6 days after

came out of my hospital where id been since my op at leeds.

initially went in for eye pressure check on advice as had sudden headache but ended up in stroke unit.

came out today. only to go to a & e within an hour.

went there because my eye has been sore for a few days. but when i got there and saw consultant. he said "why did you come. we dont do eyes"

charming eh? good job i was going to leeds tomorrow

1 week after - 15th march

Lovely eh?

1 week gone. thats quick.

I went back to see the consultant today. The cornea is looking fine. had a number of drops put in. think my eye looks like a rainbow.

my eye has been sore for a few days you can see the bruise on my cheekbone.

They took the bandage lens off which they didnt have forceps so did it with cotton wool bud ouch. it still hurt even though i had anaesthetic drops in.

was given lubricating drops Celluvisc.

so now am on chloramphenicol 2x a day

dexamethasone 4 x a day

Celluvisc up to 6 x a day

off i trots home with an eye that feels like a golfball.

day 1-

My new cornea and me- you can still see the arrow that Mr morrelll put on.

Mr Morrell came to see me at 8.30 and said it went rally well and was looking fine.

about 2 hours later i had a seizure in the toilet. whoops. the nurses got me sorted and i waited for transport to take me home. Food was ok but after having tubes etc in my throat i was dry as a bone, my throat felt as though it had been cut. yep you guessed not many drinks- not like my local hospital then.

Got home about 3pm. at last i was home.

getting bout the flat was a different matter. things were a bit better than before the op but it was getting very frustrating.

went for the easy thing - Ordered a takeaway

putting drops in was fun. kept hitting and missing and it tasted horrible.

Cloramphenicol- 4 x day

Dexamethasone- every 2 hours.

first i had to ungunk my eye- painful is not the word.

my pastor came round to see how i was and bought some shopping for me. am not allowed to bend like normal so she put on my socks and put me eye drops in. very humbling!!

lovely to be in my own bed though.

the big day!

this was the moment of truth, d- day. what i had been waiting for year and half.

my time had come.

went through to book in on floor 1 on chancellor wing at 7.15. several people got called to next floor then the others through on this floor. this left little me on my own!! wondering if they had forgotten me. (violins playing- lol)

the receptionist at 8,30 came to ask if i was alright and said she'll ask why i ahdnt been called through yet. apparently i should be upstairs so as i got though on level 2. the nurses were panicking and they blamed downstairs and vice versa. also the consultant mr Morrell was also panicking. they had rung both of my parents to find out where i was.

i had 2 mins to get changed into gown. saw mr morrell who said i had very irregular corneas and then 5 min later i was walking down to theatre. (didnt expect things this quick.)

Well, here i am, my new cornea and me. mr morrelll said it went better than expected because of the state of my corneas, the underneath layers were ok. God witnessed to me at that point to say yes i did it- thats why. (i had previously prayed that god would be the hands of the surgeon.

about 6pm got taken to bevers wing where i was staying overnight. the time went so slow. everybody else had different ops and had local anaesthetic so they went home.

spent time in the lounge with tv but just listened to sound as could not see owt. then i think the anasthetic wore off and my eye swelled up and was so painful i went to lie down.

that night was bit blur, i had one of my pre warnings of a epileptic fit and it was horrible. didnt sleep much. the bed was made for somene half my height.

wed 3 march 2010

well here my long journey begins.....

Hospital transport picked me up at 8am and off to leeds we went finally7 arriving at 10.15. after trapsing all over the place to try to find out where i needed to be. third time lucky went to the bexley wing hotel (the cancer wing but hotel was for anyone). i got moved up to a different room.

and there i collapsed on my bed. good nite everyone. after having a catch up on my sleep from the long journey. i realised i was finally here. frightening really. i had waited so long for this and it was finally hapening.

Throughout the day i went into leeds centre and ate out buti just couldnt stomach any tea. think the nerves was setting in. i knew i ought to eat something as had to fast from 12am but nope. so from 6pm i sat on my bed watching tv and enjoying the view.

the hotel was lovely, posh tv, fridge, wet room etc. and massive. in the end i didnt end up having to pay. yipee.

i just couldnt get the hang of trying to find the right lift to where i needed to be, e.g. lift d - to go on street level. but was round different corridors. anyone good with orienteering- not me!