This appointment to talk about my diagnosis and planned operations with the Specialist Nurse was made for me when I asked to see my consultant, (who despite presumably being the one who is deciding on what treatment I need, has never seen me), before the day of the first surgery. I thought the appointment was to see him until the appointment details came through in writing.
I then managed to book a consultation with…
The following Spring i.e. this Spring the lump reappeared around Easter time as it got sunnier.
It started to become red and bleed when I itched it. I told myself, "You've already been told it's benign" so I didn't go to my GP who might think I was being over anxious. It then started to grow a white/ yellow top. This began to stick up through my eyelashes when I closed my eye. It grew noticeably longer. I made an appointment…
A lump looking like a sty developed on my lower eyelid. My very good optician, when I had my eyes retested for my glasses, thought it might be a 'rodent ulcer' and wrote to my GP. Of course I looked up what that was! Oh oh! My GP referred to eye unit as urgent. Phone call within days to book me into a triage clinic but concerns that eyelid surgeon not available and about to leave.
Specialist doctor called triage…
