#i already use artificial tears regularly but she had me switch brands lmao bc apparently i really need the one that

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oh btw, my eye is healed enough that I can look at things without sunglasses and not be in pain when blinking (obviously, since I'm blogging more often again and writing long posts). though I'm still supposed to use the antibiotic eyedrops for a week and the normal lubricant eye drops for like... a month

anyway so I guess if you ever get into a situation where you scratch your cornea, uh get that checked with your eye doctor so they can prescribe the eye drops because I mean. if it doesn't get infected, that's great, but if it does, that's not good. my fingernail was being treated for a fungal infection and since that's that one that hit my eye, I checked with a doctor just in case and they were like. really worried lmao, mostly because apparently it's hard to get the right antifungal eyedrops where I live. antibiotics are fine, but then they can't presecribe me the ones with steroids. there really is a whole world of eye drops out there, who knew (the eye doctors, obviously)

right so if you get in that situation, wear sunglasses if your vision becomes sensitive to light, try to keep looking down (for some reason, it was more difficult for me to look at things at eye level), don't wear an eye patch no matter how tempting it is (dark and moist environments can encourage bacterial growth, which is what we want to prevent). and if you have super dry eyes like me, apparently you should really be diligent with those lubricant eye drops. I was told that even when my eye heals, if it's always dry the uh scrape? abrasion? could open up again

also my oil glands are a bit clogged but that's like, a genetic thing apparently, so I'm just born with dry eyes that just gets worse bc I stare at the screen for work, so yeah. take care of your eyes while you can!! trying to limit how much you blink because it's painful is really annoying!!