an unplanned procedure

I come home last night after seeing a screening for BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE with Shari and Stephanie. Our feelings ranged from didn't like it at all to still not quite sure.

I'm washing up, look in the mirror, and see this in my right eye: 





WTF?

I immediately text my friend M, my unofficial doctor, though she has no medical training. I send her a few pictures with the question:

Should I be scared?

She texts back:

Depends. How did it happen?

How did it happen? I looked in the mirror and it was there.

Today I get up and call my eye doctor first thing. He can see me if I can get there in 12 minutes. I leave the house and make it in on time.

I had had minor eye surgery on July 16. He looks at my eye and somberly says, "This is very unusual."

"Typically if this is going to happen, it happens within two weeks of surgery." 

I'm almost three months out.

But he assures me that I needn't worry. "Some tissues may have been cut during surgery, and are hanging by a tiny thread.  Do you want me to remove it now?" 

I tell him yes. 

He numbs the area around my eye. Then cuts the blood-filled blob —which he describes as "very big" — out.



He tells me my eye might bruise a bit, but there is no aftercare, and to have a nice day.

Already I feel better.