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soc_puppetMy episcleritis is responding well to treatment, yay! But it's starting to appear in the other eye as well, boo!
So now I'm attempting to be proactive about treatment, and trying for prevention. I'm guessing it might be related to the passenger side carpet in my car, which got routinely soaked over the course of a month due to bad drainage issues, and I did not have the wherewithal to take the shopvac to it after every rain.
The leak is, as near as I can tell, actually fixed now, but I'm left to wonder if the carpet isn't actually horribly mold infested past the point that I can do anything about it. Once I was pretty sure that the leak was fixed, I vacuumed the whole thing, then tried a baking-soda paste (did not work well) and then sprayed the carpet down with a vinegar solution. Up next I'm going to call my mechanic and see if they're able to replace the carpet there, or if they can recommend someone who can. So that's possible solution number one, and while it will potentially hurt my pocketbook, it's probably better to have it done in the long run (and honestly in the short run as well).
The second thing I'm trying is cleaning my room properly! The aim here is to get rid of the tremendous amount of dust hanging around, and make it possible for me to hopefully keep things less dusty. Even if this doesn't help my eyes, it will still be good for me, and may help my sinuses.
I got a decent start on it yesterday, clearing out huge stack of things by my doorway that had been gradually building up for a while. The problem is that I decided to continue my cleaning streak tonight, and have now probably dumped way more dust into the air than I rightly should have for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, I will ideally do my cleaning somewhere closer to the daytime, and also I will make sure to set up the box-fan-and-furnace-filter on high speed in my room for an hour or two after my cleaning session.
Anyway, I'm seeing my eye doctor for a follow-up on Friday, so between those three things, hopefully one of them will work.
So now I'm attempting to be proactive about treatment, and trying for prevention. I'm guessing it might be related to the passenger side carpet in my car, which got routinely soaked over the course of a month due to bad drainage issues, and I did not have the wherewithal to take the shopvac to it after every rain.
The leak is, as near as I can tell, actually fixed now, but I'm left to wonder if the carpet isn't actually horribly mold infested past the point that I can do anything about it. Once I was pretty sure that the leak was fixed, I vacuumed the whole thing, then tried a baking-soda paste (did not work well) and then sprayed the carpet down with a vinegar solution. Up next I'm going to call my mechanic and see if they're able to replace the carpet there, or if they can recommend someone who can. So that's possible solution number one, and while it will potentially hurt my pocketbook, it's probably better to have it done in the long run (and honestly in the short run as well).
The second thing I'm trying is cleaning my room properly! The aim here is to get rid of the tremendous amount of dust hanging around, and make it possible for me to hopefully keep things less dusty. Even if this doesn't help my eyes, it will still be good for me, and may help my sinuses.
I got a decent start on it yesterday, clearing out huge stack of things by my doorway that had been gradually building up for a while. The problem is that I decided to continue my cleaning streak tonight, and have now probably dumped way more dust into the air than I rightly should have for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, I will ideally do my cleaning somewhere closer to the daytime, and also I will make sure to set up the box-fan-and-furnace-filter on high speed in my room for an hour or two after my cleaning session.
Anyway, I'm seeing my eye doctor for a follow-up on Friday, so between those three things, hopefully one of them will work.
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