On Thursday night, I started getting pain around my left eye and then looked in the mirror and noticed on the lower eyelid it was very swollen and red looking. I have had this lots of time throughout this year but usually goes in a couple of days so I never been to the doctors about it. I thought lets see how it is in the morning to decide if to go to the doctors or not.
I woken up on Friday morning practically wanting to rip my eye out with the pain and it was swelled up like I have been punch and very red. I rang my GP at 1.30pm to see if I could get an afternoon appointment as my Mother was out till late afternoon so tried to get latest as possible so she could come with me. The only appointment I could get was 4.40pm with an Doctor I never seen before but I took the appointment and booked a Taxi to get there as by this point I was getting blurry vision. I thought because I've had this before and it's almost gone within few days that it will just be an normal eye infection and the GP would prescribe me eye drops but I couldn't be more further from the truth.
As soon as I mentioned my Ankylosing Spondylitis and Colitis, the GP instantly rang up the Prince Charles Eye Clinic at King Edward Hospital in Windsor. She done all the normal test and sent me back out in the waiting room while she was waiting to get through to the eye clinic. By this point I thought right okay then it must not be an eye infection but I didn't google before I left home so I didn't have anything in mind of what it could be. The GP called me back and I have to say although I never seen this Doctor before, she was obviously young so a newish doctor but she was so good, understanding and professional. She explained why she wants me to go to Eye Casualty tomorrow morning (Saturday), what to do and where to go if my eye gets worse and she wrote out an letter for me to take with me to the Eye Clinic. She didn't really give me an diagnosis but she did say its defiantly inflamed which is why she is worried. I didn't even know the Eye Clinic opened on a Saturday to be honest and I've been to that hospital most of my life haha.
That night the pain stayed the same but the blurred vision did calm down a lot which I was so relieved as that was what I was worried about the most. As I wear glasses anyways, but it bloody scares me not being able to see as I rely on my glasses so the blurred vision was scaring me a lot. I woken up early went to put make up on as normal then realised that eye make up was a no go so it literally took 5 mins to get ready haha. My mother came with me to the Eye Clinic and I think I was the first person in the waiting room but it soon got busy. I was feeling really nausea and lightheaded then I got the urge to be sick so I ran to the toilets and was sick. It was totally my fault as I taken my morning medication at 7.30am without any food so I fully accept it was my stupid own fault but soon as I was sick I felt better.
An Nurse from Eye Casualty called me in for an eye test so I sat down on the chair and it was very open, there was no curtains and although it was only like 3 nurses and 1 doctor near by, it still made me abit anxious. I read out the numbers as directed and the got sent back into the waiting room for the doctor to call me and luckily the Eye Doctor called me within 5 minutes. The Eye Doctor looked very young, fit and that made me even more anxious haha. He examined my left eye and then my right eye, the he put some sort of yellow dye into the eye which bloody was the weirdest feeling ever. He pretty much diagnosed my left eye as Chalazion which is a cyst like nodule inside the upper or lower eyelid caused by blocked oil glands. He wrote out an prescription for a steroid type eye ointment and the he began to get some more dye and I was abit confused as he just told me what was wrong.
The Eye Doctor explained to me because of my Ankylosing Spondylitis and Colitis eye problems are very common and he can see more inflammation in both of the eyes so wants to just put another type of dye in to see more so he put the dye in and said he is going to refer me to an specialist that can have a proper look. He said my right eye looks like it is in the early stages of a Chalazion so to apply the eye ointment in the right eye when it starts to cause pain. He also told me to do hot compresses on both eyes which is basically just get an clean hot flannel and firmly press on the eyes for 5 minutes and for about 3/4 times a day so I have been doing that which does help the pain.
I have applied the eye ointment and then few hours later while cleansing by face, I noticed my right eye is extremely swollen, red and very tender so I have applied the ointment in hope it clears that up aswel. If I said I wasn't worried the I would be lying but to me anything to do with my eyes is a big no no. I rely on my glasses, I get up and first thing I do is put my glasses on and they are basically my security blanket so if anything was seriously wrong with my eyes I would be a bloody mess. I always knew what Colitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis can do as I have obviously fully researched a lot but I guess you just never think it will happen.
So now I'm on the steroid ointment for 7 days and will do the hot compresses each day from now on and then await for eye specialised which I have no idea when that would be.
Has anyone else got Ankylosing Spondylitis and Colitis and got eye problems? Let me know :)
Love Katie x
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| Me in the waiting room at the doctors for the second time this week haha |
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| Waiting again outside in the rain haha |
As soon as I mentioned my Ankylosing Spondylitis and Colitis, the GP instantly rang up the Prince Charles Eye Clinic at King Edward Hospital in Windsor. She done all the normal test and sent me back out in the waiting room while she was waiting to get through to the eye clinic. By this point I thought right okay then it must not be an eye infection but I didn't google before I left home so I didn't have anything in mind of what it could be. The GP called me back and I have to say although I never seen this Doctor before, she was obviously young so a newish doctor but she was so good, understanding and professional. She explained why she wants me to go to Eye Casualty tomorrow morning (Saturday), what to do and where to go if my eye gets worse and she wrote out an letter for me to take with me to the Eye Clinic. She didn't really give me an diagnosis but she did say its defiantly inflamed which is why she is worried. I didn't even know the Eye Clinic opened on a Saturday to be honest and I've been to that hospital most of my life haha.
That night the pain stayed the same but the blurred vision did calm down a lot which I was so relieved as that was what I was worried about the most. As I wear glasses anyways, but it bloody scares me not being able to see as I rely on my glasses so the blurred vision was scaring me a lot. I woken up early went to put make up on as normal then realised that eye make up was a no go so it literally took 5 mins to get ready haha. My mother came with me to the Eye Clinic and I think I was the first person in the waiting room but it soon got busy. I was feeling really nausea and lightheaded then I got the urge to be sick so I ran to the toilets and was sick. It was totally my fault as I taken my morning medication at 7.30am without any food so I fully accept it was my stupid own fault but soon as I was sick I felt better.
An Nurse from Eye Casualty called me in for an eye test so I sat down on the chair and it was very open, there was no curtains and although it was only like 3 nurses and 1 doctor near by, it still made me abit anxious. I read out the numbers as directed and the got sent back into the waiting room for the doctor to call me and luckily the Eye Doctor called me within 5 minutes. The Eye Doctor looked very young, fit and that made me even more anxious haha. He examined my left eye and then my right eye, the he put some sort of yellow dye into the eye which bloody was the weirdest feeling ever. He pretty much diagnosed my left eye as Chalazion which is a cyst like nodule inside the upper or lower eyelid caused by blocked oil glands. He wrote out an prescription for a steroid type eye ointment and the he began to get some more dye and I was abit confused as he just told me what was wrong.
The Eye Doctor explained to me because of my Ankylosing Spondylitis and Colitis eye problems are very common and he can see more inflammation in both of the eyes so wants to just put another type of dye in to see more so he put the dye in and said he is going to refer me to an specialist that can have a proper look. He said my right eye looks like it is in the early stages of a Chalazion so to apply the eye ointment in the right eye when it starts to cause pain. He also told me to do hot compresses on both eyes which is basically just get an clean hot flannel and firmly press on the eyes for 5 minutes and for about 3/4 times a day so I have been doing that which does help the pain.
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| My left eye and obviously another foot selfie in the casualty |
I have applied the eye ointment and then few hours later while cleansing by face, I noticed my right eye is extremely swollen, red and very tender so I have applied the ointment in hope it clears that up aswel. If I said I wasn't worried the I would be lying but to me anything to do with my eyes is a big no no. I rely on my glasses, I get up and first thing I do is put my glasses on and they are basically my security blanket so if anything was seriously wrong with my eyes I would be a bloody mess. I always knew what Colitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis can do as I have obviously fully researched a lot but I guess you just never think it will happen.
So now I'm on the steroid ointment for 7 days and will do the hot compresses each day from now on and then await for eye specialised which I have no idea when that would be.
Has anyone else got Ankylosing Spondylitis and Colitis and got eye problems? Let me know :)
Love Katie x
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