 got a piece of metal stuck in my eye, what should I do?? |
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| grasshopper |
  Apr 6 2006, 07:44 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,613 Joined: 10-December 04 From: Valdosta, GA Member No.: 3,258 Region Association: None  |
uuhhh yeah... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif) I was using the sawzall today cutting up a car.... and I took off my saftey glasses to see where I needed to cut next...well, I forgot to put them back on and went at it... I ended up getting hit in the eye with something...I just thought it was dirt or something..... I didn't really pay any attention to it... well, about four hours later, my eye started hurting...just a small throbbing pain... I go and look at it in the mirror, and see something on my eye, I tryed to wipe it off, but it wouldn't move...it is reflective too... so i assume a piece of metal is stuck in my eye...it is VERY small though... and is at the very outer edge of my iris...It is about the size of the tip of a needle.... uhhh... I put some eyedrops in but the pain comes back after about five minutes.... what should I do??? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)
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| grasshopper |
Apr 6 2006, 10:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,613 Joined: 10-December 04 From: Valdosta, GA Member No.: 3,258 Region Association: None |
well, Im back.... it wasn't lodged to much, so they "irragated" it with some stuff for like 30 minutes.... it got it out, but I am supposed to go to an eye doctor tomorrow... I have an eyepatch now (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) Yeah, I'll post a pic (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Thanks for telling me to go now.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)
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| Aaron Cox |
Apr 6 2006, 10:12 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,542 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
who cares if your dad is mad... He is payin the bill chief (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tongue.gif)
and one day, you'll be bigger than he is..... and he wont get mad at you anymore LOL |
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| Flat VW |
Apr 6 2006, 10:15 PM
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Illegal Soapbox Derby Racecar Group: Members Posts: 1,692 Joined: 13-November 04 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 3,105 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) |
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| mcbain77 |
Apr 6 2006, 10:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 27-January 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 5,485 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/hijacked.gif)
Glad to hear you are OK. Missing an eye can alter your perspective on things. Attached image(s) 
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| SGB |
Apr 6 2006, 10:18 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
good deal!
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| cooltimes |
Apr 6 2006, 10:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,508 Joined: 18-May 04 Member No.: 2,081 Region Association: None |
Grasshopper, glad you went and now say you are ok or the 914club may have decreed you be known forever more as Magoo, short for Mr. Magoo.
Wear sunglasses all the time and give your monitor a long needed rest. Cooltimes Memphis |
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| Lou W |
Apr 6 2006, 11:48 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/hijacked.gif) Glad to hear you're ok, how does it feel to be a pirate? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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| Zaney |
Apr 6 2006, 11:48 PM
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Deuchland en der Haus Group: Members Posts: 461 Joined: 1-March 04 From: Engine 11 Redmond, WA Member No.: 1,738 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Glad to hear you are doing OK! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/clap56.gif)
I will save you from the corny Pirate Jokes and eye patches. Well, maybe not all of them... Just glad that you went to the ER tonight because,the only head that should be "one-eyed" is in your shorts. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Take care! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) Nate |
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| MattR |
Apr 6 2006, 11:59 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,279 Joined: 23-January 04 From: SF Bay Area Member No.: 1,589 Region Association: Northern California |
He got an eyepatch? Damn... now I want some metal in my eye...
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| Jenny |
Apr 7 2006, 12:28 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,060 Joined: 6-January 03 Member No.: 96 Region Association: None |
[BIG SIGH] Thanks for checking in, Barry. Rest that eye!
Jen |
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| Aaron Cox |
Apr 7 2006, 12:30 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,542 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
good thing!
otherwise we'd call you the "one eyed monster" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) |
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| bondo |
Apr 7 2006, 12:37 AM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Now that you have an eye patch, go rent "Captain Ron"!
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| Aaron Cox |
Apr 7 2006, 12:40 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,542 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
see if your dad will let you drink like a pirate (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)
"There is a little captain in ya!!" (IMG:http://www.thecaptainsblog.com/images/lda/captain_art.gif) |
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| redshift |
Apr 7 2006, 01:12 AM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) Aaron!
Uhh... BARRY! YOU FREAK! Be careful, and always wear eye protection! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif) Glad you didn't put your eye out. M |
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| ChrisFoley |
Apr 7 2006, 05:21 AM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,990 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None 
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I think all you people overreacted just a little bit. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif)
A (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) doesn't accelerate chips fast enough to really embed them into the eye. Yes it is important to get it removed promptly before the eye starts to grow around it and before an infection can get started. I would say a trip to a walk-in or ER is not necessary, but seeing the ophthalmologist within 24 hrs is a real good idea. He will be able to easily remove it and dress the surface of your eye so no permanent damage occurs. I think it's pretty cool when the doctor uses a tiny carbide burr to clean the edges of the wound. I could actually hear the pitch of the tiny motor change when contact was made. Barry, don't be afraid to tell your parents when you injure yourself working on the car. They may react differently than you think. As long as you are walking up to them to explain what happened it isn't that serious. Just don't ever do anything dumb enough that you are found by them laying on the floor of the garage, unconscious. |
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| grasshopper |
Apr 7 2006, 11:09 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,613 Joined: 10-December 04 From: Valdosta, GA Member No.: 3,258 Region Association: None |
Arrrggg (pirate smilie)
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| Allan |
Apr 7 2006, 11:12 AM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
You should cover the other eye as well.
Just in case. |
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| grasshopper |
Apr 7 2006, 11:13 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,613 Joined: 10-December 04 From: Valdosta, GA Member No.: 3,258 Region Association: None |
that was when I got back from the ER last night.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) I went to the eye doctor today....the idiots at the ER didn't get it out (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) The doc a the eye place use a little needle like thing to get it out...then he said that it had been in there long enough to rust...so he got out his dremel and started sanding my eye (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) It sounded soooooo nasty..Did I mention I HATE RUST...MORE (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) Well, Its out now.....and It feels pretty good...there is a little indention on my eye where it was... but I have learned my lesson (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif)
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| drewvw |
Apr 7 2006, 11:32 AM
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new england car guy Group: Members Posts: 1,631 Joined: 24-February 06 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 5,630 Region Association: North East States |
Glad to hear this had a good ending. Lesson learned.... Its like Tony Stewart said a couple weeks ago: "Somebody told me when I was young that you want to regret what you did, not what you didn't do". wear those glasses! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) |
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| jasons |
Apr 7 2006, 11:37 AM
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Jackstand Extraordinaire Group: Members Posts: 2,011 Joined: 19-August 04 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 2,573 Region Association: None |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) Having been through this a couple of times thats what I thought too. If I would go to my local ER for something like that, they probably wouldn't even get to me until the next day anyhow. Also, my insurance slaughters me on ER visits. Of course, I've done this a couple of times and I don't seem to learn so I'm not sure how sound my advice/opinion is? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) Either way better safe than sorry. |
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