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Hi, @bobr1040, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Glad to hear you have a diagnosis. The debriding and taping of your eye, and feeling like something is continually in your eye sound very unpleasant.
Here is an article with information from Mayo Clinic on map dot fingerprint dystrophy which may be useful: https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/health/article/Medical-Edge-Ask-The-Mayo-Clinic-1252428.php
Hoping that members like @rckj @corinneh @IndianaScott @suscros68 @ryman will have some thoughts for you on this condition and on whether the debriding is needed multiple times. They may also have some insights for you on dealing with the pain.
Have you found anything that helps at all with the pain so far, bob1040?
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Thank you for the article. I have not found anything for the pain and my Dr. does not want to prescribe hydrocodone. If I have to have another debridement I will demand the pain medication - for a one week period - or find another Dr. which will be too bad because he is a personal friend. However, I'm not going through the pain of a debridement again without medication. I understand that the pain medication may not stop the "sand in the eye" direct pain, it can deal with the peripheral pain. Has anybody had experience with various pain medications.
I am now 8 days out from the debridement and the "pain" is gone. It is now an irritation and I am using hypertonic eye drops daily and ointment at night. Vision is still blurry but getting better.