So, I'm feeling a bit whiny at the moment, so please forgive me. On the heels of the good news regarding my brother and of being asked to be my best friends matron of honor I got bad news from my eye doctor.... Well, it wasn't good news at least.

Went to the eye doctor today for my regular check up. I needed new glasses anyways as I'm tired of fixing my current ones with gorilla glue. Figured it would go like normal, that he'd tell me that my prescription changed a little bit, but not a whole lot. Well, I only wish it had gone as smoothly as that.

Apparently I have what is called Keratoconus. I had never even heard of it before so I looked it up. To read more about it, visit Keratoconus. To put all that simply, one of the linings of my cornea has thinned and as a result of that, the pressure against that spot has caused the area to bulge out a bit into more of a cone shape (or a nipple shape as he kept saying). He said it's not way bad, but he's surprised that it is only now showing. Generally it is found in a person's teen years and even up into someone's early twenties. It's unusual to have it show up this late.

I told him that me and my hubby had been discussing getting Lasik surgery. He then proceeded to tell me that I couldn't have that done and that it is a good thing I hadn't already had it done or I may be facing a corneal transplant. Anyways, since there is no cure the only solution is to put me in gas permeable contact lenses. While it won't completely stop it, he said it will slow it down so that it shouldn't ever get to the point of needing surgery.

So essentially, I had the choice of whether or not to have lasik or wear contacts taken out of my hands. The only plus side to all of this is that since the contacts are medically necessary, my eye insurance will cover them 100%, which is great because they are not cheap. I don't mind wearing contacts, but since there is so much I do where wearing contacts isn't exactly feasible. And honestly, for day to day use, I prefer my glasses. A lot less hassle. But now, wearing my contacts will have to be the general rule. Never worn the gas permeable, so this could prove to be interesting.

Though with everything else going on, this is really a minor thing in the big scheme of things. Still, it sucks.