Hi everyone,
I’m posting on this thread because unfortunately I do not have health insurance and wanted to see how urgent my situation is before I just eat the cost and book an appointment with an ophthalmologist.
Last Thursday, I ended up with a corneal abrasion in each eye. I accidentally used micellar water instead of contact solution and put my contacts in and out a few times which lead to my abrasion. Used some drugstore eye was which dried my eyes out and put me in so much pain I couldn’t open my eyes. I went to urgent care and they told me to go to a hospital where they were able to help me. They prescribed me ketorolac and tobramycin for 5 days. Sunday my vision was decent enough that I could finally wear my glasses so I started watching tv and using screens again. However, my left eye was still blurry but my right eye was basically healed.
Now it’s a week later, and my right eye is okay and my left is probably at 90%. No pain, but it’s just kind of blurry and it’s been annoying to work because I use a computer all day and the blurriness in one eye makes it hard to use the computer. Starting Sunday, I honestly didn’t really rest my eyes and started using screens regularly, and I am wondering if that is just slowing down my healing process or if I really should go see a doctor.
I don’t have health insurance so I really don’t want to see a doctor unless necessary :-(
Thank you for any help!!!