{"id":2150,"date":"2009-07-05T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T01:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/autisticme\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:55:21","slug":"another-medical-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2009\/07\/05\/another-medical-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Medical Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday I have yet another (not so exciting) medical procedure. Yet, it isn&#8217;t the medical procedure I am about to have that annoys me. No, what is annoying me are my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m about to have some internal issues checked and verified, it is the pain of my eyes that distracts me each morning. I have strange, curling eyelashes over my left eye which keep getting lodged under the eyelids. I then have to flush the eye with sterile cleaner. My right eye just hurts. 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