Pseudomembranous Conjunctivitis: Diagnosed by Dr Vernon Yong at the EYe Atrium Clinic at TTSH.

Yesterday (11th Jan) , I went to see Dr. Fong again due to decreased vision of the eye. I was very puzzled at what was wrong with my right eye. It has been so many days and there has not been much improvement even though I was prescribed a stronger antibiotic by the polyclinic. It is simply taking too long to heal. I felt very worried and uneasy. It seems to be a bad omen. It is just the start of school and I am taking so many days of MC. And some people are just very insensitive. People like Jiasheng. I can tell how scared he was. But he really made me feel very uncomfortable and uneasy. He made remarks like it is extermely contagiuos. There should not be any contact, saliva etc. sigh....I was already feeling vey awful with all the discharge etc from my eye. It feels really awful to be half blind. It was as if I was going blind. I felt very much alone and out of place at NIE. Well these are the hard facts of life I guess. Anyway I was given 2 days MC on 8-9 January so I wrote to inform my maths tutor Dr Tay as well as chem tutor Dr Tsoi about it. The reply I received from Dr. Tay was really quite odd. He said, "Ok, but do get an MC". To me, it made me feel more uneasy, as if I was faking. I did not do it on purpose also. I mean who wants such a thing to happen right. But well it is only when such a thing happens that we tend to realise that every part of our body plays an equally important role. We really cant do without one part. But really, I always encounter all the most unlucky stuff. Dunno y. Quite down on luck. Dr Tsoi was really nice. He said, " Hi, Pls take care". That gave me much more assurance.
As I was saying I went to see Dr. Fong and I told him that I felt my vision was declining, so I go really worried that I was going blind. Preliminary checks by him revealed that there was a small abrasion at my cornea (or retina I cant rem) By the way I had some weird allergy too on my arms. The strange thing is that it was not itchy or painful at all. Just redness. I thought it was showing initial signs of outbreak of chicken pox!!! haha... but of course it did not look like it cos there was no pus or blister like marks.
Anyway he referred me to see an eye specialist. He said it is located at hougang ave 8, some very nice doc, according to him. The nurse outside told me to go home and rest first while she make the appointment But unfortunately after waiting for a long time, she finally called me back at around 1245 to inform me that she did not manage to contact the eye specialist at Hg ave 8 and made an appointment for me with Dr. vernon Yong at TTSH instead. I heard Veron, thinking that it was a female doctor. Haha. Anyway I was quite irritated at having to travel all the way to TTSH. Cos if not for the delay, I could have gone for an appointment from 1130 to 1230 at the eye clinic at AMK ave 8 with a Dr Law. Very strange though. his consultation is only an hour from 1130 to 1230. After that no more consulttion because according to the nurse, he would be doing some surgery. I felt quite exasperated becuase from the namecrad, he is from Mt Elizabeth hospital. Well, I guess I just have the bias and belief that doctors at Mt E are very good and experienced.
Anyway I agreed to go for the appointment eventually at scheduled at 220 pm at TTSH though abit reluctabnt because of the location. Its so far. I waited for soem time too .anw i was diagnosed by Dr. Yong that I am suffering from pseudomembranous conjunctivitis. He removed some disgusting membrane for me and showed me. the membrane prevented the med from flowin in thereby impeding the recovery process. Quite painful. It is some viral infection, possibly from adenovirus as I seracehd in the net? I am not sure. Aniwae there was a bit of bleeding. I am glad that I went for the treatment though I am not sure why I am so lcuky. Alwas meet with all the unfortaunate stuff. Sigh. Hope better luck comes my way. The fees was $71.30 and 12.45 fpr the medicine. i was prescribed with Tobradex, one drop to the affected right eye 4 times a day.