Sheesh

I have a problem with red eyes so today I went to the College of Optometry to get them checked out. My 'doctor' was a student graduating next year who was really nice and knowledgeable. So anyway, after a thorough exam, he finally tells me:

"...and so your tears aren't generating any oils which has made your lower lid's lining wear out making the bacteria that live there more active & this is has caused your cornea to.......so I really have to go discuss this with the Dr. to figure out a cause of action."

So when he left, I'm thinking, "my God, this can only mean surgery, I'm picturing my eyeball sitting out on the operating table with someone working on it...."

In comes my 'doctor' with the real Dr. (oh no, it's even worse than I thought) The real doctor examines my eyes....AGAIN....and then says, "well, just like you were told, you do have...blah...blah...blah...so here's what we're going to do: I want you to take a hot compress twice a day and put it on your closed eyelids, put these drops in your eyes once a day, and drink more water..."

Talk about anti-climatic. I have dry eyes!