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"Incision and curretage of chalazion on Left upper eye lid"

 

This was the operative procedure for me today...

 

so what is it?

 

basically  you could call a chalazion a hardened stye..

and what is a stye? a stye is an inflammation in your eyelid probaby caused by a blockage in your pores..

causes: dirt, sebum, blockage or even frequent sleeplessness or staying up late

 

as for the cause of staying up late, it's actually because frequent "staying up late" could lower your immune system, cause you to be slghtly immunocomprimised and eventually when little infections such as these happen, chances of fighting the infection lowers and when it comes to worst it ,like mine, it won't erupt,.. it subsided but it formed slowly and swelled again when I had to stay up late again.

 

So, It's completely a hassle.

 

not being able to apply make up due to the fear of further blocking it,  enduring the occasional pain,the induced astigmatism and not to mention insulting remarks and questions from your collegue, which is the wost.

 

it's part of your emotinal and physical aspect to feel good about yourself, so I bet anyone who has the same condition, the money and the chance would have it also removed...

 

so i finally got the courage to have it checked up

Few months ago, before I had it checked, I also made my own researches about it.

From scientific explinations to myths.

Among the myths I've encountered was the one that said, to remove  a chalazion, you have to actually rub it with a golden ring.

I don't know what exactly that was supposed to mean , or if the gold had any mineral property to suddenly decrease the size but I did it anyway. And because it din't work, I was thinking that the gold, probably referred to "gold" it's self as a form of money. Well, it's not exactly expensive, especially for rich people, but for the likes of me and since it's not a medical emergency, It's not that cheap as well. You could say it was a cosmetic emergeny though.. hahaha, ,..for your own physical improvement.

 

Anyway, so as I've said, months of taking medicines like anti-infectives and pain meds did nothing. I've also waited for 2 months interval after taking those meds to wait if it erupts and still, none of that worked. I'm quite disappointed in my self not being able to prevent this cause I am a student nurse in training. But damn, with a school , schedule and a hospital like ours, you'd really rather not  bother. (geesh, shoul I explain?)

 

So, the day finally came, and that was this morning.

I wasn't nervous to start with. I was rather irritated. Just irritated for a number of reasons, and it really didn't matter why.

 

I had my best friend and my mother to accompany me, I refused their offers and decided really to take only one , since I know it's an icky thing and hospital operations take ample of time especially the billings and i didn't want to disrupt their busy schedules, but they insisted anyway and it's nice to have someone to talk to once you're there. You'll know what I mean, when you get your self there.

 

A long wait and unresponsive OR nurses gets one anxious. Not to mention, I'm ashamed at how slow the procedures of billing and transaction is at our hospital. tsk. hasty. but nevertheless, i had to wait.

 

Finally, the doctor arrived and I wanted to get it over with. I was imagining the pain last night and a few months ago, but nothing prepared me for the pain that I was about to go through that time.

"the doctors"

...the opthamologist, the resident doctor, the assistant doctor, the circualating nurse and the student nurse

The student nurse was very helpful and useful in many ways. She provided many helps and assistance all through out the procedure. I wonder if she was making a surgcase. Well, she was very good, indeed. :D

The circualting nurse was all that minor cases needed except ofcourse for the opthamologist himself. she was...hmm good enough, fast, long haired, and..,in blue. hehe no comment for the circualting nurse It's hard to be on job when the doctors tease you for no reason, and I guess she survived that, but a little faster perhaps? But it's nice being served by your nurses once in a while especially when you met them in wards as your heads when your still a student.

The doctor....doctors..whaat?? I thought this was a minor case?? why 3 doctors all of a sudden??? the 1st was the optha himself, the 2nd was a resident, but did he really needed 'em? I'm sure he can do it himself. But the 3rd? what was he for? The entertainment and preparation of micropore tape I guess.. hehe .. He was very handsome though. hahahaha :D I guess women are not the only one who has an entourage. male doctors have themselves.  :D

"The procedure..."

I lay on the OR table with a spotlight similar to the ones you see in police interrogations. The gown they gave me was very useful. very useful... as to why blood was on my arm...

The  resident doctor had to prep my eyes with alcohol. I had to shut my eyes closer and tighter just as not to get the alcohol in my eyes. I failed, cause it ran down my mouth and I tasted it. I wonder how he'd feel If I gave him a facewash and a mouthwash made of alcohol, instead of it's usual contents.. hmmm..wouldn't that be nice doctor?

(don't get me wrong, I have no hard feelings for him. It's just tell me what you're putting and that it's gonna sting, if it's gonna sting!  we usually use betadine for prep so I didn't think they'd use alcohol this time.)

the lights directly hitting my eyes were getting me sleepy, I had difficulty looking up when the doctor told me so. The dropped anesthesia did nothing, I just teared it away and that painful moment came...

"the anesthesia"

 

Horror. Horror.

 

excruciationg pain.

 

Horror.

 

I had to hold my breath to bear it. i can't exactly describe it. The needle penetrating your skin was nothing, but the content pushing your upper eyelids and the mass was so excruciating. 12/10 pain scale.

 

Luckily, the pain was immedaitely gone after he stopped instilling the anesthesia.

But I guess, the cut was more tolerable than the anesthesia it's self. Should have jsut cut myself.

It was a simple elective minor procedure done withing 20 or 15 minutes.

After the simple cut, the cheesy, white substance oozed, Yes oozed. I can imagine how happy the surgeon was scraping the lids of my eyes. It was fascination for them. an obsession, to scrape oozing substance. Why? well because it's just fun and exciting. I would love to see it myself as well. hehe..

they plazed the gauze..

I was bandaged on my Left eye after the procedure...

"done. patient survived." phew!

a number or meds: an anti-infective, pain med, and an opthalmic solution.

"the billings"

doctors have it easy. the professional fee was all they needed and their done. But the hospital billing was too much.

not the amount though, the processing is what I meant.

go down here, wrong spelling there, questions here and there.. haay...as if im not used to seeing it.

but I'm done. Not quite a bad experience. just quite... But it certainely took my time.

I just got my eye patch removed an hour ago, and there's still quite a lump left. I'm quite worried If he announces on monday that I have to undergo it again.. I hope it subsides eventaully.

So now, my eyes look quite normal again. I hope. quite painful, but tolerable. And me? .. Just hoping.. :D