April is also Sjogren’s Awareness Month. https:\/\/sjogrens.org\/understanding-sjogrens\/glossary<\/p>\n
Sjogren\u2019s<\/p>\n
Not a dry eye in seventy some years
\nI was always crying about something.
\nBut now, no more tears. Eyes dry
\nlike the rivers and lakes, dry like
\na reservoir empty of dreams.<\/p>\n
I was told my eyes were too dry The next vision appointment Soon I was anesthetized and the The fog is gone and my world is Monocular lenses let me see stars But, I still need to Refresh<\/em> several Autoimmune symptoms assure me Do I care what the diagnosis is, alive, no matter what an x-ray I live one symptom at a time.<\/p>\n Sherry Lee April is also Sjogren’s Awareness Month. https:\/\/sjogrens.org\/understanding-sjogrens\/glossary Sjogren\u2019s Not a dry eye in seventy some years I was always crying about something. But now, no more tears. Eyes dry like the rivers and lakes, dry like a reservoir empty of dreams. I was told my eyes were too dry for …<\/p>\n
\nfor cataract surgery. I would have
\nto medicate to cry. The cost was
\ntoo high for the prescription so
\nI continued to Refresh<\/em> daily with
\nover the counter eye drops.<\/p>\n
\nI think the ophthalmologist forgot
\nwho I was, so many of us are old(er).
\nAppointments were made, surgery
\nwas scheduled.<\/p>\n
\ncloudy cataract was removed; and,
\nagain, three weeks later the right one
\nwas gone too.<\/p>\n
\nclear and bright, but my eyes
\nremain dry as the red wine bottled
\nunopened on the counter. <\/p>\n
\nat night and road signs–where\u2019s
\nthe next McDonalds, the next
\ngas station.<\/p>\n
\ntimes daily, and not just my eyes.<\/p>\n
\nmy body is a battle zone of pins
\nand needles and muscle cramps.
\nEach sharp pain, each weak leg,
\nthe back.<\/p>\n
\nwhat is or isn\u2019t related to Sjogrens?
\nLabels are restrictive and can\u2019t
\ndefine me. I am<\/p>\n
\nindicates, or whether or not
\nI can get out of bed today. <\/p>\n
\nApril 6, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"