I woke up with a weird bump on my eye which I suspected to be a sty, but is probably a cold sore because of course it would happen to me. It came about because I wasn't sleeping enough for weeks and my body was probably feeling both stressed out and susceptible to infection so my eye this time around took on this burden. It was unsightly and did not go away for a number of days, and because of its proximity to my eye, I couldn't risk permanent vision damage and whatnot. At first I went to Parton Health Center on Middlebury College campus to get it checked out, and the nurse was worried and wanted a nurse practitioner to check it out. I came back the next day and the nurse practitioner wanted me to see a doctor that same day. I went in to see the nurse practitioner at 9:45 AM and got an appointment for here for 2PM of the same day!
When I walked into Middlebury Eye Associates, I was greeted cheerfully by the receptionist and was checked in promptly. The waiting area is a cute room with a lovely rug, and it feels like I'm in somebody's home because of course, like many other local businesses in town, this optometry office is an old house in the town of Middlebury converted and repurposed into an optometry clinic! The upstairs portion is who knows what. Maybe more offices, maybe someone's living quarters, I don't know.
Well, here I am getting my eye checked out, and my suspicions were right! The doctor said it looks like a cold sore under the microscope. Dr. Monica Wolosinski was my optometrist for the day and she, as well as the other ladies working here, is very sweet and attentive, and cares about her patients. I had to pay $60 to get my eye checked out to see that it was mostly fine and now my left pupil is dilated and sensitive to light, as well as useless for seeing things up close, but it was a great experience, and I'd come back here if I had any more pressing eye issues. read more