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Sun Jun-12-05 02:56 PM
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I have a job interview tomorrow evening and have an infected stye. |
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It's all puffed up like a merengue. Luckily my eyeball hasn't been infected. I went to a clinic today, and the doctor suggested cold compresses to reduce the swelling and gave me some antibiotic ointment.
My interview is in 36 hours. It's a part-time job, but the money will help out my husband as I finish grad. school.
So... what are my chances? LOL!
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:04 PM
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1. Ouch, hopefully the antibiotic |
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ointment will start working right away!
Best of luck! :)
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:06 PM
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I used to get loads of styes when I was younger - and inevitably would rub it, then transfer the infection to the other eye.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:07 PM
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place the cut half against the stye. Sometimes that helps.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:20 PM
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8. I've heard about potatoes having |
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anti-inflammatory properties..I'd put the potato in the fridge then it'll double as a cold-compress.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:21 PM
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9. I've used them for boils before too. |
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:09 PM
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4. If it stays really bad, get a patch from the drugstore. |
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You could make a joke about not being a pirate, but having to wear a patch for a couple of days for an infection -- whatever. Then relax and enjoy (yeah, sure!) your interview. No reasonable person would hold this against you.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:25 PM
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11. Eye patch was my first thought as well. |
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:11 PM
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5. Take a hot towel and press it against your eye |
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That's how I've treated my styes in the past.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:13 PM
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6. Initially that's what the doc suggested |
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until I told him about the interview tomorrow then he switched it to cold
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:19 PM
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7. Go with what the doctor says then |
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:23 PM
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10. I hate oral antibiotics, but in this case, would they help knock it down |
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Edited on Sun Jun-12-05 03:23 PM by NoSheep
quick-like?
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