3/3/05---Its called "CONJUNCTIVITIS"

So after being throughly aggravated by this irritation in my eye over the last couple of weeks, I finally caved in and decided to pay another visit to my doctor.  He did me a huge solid and was able to squeeze me in on short notice, and when I get to his office he's checking out my eyes and decides to do some bloodwork in case I'm having some sort of allergic reaction.  So he's taking like 5 or 6 vials....and I'm like:

"Uh, hey doc...you're taking quite a bit of blood there."
"Well, we want to make sure this isn't viral in nature...(hits his intercom).....yeah, can you call Dr. Glick on the 2nd floor and see if he can see Mr. Bowdren on an emergency basis (slight panic sets in)?.......okay, we're going to have you see an opthamologist and have him look at the eye."
"So um....do I have pink eye?"
"Pink eye is like saying you have a fever.  It can mean a lot of things."
(Intercom buzzes---"Dr Glick can see him right away")
"Um...doctor....there's something that maybe I ought to mention....."
"What's that?"
"Well...remember a week or two ago when I had the first irritation?"
"Yeah..."
"Well....after the irritation went away....I had stopped wearing my contac lenses....I, um....put the contact back in."
"...'scuse me?"
"I put the contac back in after the irritation went away."
"You put the SAME contac back in?"
"Well....ya know....there wasn't any schmutz in the saline solution in my contac case."
"Well the bacteria would be microscopic you know.....and this might have been something you mentioned to me before I made the appointment with Dr Glick."
"Well....I was thinking about it.....uh.....sorry."

Luckily he actually was laughing about it.  So I go downstairs to see Dr Glick, the eye doctor.  I walk into his office and he asks me what the problem seems to be.

"Well, first of all, there's the whole problem with me being a dumb ass doctor......"

So I, uh...threw out the old, bacteria laden contac lenses and went onto anti-biotics.
Dr Glick told me that I shouldn't wear contacs for a week.
"Hey, doc...I'm going to New York on vacation on Friday!"
"Oh yeah.....well....don't wear them until Saturday then."

I like a doctor who can be flexible in his diagnosis---which was....well, the above title. 

And, as I mentioned....I will be visiting New York, New York---the city so nice they named it twice from Friday through Tuesday with my bride.....NYC baby.
I can only imagine the details I'm going to have when I get back.  Expect a LONG entry on Tuesday night.

Later,
Jeff