Healing in Waves

At 39, I had never heard of meibomian glands.
Then dry eye began taking over my life.

What started with redness and discomfort developed into severe dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction. Working on a computer, being outside, shopping, even talking for long periods became difficult. I went from doctor to doctor, through eight IPL treatments, repeated gland expressions, countless tests — and eventually a treatment complication that changed the course of everything.

But this isn't only a story about getting sick. It's about what happened next. Over the following two and a half years, my glands slowly began to function better, my symptoms improved enormously, and my life gradually became normal again.

Healing in Waves is an honest patient story about severe dry eye, MGD, treatment, uncertainty, setbacks, and recovery — including what helped, what went wrong, what surprised me, and what I understand very differently now.

Inside the book

• The slide from redness and discomfort into severe dry eye and MGD
• Eight IPL treatments, repeated gland expressions and countless tests
• A treatment complication that changed the course of everything
• What it did to work, to being outside, and to ordinary days
• Two and a half years of slow recovery, and what actually helped
• What surprised me, and what I understand very differently now

There is no miracle cure in this book and no universal treatment plan. Just one very detailed real-life story — and one thing I wish I had known when I was at my worst: where you are today isn't necessarily where you'll stay.