odd thing about this dry eye business - at least for me (and i don't have it very badly) is that when life gets uncomfortably Interesting, i forget about my eyes, and they seem to get better. and by interesting, i mean one damn crisis after another although, that said, if i don't put the drops in at night, i wake up with a very sore eye, cursing myself. oh well. off now to deal with... everything else!