On Thursday 17th of June i started to feel itching in my right eye and by night it got even worst meaning more itching and pain. The first thing I did in the morning to pay a visit to YTHS, to put in a nutshell its a Finnish Student Health Service which is infact quite a good thing for us foreigner. You can have any basic medical treatment for free except that you have to buy the medicine by yourself.
The only bad thing about YTHS is that even though your condition is quite serious they wont refer you to the doctor at first, there is a process first you have to see the nurse and if nurse feels it is something that needs an opinion of doctor than you are blessed to see the doctor. I went there quite early so that i can see the doctor if i pass the preliminary test of the nurse which unfortunately i failed.
The nurse checked my eye very thoroughly and i explained her that i think(because the symptoms looks exactly the same) this is Iritis(an inflammation in the pupil of eye). I had the same problem before when i was in Pakistan…the nursed noded and paused for a while and the next thing that i have heard from her has made my day. She said
” This happens because you have use excessive alcohol the night before and it will go away with the time ” and thus i didn’t get the privilege to see the doctor.
and those of you know me i have never drink alcohol. I told her the same and she thought i was kidding and she start giggling and at that time i realizes that i need to see a real doctor before my eye get any worse.
On Saturday the pain and the redness in the eye was unbearable so i went to Koskiklinikka which is kind of chain of private medical clinic in Finland. The doctor was too nice, he checked me for about half an hour and at the end he gave me two eye drops and referred me to see the eye specialist in TAYS(the central hospital in Tampere). I spent the Sunday at home pouring those eye drops after every couple of hours, though the pain was reduced but my vision got extremely blurry.
To cut it short i went to TAYS on Monday to see the specialist, everything went fine and i got one new eye drop and an ointment to put in the eye at night. I am going to see the specialist again tomorrow. My eye looks ok, less pain but the vision is blurry and i can’t see much in the sun..otherwise i am doing just fine.
Juhani sent me an email during the week and inquired about my midsummer(Juhannus plan). With my alcohlic eye, blurry vision and zero resistivity for sun i thought its good for me if i stay at home during the weekend. Tuomas called me on Wednesday that he is coming to Tampere to fetch his stuff from his place and he need the keys for his apartment, since the keys are with me so he dropped at my place and took the keys. Even at that point i was of the opinion that i should stay in Tampere for the midsummer because of my eye but Tuomas somehow forced/convinced me to go to the summer cottage of Juhani. Finally i decided that i should give it a try, i will stay inside and won’t do any outdoor activity just to protect my eye.
Juhani’s summer cottage is close to Tampere, we went there. Juhani and Tuomas has made the infamous Seni Sambol the Sri-lankan cuisine. I got a chance to meet with Juhani’s sister and his father, i have met with his sister before but this is the first time i met his father. Both are very nice and kind person. Oh yeah Sathya and Nha was also at the cottage with us along with couple of other friends.
We ate together and than went on for Kayaking. The ride was fantastic though to sit in the kayak is bit challenging but once you are in its all fun. There were two kayaks Me and Sathya were in one and the other was shared by Nha and Juhani and oh yes Tuomas was our official photographer in the boat. Here are some pictures
Setting up the kayak
How to use Paddles? (me and Sathya)
What if the kayak will flip?
- We sailed in the lake for couple of hundred meters and than we landed ourself at the “Cigarette Island” and there happens the most funny and beautiful thing. Since we are in the middle of lake in an island so our voices were echoing with the surrounding nature. I filmed the scene but in the video you can’t hear the echo
. Check this out(oops, wordpress is not allowing me to embed it here. If you happen to be my or Tuomas friend check it out at our FB profile)
We returned back, made a bonfire. Juhani sung some songs and as the night get deeper i went for sleep. The next morning Tuomas dropped me off to Tampere and i spent the rest of the weekend watching football and pouring eye-drops in my eye.
Quite and adventurous Juhannus. Thanks Juhani for hosting me and Tuomas…thanks for the ride (though i lost your sunglasses).
Rest is all good….
Nice story…