Eyes

[Granbonny]

I am posting on heart talk..because I take coumadin....Yikes, woke up this morning .left eye..RED.. Whole eye RED..Not right one. normal. I have had cold in eyes..like running eyes. so, I think, I rubbed them ..too hard. My left eye looks red. ..scary..Grandson, said. I must have rubbed soooo hard. I broke a blood vessel... Weekend, so..asked pharmacist..she said..it will take a few days to heal. Nothing to do.... People are staring at me. so will stay home. or..get an eye patch. Bonnie

 

[Nancy]

Yeah-

Joe had one of those last year. They're very scary looking. I called the doctor and was told that it was just as your grandson said, a tiny blood vessel broke and there really isn't much blood leaking out, but because it trapped between a couple of layers of tissue it sort of smears out and covers the whole white of the eye. Joe's doc said that as long as there wasn't anything going on with his vision, it should clear up in about a week. And it did, maybe 10 days or so.

Wear your shades, ala "glam star".

Of course, if it gets worse, or your vision becomes impaired, then see the eye doc. But you knew that anyway.

 

[Granbonny]

Thanks ..Nancy

Thanks ..Nancy

Nothing wrong with my vision..or I would not be here. Grandson had several playmates over today..and I think I scared them. Really ugly.. Kameron's Grandmother with a big red eye. Love this coumadin thing..If it was only Halloween. Caution to other coumadin takers...DON'T rub your eye too hard..
Bonnie

 

[Ross]

Just admit it Bon, you were sassing off to the old man and he popped you one square in the eye.

 

[Granbonny]

Old Man

Old Man

Geez..I had to tell Hubby,,Look at my eye..He said..what, where? I have told my family to put on my tombstone... I told you, John...I was sick Bonnie

 

[Ross]

I can see it now, it will escalate to this soon:

 

[Marge]

Granbonny .... I wonder if it is the coumadin. I had something like that once. & I wasn't on coumadin. It really looked WIERD. My vision was fine, but my whole right eye was BRIGHT red. I went to the opthalmologist. He diagnosed it as an inflammatory condition, either "scleritis" or "episcleritis." He sent me to have a blood test to find out which I had. I had episcleritis. Scleritis is the more serious of the two. Scleritis can be pretty serious. So, if the condition persists, even if your vision is not affected, I'd have it checked out.
I was prescribed two different kind of drops, and after a couple of days it cleared up. I remember that he asked me if I had ever had rheumatoid arthritis. Apparently schleritis is often seen in association with rheumatoid arthritis or other auto-immune diseases.

 

[fdegranville]

red eyes

red eyes

I Granbonny,
You must have rubbed your eyes really hard, or there is a slight infection. I am on Coumadin and over Christmas had the lenses in both eyes surgically replaced. They did the surgery with lasers and I did not even have to stop the Coumadin. Immediately after the surgery my eyes were not even bloodshot. It was truely amazing!

Hope your situation clears up quickly! But I do like the mysterious new-you pic.
fdeg

 

[McCln]

Granbonny

Granbonny

Just be sure to never cough too hard either. Long before I had surgery, I had a real bad coughing spell one time and broke a blood vessel in one eye. I was coughing so hard. So it did take a few days to heal, but did not hurt. You take care.

Caroline
09-13-01
Aortic valve replacement
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