Three years ago, as Christmas approached, mum of four Kirsty Drury was trying to focus on her family’s coming festivities. But she was distracted by symptoms of what seemed like recurring conjunctivitis.
‘I work as a senior manager, putting in long hours. At first, I attributed my itchy, bloodshot right eye to too many night shifts,’ says Kirsty, 46, who lives with her husband, Pete, 58, in Hertfordshire. ‘But after weeks of irritation coming and going, a friend commented that my eye was looking swollen and slightly odd, encouraging me to go to my GP.
‘I finally
