So you guys remember my stye?
the first day
getting worse
Yeah, that one. I named it Stye Stallone. So, the antibiotics I was on didn’t make Stye Stallone go away. I called Dr. Looove back last Friday and she told me I needed to see an ophthalmologist immediately to have it lanced and drained. So, I psyched myself up, and off I went.
Except, the ophthalmologist who saw me on Friday decided my eye was too swollen to do anything, and prescribed me eye drops and eye wipes, and told me to use lots of hot compresses. If Stye Stallone didn’t go away, I was to come back on Tuesday. I was like, “YES! NO SCALPEL!” and went on my way.
Sunday morning I looked like this:
The whole left side of my face throbbed with every beat of my heart. I had to sleep sitting up because if my head was too low it felt like my face might explode. I kept using the wipes and drops and heat. Annie would look at me and point.
Yesterday, I looked like this:
Do you see that white shiny spot? That is a STRETCH MARK. The whole left side of my head hurt. I had to exert effort to open my eye that much. The skin also itched from being stretched so much. We had to take Annie in for her one-year check up, and the second Dr. Looove saw my eye, she had her assistant call the eye center to get me in immediately.
I saw a different ophthalmologist (who looked like a Ken doll) and begged him to remove Stye Stallone. He said that normally these things are drained by flipping the eyelid inside out, but my eye was too swollen for that. So, he had to go in through the top.
BUT FIRST Dr. Ken had to numb my eye and eyelid. I had numbing drops, and then a few minutes later Dr. Ken came at me with a needle to numb the skin. He said, “Look to your right. When you feel a needle prick, DO NOT MOVE. The needle is very close to your eye and I don’t want to stab it.”
OH EM GEE.
After about ten minutes, it was time for the procedure to begin. Dr. Ken and his assistant placed a plastic sheet with a strategically placed eye hole over my face. Then my eyelid was clamped, and then I had to mentally check out because my EYELID was CLAMPED. Dr. Ken, despite the fact I told him I just wanted to know when it was over, kept telling me what was going on. I had to stop listening after he said, “pus.”
When the procedure was over, he was talking to his assistant and then I heard him say, “I am thinking about putting stitches in.” PEOPLE. You know how I feel about stitches. It was then that I started to hyperventilate. STITCHES BY MY EYE!!! I started talking him out of it. “It’s OK if I have a scar, seriously, it’s just my eyelid, I am good at makeup, really, I promise.” Eventually he and his assistant decided not to put in stitches because they wanted my eye to be able to keep draining. Yuck.
My compression eye patch! So sexy.
Dr. Ken was able to get out a lot of pus, fluid build-up and inflamed tissue. There was a lot of swelling at first, but now my eye is looking so much better, if not a little floppy:
telling Mike to hurry up and take the effing picture
the angle and lighting aren’t super-flattering to my schnoz
Stye Stallone is gone! I have an ointment I have to keep putting on my eyelid, and I have to sleep sitting up for a few days. The only thing I can take for the discomfort is Tylenol, since anything else could make me bleed (ew). I have to be extra-careful that my hair doesn’t get on my eyelid, so I’ll be sporting lots of bang braids.
I still think I need an eye patch. Also, what kind of food do you get to eat for a stye-ectomy? Tonsils get ice cream, dental work gets mushy foods….I think a stye-ectomy demands lobster.
agirlandaboy says:
GAH. Gah gah gah. Here’s to a speedy recovery, girl!
sarah says:
ow. I had the same thing done when i was 10. My eye was completely shut. Apprently once you get them they can come back anytime. Hope for you it stays away. Tell Mike you need Lobster. It will make it all better.
Jayne says:
OMG, you’re totally missing an opportunity to rock a bit of pirate chic! Patch up girl, and grab a bottle of rum!
(but seriously, pus from your eyelid? I went a bit weak when I read that. You just illustrated why you’re my hero by going through with this!)
Laura Scarborough says:
dang!
my Stye McFly is positively anemic compared to Stye Stallone. After hearing about the needle, the pus and the stitches I am hoping that mine just remains anemic and looking like I have been punched…actually today it seems to be better….fear, it seems for me is awesome medicine.
hurray for Dr. Ken and can I say how can Dr Looove be even more amazing and awesome?
Take care Heather.
Alison says:
Holy crap! Sorry, but I felt the need to type out what I just said OUT LOUD!
Yowza. That thing got so big. I had no clue they got so large. I’ve had them but they were always teeny tiny. I will now count my blessings and praise the heavens above for this blessing. Sheesh.
Ugh, the thought of the needle near your eyeball? I’m glad I had finished my cookie before starting to read this. LOL.
karen says:
urgh!
You are so so brave, I cant even have contact lenses because it involves putting something (and my finger) in my eye.
I think you deserve a big big badge saying “I was brave at the ophthalmologist” just like when you go to the dentist or A&E!
Audra says:
Poor Heather! I think you deserve a free pass to eat whatever you want, whenever you want for at least a week.
Tamela says:
Holy crap. That thing was HUGE!!! I’m a victim of regular styes and they have NEVER been that big. I didn’t even think it was possible. So Glad Dr. Ken took care of business for you.
elizabeth says:
Holy hell! Glad its on the mend…..haha look at Annie’s eyes in that pic! She looks terrified too
Mary Ann says:
OMG you poor thing. I have had small ones that hurt so much I can’t even imagine how you functioned all week. The description of the doctor’s visit …ewww you are so brave I think I would have passed out. Glad it’s getting better.
mary c says:
I agree lobster and steak, with seasoned fries. Oh, I would have had to been put out for this one! I won’t lie there was nothing small about Stye Stallone. I’m praying I never get one!!!!!!!
Eric's Mommy says:
You deserve 4 lobsters for that! OUCH!!!!!
Heather says:
Holy hell! I’ve never had one drained before.
I’m definitely going to stay away from the facial moisturizers that trigger mine!
Heather says:
OH EM GEE is right! Dear lord! I would’ve passed out, for sure. I don’t know what you deserve, but it ought to be something pretty damn special!
AmazingGreis says:
That eye patch is sweet! Also, so glad Stye is finally gone!
Susan says:
I think you (and the former Stye) deserve three things:
1. an awesome eye patch;
2. lobster; and
3. a trip to your local m.a.c. counter for all new eye makeup.
You are one tough woman!
Julia says:
Next time…if there is one….do not let it get that big! I had one and had to have my eyelid flipped to cut it out….and the only pain was the shot before to numb it. I milked that surgery for days….to get anything I wanted.
The doctor told me at the time that brunettes tend to get these. How he knew I was a brunette, I’ll never know as I paid good money to be a blonde.
You may be able to enter yours into the Guinness World Record as the biggest stye ever!
xoxo, Julia
Jessica says:
My husband had the exact same thing happen recently. It would not go away until he had mega-strong antibiotics. He didn’t have to have it drained, but it was weeks before the eye doctor got him on the right treatment.
Claire says:
omg you poor thing. I cannot believe you got a sty that huge! I once had a wort on my knee and went to get it frozen off and they freaking burnt me and the patch on my skin turned into a little blood blister. Then it got bigger and bigger and bigger and before I knew it I was the size of a plum…hanging off my knee. It would bobble up and down when I walked. So gross and it hurt like a mo fo. Finally I went back to the doctor to make him fix me and he had to lance it….it was sooooo gross. It pretty much exploded. He was like who did this to you….it was so gratifying to say YOU DID!!!!
DrLori71 says:
Wow, I bet Dr. Ken drained a ginormous bucket ‘o pus from
Stye Stallone! Oh I’m sorry, I said pus. But seriously, I’m glad it was finally drained and I hope you have a speedy recovery!
Melissa says:
Awww – Geesh! I’ve never seen one that big – sorry you had to deal with that, but at least it’s gone now, right? AND – I must tell you – the bang braid is one of the most useful things I learned in 2010, and I learned it here. For serious! My two daughters and I have used it SO much, and have adapted it in so many ways – we love it!
Megan says:
I’ve had styes that were barely noticeable that felt awful, so I can only imagine how that one felt. And I had assumed that white spot was like the white thing on a zit, not a stretch mark. Holy cow! There’s no way I could have ever sit still after the doctor made that needle and eye comment either.
It does look a lot better, though! I hope it feels better and is only a memory very soon.
Lauren says:
Yowsers!
I am definitely not one to laugh at another’s pain … BUT – OMG, this post just had me laughing out loud.
Glad your eyelid is on the mend and Stye Stallone is no longer. MAC eyeshadow, anyone?
Kate says:
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
What causes a sty anyway??
Margie says:
I kept hoping that you would make a reference to Rocky when he begs Mickey to cut him open.
Anyhow, dude!! At least it was finally taken care of. I think you would make a great pirate. Seinfeld ruffly shirt, please!
The Suburban Housewife says:
I am glad everything went well during your stye-ectomy, and that you escaped without any stitches. My daughter just had her third eye surgery in December, and this time we could see the stitches and the flap of her eye that had to be cut. It was pretty grotesque.
Here is hoping that your recovery is quick, and that Stye Stallone stays away for good.
Tamara says:
Oh my GOSH Heather! Only YOU! When I think of your life I think, you just can’t make this stuff up! Poor thing…I hope you feel better soon…it looks TONS better!
(I love gory stuff so I also wanted to say, thanks for sharing!!)
Jess says:
Owie! That looks so painful! I hope it heals quick!
Amanda says:
This is so disturbing….I can’t believe they let it go so long! I can’t believe the horrible things you had to endure being done to YOUR EYE! **shudder**
Libby says:
In times like these, I like to occupy my brains with very important matters. Like, would I prefer that the man draining the pus (there has to be another word) from my lovely face be a hideous and judgement free old man? Or should it be considered a gift from the universe that with renewed sight you get to behold something a little bit lovely?
Who knows.
mel says:
That looks and sounds so painful. Glad you got rid of him!
Skye says:
Why do you always have to go through such traumatizing medical stuff?! I still haven’t recovered from reading about your bleeding test! I’m so sorry, and I hope 2011 is a super healthy year for your whole family!
Lisa says:
Owww, I think Mike should make sure you get to eat whatever you want after putting up with Stye Stallone and getting needles in your eye lid. Hope your poor eye is feeling better soon.
Natalie S says:
Holy moly, that was quite a stye!! I had a stubborn one a little while back that was threatened to be cut with a scalpel but luckily it eventually disappeared. Hoping for a quick recovery!!
Jamie says:
Holy. Crap.
Jen says:
Oh my gosh.
I think my left eye is going to spend the rest of the day crying for yours. That looks incredibly awful! Glad it’s doing so much better now!
JodiS says:
I feel your pain! I have been where you are and it is NOT fun! Happy Healing!!!
xoxo
Adrianne says:
OMG, that looks so painful! I’m glad they got it drained and you are kicking Stye Stallone’s ass!
This is totally unrelated, but I had to ask! Last night we finally watched a 20/20 that we have had on the DVR for MONTHS! It was about the movie Catfish and there was a guy on who looked just like Uncle Kyle! And more specifically, he looked just like you! I don’t know your maiden name, but I was just dying to know if that was actually your brother!
Heather says:
yes, that was him!!!
Kristin says:
There are very few injuries that make me wince and look away (I use to be a medic) but eye issues are one of them. Hope it heals quickly.
Kellie says:
There is no doubt in my mind that I would have died, keeled right the fuck over. Eye things have to be the WORST – and while I’ve had my fair share, more than the average person even … I’d have to be on my death bed before someone could come at my eye with a) a needed or b) a scalpel.
You’re so brave Heather.
Lisa_in_WI says:
Oh, you poor thing! I can’t believe that first doctor wouldn’t do anything to help you. Glad it’s on the mend now, though!
susanmig says:
well, that was GROSS! i would have completely passed out just from the procedure alone…glad you’ve got some relief now! you look way better, too!
i say eat whatever you want….lobster bisque has always been a nice comfort food for me
Katie says:
Seriously. I think I’m going to pass out.
laurenkaplan says:
I had the same exact things and I did have the pirate patch. BTW don’t be suprised if some of your eyelashes don’t grow back in that spot…
Lacy says:
OH
EM
GEE
cindy w says:
OMFG. I might be traumatized now. (As if you aren’t, I know. But still. GAH!)
Lee2525 says:
This has happened to me! Although mine only got to picture number three and the hot compresses saved me from the scalpel.
Should this happen to you again get out your crockpot, turn it on and put about 5 wet wash clothes in there. Get a hot cloth out ever 10 minutes and toss the cool one back in there.
Obviously, every Stye Stallion is different, but I always credited the continuous searing wet heat as my savior from the scalpel.
chris says:
Great idea, I usually put a wet cloth in the micro wave for hot compresses, but have to watch it carefully for being too hot.
Karen says:
I vote for Jayne pirate patch idea- rock it, stylish lady! And OMG is right. You were very brave and you totally earned some lobster!
Lisa says:
OMG is right! When I scrolled to the pic when Sly was at his worst, I let out a audible gasp. You poor girl! I can’t believe that other doc sent you home without removing! Hope you’re feeling better soon!!!
Elizabeth says:
OUCH!!! Hope you have a speedy recovery and hopefully you get your lobster hehehehehe!!!
Rumour Miller says:
I have never seen a Stye like that! Ouch.
Kim says:
Ouch. You might want to throw out any makeup you have used in the last couple weeks, it could be contaminated. Hope it feels better soon!
Babbalou says:
yep, I second that – replace all of your eye makeup! You don’t want to go through this again in a week or two!
Jessica says:
Oh man! I got styes from Estee Lauder make-up when I was in high school but they never got that bad! Oh my goodness, I can’t believe they let it get so big, glad you are doing better!
Snarky Mommy says:
OK, I had to laugh because the picture with Annie in it is super funny. She’s like “What the…?”
Glad it’s all taken care if. But of course you had to have this happen over Annie’s first birthday weekend. Ugh. At least you’ll always remember when you look back at the pictures. “And this is when Mommy decided to expand our family again and welcomed a stye into the nest.”
Stephanie says:
Wow. That looked like it really hurt. And you’re much braver than I am. I would have made them knock me out. When I was in college, I had my first eye exam at the Optometry School on campus, conducted by an optometry student. She was trying to test something, which required touching my eye, and I fainted. The poor girl freaked out and called 911. When I came to I was surrounded by firemen. Anyway, I cannot imagine being conscious for what you went through. ACK!! My eyes burn with the thought.
I hope you’re fully recovered soon.
Funnelcloud Rachel says:
Oh. Oh my! OMG is right. Between the eye stye lancing and that bleeding test you wrote about a few weeks ago – sheesh, you are brave. Poor Heather!
Amanda says:
I will never ever complain again about the (compared to yours) microscopic styes I occasionally get. I almost feel lucky
katie says:
I hope your doctor took pictures because that needs to be in a text book.
hope it heels really fast.
katrina says:
OH EM GEEEEE is right! Daaaaaaang, that’s some stye! I’ve never seen one quite like that. Glad you got it taken care of. Hope it doesn’t return. (The real Stalone does sequels, you know….)
Rebecca says:
Very glad your eye is better now but I could barely get through reading that post. My eyes hurt for you now. (plus I was remembering when my mom describe a procedure she had where the doctor put the needle IN her eye, right through her pupil). Yuck!
Elle says:
Holy effing eff. Ouchie! I’m such a baby when it comes to pain and would have demanded a morphine drip. I had double vision last year so I had to have eye muscle surgery and the doctor put stiches in my left eyeball. Then 2 weeks later he had to take them out. I still get the heebie jeebies when I think about that.
I hope your feeling better now.
AngieM. says:
umm…holy crap!!! i kinda wish mike could’ve filmed while the stye-ectomy was happening then posted it(yea, i’m gross) …lol
also, i’m pretty sure that stye-ectomy deserves a trip up to napa followed by a nice dinner at french laundry…just sayin’
Deborah says:
I think I nearly threw up about a zillion times reading that. GAH GAH GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, I think if that happened to me I would just request the standard bullet through the head so I wouldn’t have to go through the procedure. You are my hero for making it through that.
Here’s to recovery!
(((hugs)))
alicia says:
uhhhh. shit.
Sara says:
umm…i kinda just skimmed after i saw the word PUS. but i started reading again when i saw the food words. LOBSTER, definately. with a side of diamonds.
Kristin says:
Wowzer!! You poor thing!! On the upside, I think you could totally rock the eye patch look. Hoping it gets back to normal asap.
Tara. says:
Ewww! I’m so sorry you had to go through that! Your eye looked so painful. I’m glad it’s better now and hope the rest of the healing process goes smoothly!
You look good as a pirate, btw.
Glenda says:
Happy healing Heather! It definitely looks a lot better. Hope you’re feeling better too!
Shannon says:
Oh my hell! It’s cruel to let someone go home with compresses & Tylonel. All I got to say is Damn! This post cracked me up as always I’m the idiot laughing all too loudly in a public place.
Also, this post reminds me that Sex In The City episode where Carrie goes on a blind date with a guy with a stye & it goes horribly awry (too much rhyming sorry). “Do you see my stye? . . . Your WHA?”
Mara ( mar in the mn) says:
Heather + Stye = sexy beeyotch
I hope Mike buys you lobster
Angelina says:
Heather that is the BIGGEST stye I have EVER seen. Oh. My. God. You are indeed brave, and it looks soooo much better than it did in the pre-styeectomy photos. Feel better, eat lobster, and for the record, I definitely think you deserve a sticker or two.
Lynnette says:
Wow! That’s all I can think of. Wow!
Joanna says:
OH. MY. GOD. Heather! I’ve had styes before, but the worst they’ve been is what Stye Stallone was like on the first day. Ouch!
After the ordeal you’ve been through, I think you should get whatever the hell food you want. And a spa day.
Christina says:
This might be the most disgusting post I’ve ever read. Congrats on that.
Go for lobster. Steak and lobster. With a 5-layer chocolate fudge cake for dessert.
Sam says:
In a way I envy you; when I was teen, I kept having to have a cyst dug out (because if they don’t get it all, THEY COME BACK and then YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN and OMG I’LL JUST LIVE WITH THE STUPID LUMP). It’s on my nose right next to the corner of my eye. This meant that I had to stare STRAIGHT AT THE GODDAMNED NEEDLE when I got my numbing shot because I wasn’t allowed to look away. FOUR TIMES I had to go in and do this.
After that, stitches are nothing.
Melissa says:
Um wow… Heather I think you deserve way more than lobster. I would have demanded they put me out before they put needles anywhere near my eye. I still wear contacts because I am scared.to.death of Lasix. I think Mike should take Annie on a playdate and you should have a day at the spa.
Jill (mrschaos) says:
I could barely read this because my eyes were watering. Glad all went ok!!
Rebecca says:
Only the fanciest place in Southern California will do. Go someplace nice, you just went through something tragic. I bet the jerk didn’t even offer to put you under anesthetic did he?
kbreints says:
Oh emm gee is right! Holy lovin’ mother that is so aweful! but I have to apologize bc your caption of, ‘the angle and lighting aren’t super-flattering to my schnoz’ made me laugh so loud….
Hope you are feeling better!
Michelle says:
Oh, oh, oh Mizz Heather!! How BRAVE you were!! Per our tweeting last week (and not SOLELY to be a total bore/boor), I’ve been a pharmacist for over 25 years and a wife-then-gratefully-ex-wife to an eye surgeon for 21 years, & I have NEVER seen so glorious an example of a stye!! Have you ALWAYS been such an over-achiever?
So glad that you are FINALLY on the actual road to recovery here, sweetie. You really DO look sooo much better — and so *quickly* following your miserable procedure!
Best wishes for renewed ophthalmic symmetry (because, after all, isn’t that all *any* of us desires?)!!
Amanda M. says:
Okay, you win the gross eye award. Mine have never gotten bigger than the first pic. Uuuuuugh, that sucks! I’m glad you talked him out of the stitches.
monica says:
OMG! I feel so sorry for you that you had to endure that styectomy! That Doc should’ve never left it get that big. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Momma Lioness Michele says:
Holy shit. This is awful. I had the heebie-jeebies reading this, I cannot stomach eye injuries. So sorry you had to go through this! Hope you are feeling much better now.
Tami says:
OMG .. Im glad you got some help with it. Its looks so much better then it did. My heart was hurting for you when I saw the picture you had taken of it all big and puffy!!
Jess says:
I’m usually pretty brave with medical things but this pretty much scarred me for life.
I think this demands lobster, lots of chocolate, and whatever else you crave!
Emily says:
The best part of this email was when I was half way looking through the before pictures my two year old daughter looked at the computer and screamed “EWWWWWW!!!!”
I had to laugh.. but I feel your pain..
Katie says:
Wow. That’s the most impressive stye EVER.
Alison says:
I have overachieving pinkeye and some of my pictures are very similar to yours – you shouldn’t be able to feel your eyelid moving when you walk. Mine seems to be responding to antibiotics so hopefully no lobster for me (unless in celebration I guess). I’m so glad that the dr could remove Mr. Stallone for you!
Kelly says:
Omg. You poor thing. That is crazy! I’m sure it feels way better all ready. Gah!
dysfunctional mom says:
I once went to work with my eye swollen almost shut from pink eye. Every time my boss looked at me, she burst into giggles and called me Sexy.
You however are WAY sexier.
I think a stye-ectomy demands whatever your heart desires!
LibraryGirl62 says:
GOOD LORD WOMAN! That makes the one I had look like…well..something really small! Take care of your self and not only does it deserve lobster, it deserves new shoes too!!!
Kayla says:
Oh I’m so damn jealous Heather – I’ve had my own Stye Stallone (though not quite as severe) for FIVE MONTHS NOW.
I will repeat: FIVE. MONTHS.
I’m so envious your Stye Stallone is moving out of town. ):
Melissa says:
I just tweeted to you to see how you were doing. I didnt check here first dur. You look much better without that Stallone slug.
Dee Dee says:
Heather I must say you are freaking hilarious! For someone who has had her share of lemons thrown in her direction you always seem to know how to make lemonade and some dang good lemonade at that! Take care and I hope your eye gets better soon!
Anna says:
Agggggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!
Jackie says:
Yikes! Glad that it’s gone!!
My husband thinks that you should get a jaunty eye patch!
catherine lucas says:
O my goodness… A couple of days travelling and not reading your blog and see to what I get to today! I would say lobster is in order. Go for two.
Man, I can’t believe that they let it come that far before actually doing something! Unbelievable… Glad you are starting to look normal again, and hope this issue is over soon!
m says:
Are you sure that white spot was a stretch mark?
It looks like a head. Just like a pimple, abscesses form will form a “head.” Had you left it, that’s the place where it would have burst open.
It looks white because that’s where the pocket of infection is nearest to the surface of the skin; it’s white due to the underlying pus (white blood cells and serum.)
Glad to hear you’re feeling better! Styes can be extremely painful. I’ve had one or two that got big like yours and I remember the pain was incredible. Blinking was torture. Throbbing constantly. I’d walk around with an ice pack on my face at all times — it was the only thing that helped!
Heather says:
eh, the doctor said it was a stretch mark, so that’s what I am basing it off of.
suzanne says:
Holy crap, Heather. That looks REALLY uncomfortable. I would have freaked the f**k out if I woke up and found that on my eyelid. Stye stallone, while a hilarious nickname, doesn’t quite do it justice. That thing was more like the incredible stye-hulk. You are a trooper, and I am really hoping that you feel better soon!
Colleen says:
Ew. Just… ew.
That totally deserves AT LEAST lobster.
Angela says:
OMG! I seriously wanted to gag at the thought of having to go through this ordeal. It looks so stinkin’ painful.
Glad you’re on the mend!
Angela
merlotmom says:
Glad you are on the road to recovery. Nice seeing you, Mike, Annie, and Stye Stallone the other day.
roshan says:
It’s good to see that your eye is getting better after the treatment. Ten years down the line, I can imagine Annie reading this post and marveling at how her mother carried on so gracefully through personal health troubles while taking care of her.
Megan says:
Annie’s wide eyes peeping up from the bottom of the photo of Stye Stallone is one of the best photos ever!
Wishing you a speedy recovery! Thanks for sharing.
Kristin says:
Ohhhh Emmmm Geeeee is right!!! So glad you’re getting better and Sly Stallone has been evicted!
Laura says:
That looks like a chalazion, not a style.
I had NINE of the fuckers when I was pregnant, due to hormonal changes. Went through three surgeries.
After that, labor was a breeze.
Every single photo of me pregnant is Photoshopped to hide the hideous things.
Warning: Chalazions recur once you’d had them once. Use eyelid scrubs (you can find them at the drugstore) or just baby shampoo and hot water on a clean towel every night. Never go to bed with moisturizer or eye makeup on.
Stacey says:
Holy crap! You poor thing!! Mike had better be DOTING on you!!! Feel better soon!
eliza says:
Oh my god Ihave never seen anything like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So glad they drained it.
amanda says:
I could barely read this post. My eyes kept watering. What a horror story. I’m glad you’re feeling better – but holy shit.
Amy says:
I had the same procedure done… twice! Ouch!!
KathyL says:
Ugh, I have had to have 3 Chalazions removed from my eyes over my life…the first when I was 2, then at 17 and again at around 45. Horrible. Luckily I was put to sleep for the first, but the next two was while I was awake and it is NOT fun. I’m glad you’re feeling better!!!
jen says:
i’m scrolling halfway through this post before i hear a very loud voice (mine) say, “OHMYGOD!!! WHAT THE HELLA IS THAT HATCHING FROM HER EYE?!?” i blacked out ’round the part where you mentioned something about a needle and your eye. wow. the room is still spinning. anway. it seems to have all ended well…unless you didn’t get lobster.
Rachael says:
Oh my God. I can’t even… just… it’s not cool man, not cool. Hopefully this is the end of it.
Ashley says:
I know that this sucked for you, but I laughed through this whole post. Like..”fall-off-the-chair-and-spit-out-your-drink-on-the-way-down” laughter.
BTW, you looked GREAT in Annie’s bday pics!
Leigh says:
holy hell…I have never seen something so painful looking! OWWWWEEE! I got a shiver looking at those pics! ouch! I am so glad it’s better and that you are on the mend.