Quote Originally Posted by krazyaboutkatz View Post
Ellie, I sure hope that your eyelid heals up and that you won't need to have surgery. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are on the way.

I've had a blocked tear duct in my left eye 2 times now and I needed to have surgery both times. I think that mine are due to allegies or sinus problems. I had the last surgery in Nov.2011 but my left eye still tends to tear up much more than my right eye. I need to go back to my doctor to have him look at it again some time. I hated wearing glasses so I ended up wearing contacts instead. I later used the disposable daily wear kind. I later had Lasik surgery done but I was never 20/20 in my left eye due to the astigmatism. Now my vision has gotten a bit worse but I usually only wear glasses when I drive at night. I wear prescription sun glasses when I drive during the day. I also have to wear reading glasses at work because I work with tiny detailed things. Now I can't imagine not wearing reading glasses at work. I can still read most things and even use the computer without them though. I'll be turning 50 in Dec. It sure sucks getting old.
Did you say 50??? Oh you poor baby. I'll be 68 this week. I can hardly believe it myself!

Mine isn't the tear duct that's blocked - it's an oil gland in the upper eyelid. Never even knew there were such things in the eyelid, but I sure know now! But they will do "something" to the tear ducts if I have to have the procedure - supposed to increase the natural tears somehow, even tho those aren't blocked. This is an ongoing education for me!