One thing about pain that my doc told me, not as comforting as heat, in some ways, but she said pain and cold travel the same pathways in our bodies and cold trumps pain every time, it will just kick pain out of the way, so using ice packs can really help with bad pain. I went to a massage therapist who basically said the same thing. When she feels a lot of pain she gets out her ice packs, including one large enough to cover her back. I'll bet your eye sockets would feel better even if you didn't want to ice your whole bod.:-)

Thanks for posting esp. when in such pain.

kat