[friday-follies] [exec] Join us for Sunday Brunch 12/24

[Durelle Kurlinski]

He had a detached retina and prednisone is a steroid which will cause some
swelling.   But not that much.  However,  being literally face down for the
first 7 full days will cause facial swelling.  And to top it off on Jan 4th
we schedule for the other eye to be done because my husband can't do
anything 1/2 way.

On Dec 31, 2017 09:11, "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Durelle Kurlinski (rellie01.con at gmail.com):
>
> > we are both very sad - if the swelling isn't gone by Tuesday morning i'm
> > making him call his dr.  (he seems to think is caused by the prednisone
> > drops he has to use 4x's per day
>
> I might be missing something, but wouldn't prednisone _reduce_ swelling?
> (I had a course of prednisone drops for that purpose some time around
> 2013 following LASIK, as is routine.)
>
> Don't take any chances with an eye infection, even _if_ you look great
> with an eye patch.  Get thyself off to a doctor!
>
> (I would tell you a microphthalmos joke, but it’s a little cornea.)
>
>
> Q: How many optometrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
> A: Hmm?  1...or 2?
>
>
>
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