Stye of the Eye!

Yesterday my eye lid started hurting at the upper tear duct and there was some swelling, this morning it was worse. I thought maybe my tear duct was blocked. I was googling blocked tear ducts and some of the sites I found said that it could be a side effect of some chemos. I was not having any other symptoms of a blocked tear duct except the pain and swelling but I also have really dry eyes so I was not surprised that my eyes were not watering over. I called my oncologist's office because it was something out of the ordinary and that is what I am supposed to do. His nurse, Katie (she is awesome), set me up with an appointment with an eye doctor this afternoon. The eye doctor examined my eyes and said it was the beginnings of a stye and that it was good we caught it early. Warm compress on it 4 times a day for 20 minutes each. The eye doctor also gave me a regime for my dry eyes... and also a diagnosis for my dry eyes - Blepharitis/Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Once my baby stye is cleared up I still have to do warm compresses everyday but only 1-2 times a day and for only 10 minutes along with eye drops and lid scrubs daily. The daily regime will help prevent any more styes as well as help my eyes with moisture. I've had problems with dry eyes for years so hopefully this daily regime will help alleviate some of the discomfort of it.


Yesterday I was also feeling some side effects from the Taxol - muscle/joint pain. I can only take Tylenol for pain so I took that and it helped. Today the pain was much less.