Hey John, believe me, it's all 'smoke & mirrors' - I have my moments. I geuss since I've been doing the lubricant thing for over a year now, I'm use to it. Believe me, I'm about fed up too - did you see my 'sound off' a few posts back? ( Oh, BTW, was that a 'love ya' or a 'love you' - from 'Something's Gotta Give' Diane Keaton & Jack Nicholson lol). Always good thoughts John, Nancy
ps: I heard from Daylilly that a Dr. Wojno at Emory in Atlanta does a different kind of lower lid surgery where he uses cartilage from the back of the ear & puts it in the lower lid - it prevents the lower lid from drooping down again due to gravity (I had the lateral tarsal strip done twice so far) & you may not need to use drops/lubricant if your eye produces tears on it's own (my eye produces tears, but because I can't blink they don't bathe the cornea). Anyway, I'm in the process of making an appt. with a reconstruction doc at Johns Hopkins - I may check out Dr. Wojno too (one thing at a time !)