces of sand in it) and below eye sore to the touch (due to injections of numbing agent). 

Saw the eye surgeon again 4 days after to make sure it wasn't infected. He looked at it and said it wasn't, but told to continue ointment and could add Systane drops to help. 

Also told he could insert a contact that might help, but since I didn't want anything else put in my eye to irritate it, declined that.

Have been taking Tylenol daily to help ease it.

But he also told us that the biopsy was positive for basal cell carcinoma and must be removed by the Mohs method, then the lower eyelid reconstructed. The surgery is generally done without sedation, but the reconstruction is under sedation. 

I have concerns about that. Will be talking to the Mohs surgeon soon to discuss this. 

While the eye surgeon was telling us all this, I just sat there silently looking at him. DH was sitting on the bench beside me. I said nothing, but my thoughts were screaming, 'you frekking have to be kidding me!'.... and DH said later, he was thinking, 'Man... just stop talking!'

My eye is still very pink throughout, but the scab where he cauterized it has fallen off... and although eye still leaking, it is better enough to type, read, etc.

That's pretty much the update. Not looking forward to the surgery/reconstruction. Seems like the recovery period could be long. I hate not being able to read or write. But it is what it is. 

 

Now going to post a few pics here of other things:

DH's 80th Birthday cake

Ryder (oldest granddaughter's Bernese Mountain pup

Youngest granddaughter in Hawaii with her family

Leatherback sea turtle on beach in Hawaii

Beach on the Big Island

I really do love Hawaii beaches... 

...and lastly a view my daughter took from her front porch in the Hill Country:

This pic was taken from daughter's front porch in the evening while granddaughter headed out...

I love it! Could see framing it or making a puzzle from it... very quiet and relaxing scene.

Anyway, that's it for me. Can't tell you when I may be posting again, but will when circumstances permit.  Love sharing with you. Thanks so much for reading. 

Hugs (virtually),

Rian