Bruder mask: putting a paper towel on my eyes before putting on mask

I have used a paper towel with my Bruder mask. Now I cover it with a thin washcloth. I love my Bruder mask and it helps as much as my drops. Warm wishes, Sharon Moore Patient Leader

since my initial response, I discovered that the lightweight interfacing fabric I use for sewing makes perfect liners for the Bruder mask. It is inexpensive and can be found at Walmart in the fabric dept. They wash and dry for reuse. Sharon, Patient Leader

hi, I wanted to follow up to see how your are doing with the keratitis. Dow are things working out with using a paper towel with your Bruder mask. Hope all is going well for you, Sharon Moore Patient Leader

Thanks for asking, Sharon. The paper towel has worked fine, with the extra benefit that, once used for covering my eyes to keep the mask clean, I can wet it, nuke it for a few seconds, and use it to scrub off the coagulated oils from the eyelid glands. My doc pronounced the keratitis cleared a few weeks ago, and then I developed a new corneal "scratch" (more on that in a bit), which appeared to clear for a week of good eye days. And then, over last weekend, I had four days of eye discomfort (including one day when the affected eye - always the right eye - wanted to stay shut all @##$^ing day)...which then cleared up, and it's been fine for the last five days. I see the doc next week to ask whether I can expect this as my new normal, or if it's a recovery sort of thing. About that "scratch": my doc said that, once you've had a corneal scratch, it can recur spontaneously for a while; I'm interpreting what he said as, "The corneal surface can tear," but those are my words, not his. It's possible that I'm going to have to learn all about recurrent erosion syndrome, in which the corneal surface sort of peels off all on its own; I'm hoping that I don't get to add that to my list of Things I'd Have Been Just as Happy Not to Know About.