On Friday, I went to the ophthalmologist to find out what was up with my weepy eyes. After a few tests, the worst of which was an injection (yes, a NEEDLE) into my tear ducts, the diagnosis is that my tears don't have any lubricant in them. The chemo has changed the chemical composition of my tears, so they don't lubricate my eyes, and so I just keep producing more tears. I will just use lubricating eye drops until the chemo wears off. The injections showed that at least the tear ducts are not blocked.
On another note, tomorrow is surgery. Since Monday, I had an Echocardiogram, a breast MRI, an EKG and blood work, so I'm all ready. But....................GOOD NEWS! The MRI showed.........nothing! The original tumor did not show on the MRI. I'm not sure what they'll remove tomorrow (in addition to the lymph nodes), but at this point, I don't really care. I feel good that the crying eyes were not for nothing after all.
Onward!
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