HERE WE GO AGAIN!!

So, having been informed last week that my eye was free of ulcers and the virus had cleared up, I'm told today that, in fact, the virus is still 'aggressively active' and that I was right to go in today and not to leave it over the weekend as it would have been 'dangerous' to do so.

I saw the third dofferent consultant this morning - a woman this time (Hindu, very nice woman, wanted to pick my brains as an ex-headteacher about how to choose a good school for her 5 year old!!) - but she DID spend more time listening to me and actually examining the eye than both the previous two put together.

I explained that any light (even the light transmitted from the TV) causes real pain, and when she looked at the eye she said she wasn't surprised at my discomfort.

So, I'm back on the meds and have to return to casualty next week.

For the next visit, we have really got to get our game plan sorted out. We thought that turning up at 8.30 would be ideal as that is when the clinic actully opens. However, those in the know got there at 8am (21 of them did anyway, as I was number 22) and were then prepared to sit and wait until the doctors arrived at 9.00. By the time we got there today there was already at least a one and a half hour wait.

Fortunately, Helen and Bill have gone off to do their own thing today. I think they've gone to Alnwick Castle, so I don't feel too bad about ruining the day for them.

As for the girls. Lily is a bit off her food at the moment. She was quite sick last night and then had a bit of a panic attack when the fire alarm kept going off while I was cooking dinner. (It's the flaming Yorkshire puddings that set it off every time - not that they're burned, it just seems to be ultra-sensitive to the hot fat) Poor Lily was actually trembling with fear and it took four of us to get her to calm down and relax. I felt so sorry for her as she's usually the brave, laid-back one who takes everything in her stride.

Rose, you'll be delighted to know, is not at all off her food, and is making the most of Lily's misfortune, by scoffing her's as well.