There’s nothing you can do about an eye problem. Lying down doesn’t help, and you can’t walk it off. You can’t apply pressure, or relive it; you can’t apply heat or cold; painkillers won’t address the problem with enough speed or precision. Well, you can use Visine, but for me, that compounds the issue. My eyes are very deepset, and eyewash can puddle in it instead of flowing out right away.
I just spent ten minutes coaxing an eyelash out of my eye. Common occurence when you have long eyelashes and wear glasses. Usually I can remove them without batting an…well, anyway, this one threatened to embed itself, and was causing no little irritation.
Reminds me of when I was a college freshman and had a cold in my eye. I thought that was an eyelash too, when it started out. I’m in lecture, and my eye twitches. I rubbed it with my finger (which at the time I didn’t know better to do…never touch your vulnerable eye with grubby fingers, kiddies!), then with a tissue. Still no relief, and it was starting to stay closed of its own accord. Student nearby offered assistance, which got the attention of the tutor, who had some medical training.
“You’re sure it’s not an eyelash?”
“It doesn’t feel like an eyelash, sir; it feels like a…a matzo ball.”
Well, he judged it a probable cold in the eye, and the nurse-practitioner confirmed this.
Came into class the next day with an eye patch. Tutor said, “So how’s the matzo ball?”