I'm on the Mend and TRW will Post Tomorrow
Added 2024-07-11 15:18:30 +0000 UTCI'm pleased to announce that I was able to get the eye drops I needed and am now feeling a thousand times better. I hate for TRW to run late a day, especially because my travel visa is up this month and I'm getting booted back to America on the 29th. I was hoping to save THAT week for a possible late post. But I'll just try to get ahead of schedule before I make the trip.
That's all the important stuff but I'll share some details about my ordeal if you're interested. I had to spend the day in a British Emergency room. I have no health insurance in this country. (My traveler's insurance had just expired at the end of June, LOLZ.) I ended up having to to see a nurse practitioner and two specialists during my visit and when all was said and done, the whole thing didn't cost a dime. I paid ten pounds for eye drops at the pharmacy and that was it. As an American that just blows my mind. I feel like the natural order of the world as I understand won't be restored until somebody sends me a bill for at least ten thousand dollars, damn it!
Anyhow what I had is called Iritis and it basically means your iris has decided that it's sick of your shit for a couple of agonizing weeks if not properly treated. Not caused by eyestrain, much to my surprise. I had naturally assumed that my penchant for staring at screens during my every waking moment was a factor but nope, I'm just an unlucky son of a bitch and this can happen to anyone. But now I've got drops that clear it right up, so with any luck this will be the last time I miss work over this particular curse.
That's all for now! Thanks for waiting and I'll see you tomorrow with the next page of the comic!
Comments
Washington misses ya.
Lord Washington
2024-07-12 18:43:12 +0000 UTCSo happy to hear you're mostly back to being pain free! Cheers!
NomadicWanderer
2024-07-12 15:44:41 +0000 UTCThanks!
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:35:38 +0000 UTCThis! XD
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:35:34 +0000 UTCIndeed! XD
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:35:20 +0000 UTCI do, thanks. Going to stay in Orlando with friends for a few while I plan my next move.
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:34:56 +0000 UTCYeah like most things I hear it's not as good as it used to be. But it sure bailed me out when I needed it!
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:34:19 +0000 UTCLast time they gave me some eye gel that I thought helped. But now that I think about it it took forever to "work" and I think I was misdiagnosed and just rode it out over the course of a few miserable weeks. It makes sense. I didn't see an actual optometrist then, I just went to urgent care.
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:33:24 +0000 UTCFor sure! I'll just have to set up with an eye doctor once I get back to the states.
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:31:03 +0000 UTCThanks! And yeah I have to admit it does feel too good to be true to have gotten free healthcare.
Reinbach
2024-07-12 13:30:26 +0000 UTCGlad you're on the mend!
Squid Hills
2024-07-12 00:32:44 +0000 UTCTypical American experience of "what do you mean I don't have to spend the rest my life paying for this, even with insurance coverage?" XD
KainRezo072
2024-07-11 22:34:09 +0000 UTCOh yeah iritis is fuuuun. In the same way dental surgery on a roller coaster is
Daniel S
2024-07-11 19:21:40 +0000 UTCGlad you’re better. Sorry you’re going back to the states. Have you got a place to stay here waiting for ya?
Lord Washington
2024-07-11 17:37:11 +0000 UTCReally happy to hear you're doing better, and thank goodness they actually saw you with the state of the NHS after five tory governments.
Emmett
2024-07-11 17:07:18 +0000 UTCGlad you’re doing better, man. Also happy to hear that it sounds like you got a proper diagnosis this time. If I remember correctly, when this happened last year the doctors just attributed it to eye strain, right?
Angelo
2024-07-11 16:17:18 +0000 UTCThat being chronic sucks, good thing you can keep it in check at the very least.
NKL
2024-07-11 15:26:36 +0000 UTCGlad to hear you're feeling better and making use of the NHS while we still have it.
Spam_Happy
2024-07-11 15:25:13 +0000 UTC
