Hi Rhoda, this is Bob again. I'm almost 4 weeks from the debridement and very much improved. My vision has improved from 20/400 to 20/40 last week and I will be fitted for a new prescription next week. Your information was most helpful. I came to the realization that I too had to grin and bear it with the pain. However, if there is a next time I will demand pain pills for the peripheral pain. It helps some. I did get a few hydrocodone from a friend and while they did not reduce some of the direct pain it did help minimize the pain overall - eyelid, etc. I do have access to some corneal specialists in Dallas through several references. However if your specialist knows someone in Dallas he would recommend I would be glad to consider it. I will eventually have to have a cataract done in my left eye which also has the map dot dystrophy disease. I'm thinking I might want a specialist to do that if possible to avoid disturbing the disease. I would be interested if you could guide me in the direction of any books related to self-hypnosis. I have used alpha-genics and Sylvan mind control in the past but gotten away from it. I used my meditation to try to direct some healing with the eyes and would like to explore other possibilities if you recommend some. Thanks, Bob