Last night, I was whining — for good reason, I might add — about my eyes. This morning, they were even more bloodshot than the past couple of days. However, as it is allergy season, I decided that I would not only take my allergy drops; but, that I would actually make them even more wet.
The inspiration hit me when I looked down at my hands as I was concelebrating morning Mass with Fr. Declan. During the readings, I glanced at my hands and noticed that they were very dry and cracked. It made me think about the allergies drying my eyes as well. That’s more than likely why I was tearing. My eyes were trying to produce water to make them wet.
I took my medical eye drops this morning as well as my allergy eye drops. But, after Mass, I dropped in some of my gel drops for moisture and also used warm compresses. My eye doctor tells me to use those during this time of the year. I keep forgetting about them.
Does the doctor know what she’s talking about? Well, duh. Of course she does. My eyes are a bit itchy yet this evening; but, they feel much better and are not tearing like they had the past couple of days. The red is also clearing up in them a lot more.
I’m almost sixty-four years old. When will I learn to remember to do what my doctors suggest? 🙂
