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To: CottonBall

“I have ocular rosacea”

Maybe that is what I have also. A few years back I started getting the severe burning eyes and what they called the Lupus Mask or Rosacea Mask across my cheeks and nose. My doctor recently had me get a blood test for Lupus which was negative. So maybe it is the Rosacea. All I know is my eyes hurt awful and my eye doctor doesn’t know what to do about it.

If I recall my nephew got an engineering degree. He worked for Amazon in Seattle for years in some high up position. After some time living in a high rise next to Amazon it got so expensive he bought the sail boat and lived on it still working for Amazon. Once he started to actually sailing it got to where he couldn’t connect to Wifi and had to give his notice.

I am glad you enjoyed my paintings. The one with the cable car is a faux San Francisco scene. I keep thinking I would like to get out my oils and try again, but I think after all this time they are probably all dried up. Plus I still have the carpel tunnel. I need to get surgery done on it but I keep putting it off.


6,007 posted on 11/27/2023 1:00:03 PM PST by Spunky
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To: Spunky

“Rosacea Mask across my cheeks and nose”

Yep I have that too. Today the doctor said that the facial rosacea can spread to the eyes. So he did the IPL treatment on my face also. Interesting thing, IPL was first created for the skin. Dermatologists did them. It reduces the inflammation and closes off those red blood vessels. Then somebody noticed that people with dry eyes felt better after their facial treatment. So the doctor I go to in Nashville created a machine that had all the right settings for the eyes.

I can look up if anybody near you does them. But it’s not cheap.

I noticed my rosacea is worse now, winter weather and dryness. So I need to remember to turn on my humidifier. That’s something you could try, you could get a little tabletop humidifier and aim it where you normally sit. That might make you more comfortable.


6,015 posted on 11/27/2023 3:38:59 PM PST by CottonBall
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