uuhhh yeah... 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???

Don't fool around with your eyes....straight to the doctor for you young man...

two letters:

E. R.

Or at leat your local doctor.
Zach

These are your eye were talking about! Get to the doctor NOW!

is it really that bad?? I can barely see it... The soonest I would be able to go to the doctor is tomorrow morning...no way in hell Im going to the doctor tonight

This actually happened to my dad. He worked at a pallett company and got a peice of metal in his eye. Except he didn't know it was there till he went to get new glasses. The eye doctor was flabergasted. He had to go to the hospital and see an eye specialist. Please don't mess around with this...my dad was just over my shoulder screaming "Tell him to go to the damn hospital...NOW"

Let us know what happens!

Barry,
Go to the E.R! GO,GO,GO GO!!!! Now! Tonight! Not tomorrow...now!

QUOTE (grasshopper @ Apr 6 2006, 06:49 PM)

is it really that bad?? I can barely see it... The soonest I would be able to go to the doctor is tomorrow morning...no way in hell Im going to the doctor tonight

Why are you still on your computer leave NOW.....go go go go....

There is always the chance of infection. Don't risk it go to the ER!

Dude!
way in hell yes GO TO A DOC-IN-THE-BOX!
GO NOW! Cripes man, it may get real screwed up by tomorrow!

PLEASE GO NOW!

Just leave it alone. It will fall out one day. I mean your eye, and besides you have another one.

If you don't go you can cause a great deal of damage. Friend of mine is an electricial, and got a splinted of metal in his eye cutting some flashing. Scratched the retna, and wore a patch for weeks. Go now, don't rink your eyes..

That happened to me. You need to get to a real eye surgeon - definitely not a "doc in the box".

They may or may not be able to deal with it a the ER. They need a tool called a "slit lamp" which I don't know if ER's typically have.

Hope this helps.

Something similar happened to me when I was a kid.

Go to the e.r. asap. They can fix it in a jiffy.

The longer you wait, the more you risk damaging your eye.

Let me put this another way.....You are struggling welding sheet metal at the moment...bowing holes etc....It is much much harder with only one working eye, and you will never get your car going....GET GOING.....

got a magnet ? it works a long as its not really lodged into the eye ball ,hold over your eye,with it open,be patient, hope fully it will pull it out . done it twice, also been to doctors twice.
get to the doctor is the best

I've made this mistake at least 3 times. Yeah you would think I would learn.

I would go to urgent care or your family doc tomorrow. Its probably just in your cornea and they will just extract it. They put some drops of dye in your eye and turn on a UV(black)light. Then the Doc can see whats actually going on. Next he will take a little needle or whatever instrument he likes and get it out. You might get a teatnous shot while you are there. Hey if you work on 914's you should have one anyway!

If you want to be safe, go to ER tonight.

you wanna risk an eye?
go to the darn ER

Go to the doctor ASAP... NO...RIGHT NOW is not soon enough. Any metal in your eye is like the metal in a 914. It will rust and hours of delay will become years of poorer vision. I know because I screwed around and went on vacation. Ever wasted your vacation. I did, and now I can't see clear even wearing coke bottle bottom thick glasses.
In the mean time, close your eye and put some type of patch over it. Any light will only make you rub it and scratch the eyeball even more than it is.

Cooltimes
Memphis

Hey Administrators, can't you shut down his computer? I can't believe he's even here, he should be at the ER. smiley with a patch

After they get it out, they use this small dremal type tool to grind out any rust spots that are left. At least that is what they did to me. No kidding.

chill out, I am going now... My dad is going to be pissed at me I hate it when he is mad

Lets see... Pissed Off Dad...One Eye...Pissed Off Dad...One Eye... Damn thats a tough one, GET YOURSELF TO THE ER.

Listen sweetie....I know your dad personally and I think he's gonna be more conserned with his son. He's a cool guy. He may be a little peeved when you tell him how it happened....


Okay, so just lie....

Seriously, just tell him...it'll be cool.....tell him I'll kick your butt when I see you again someday.....

Oh and next time you'll remember your damn safety glasses,won't you!

Geez.....you have to ask?

Leave it in there. You'll like living out your life with one eye.... ER lil' dude.

Happened to me also, about the same way. Twice. (Yah I Know)
First time, straight to the doctors. The second time I took a large magnet (it was mild steel) and put it up to my eye, Sucked it right out. But that's me, remember I did it twice.

BTDT, including "rust ring removal", which you'll need. GO NOW! Shut off the damn computer and catch a ride to wherever you have to go to get it fixed! You'll be in pain, and probably have an eye patch for a few days. If you do the ER, they'll have an eye guy on call. The Cap'n

Am I missing something here? You get a metal sliver in your eye and you choose to ask the people here what to do? Where are your parents??

don't blink! have somebody use a magnet pen that has been cleaned to remove the piece of metal, this has worked for me more than once.

I did the same thing once....

Optomotrist use tweezers and the little dremel....

The metal lacerates the hell outa the inside of your eye lid too....

Now I feel like singing..

Your the one eye one eye love.....

Your the one eye love.....

Ken

you guys are horrible! (one eye love )

I'm sure Barry just had that anti-hypochondriac-syndrome we all get sometimes. 'It feels bad, but am I blowing it out of proportion? Maybe I should ask someone first.' Good luck & keep us posted.

By the way, you'll never live this down. You know how people joke with me about spanking the guard rail? There'll probably be an eye patch smiley named after you now.

Jen

When in doubt, seek professional help.......... however, I've done it a bunch of times. So far, I've been able to extract via magnet, tweezer, or toothpick. I got plastic stuck once, now that was a pain to get out. Most people don't have the ability to stay perfectly still while working on their own eye. If it's really shallow and just kind of stuck on the surface, it's not really a big deal. What would the rest of you have done long ago when there was no hospital for 100 miles. Keep the pioneer spirit alive. Nothing wrong with a bit of light surgery if you know what you are doing. They call it the "practice" of medicine for a reason.

Note: I have said this AFTER he said he's going to the hospital

asdf

this happened to Gint at my house the other day. if it's just a sliver, and you can see it, try flushing it out with saline.

I don't know where I'm at in the thread but go see a doctor.......

BTDT... more than once. Not my opthamologist sends me Christmas cards.

Go!

QUOTE (RustyWa @ Apr 6 2006, 06:10 PM)

After they get it out, they use this small dremal type tool to grind out any rust spots that are left. At least that is what they did to me. No kidding.

Hey they did that to me too. Did they put your head in that vise thing and put a clamp on you eye ball so it wouldn't move That was way cool and the weirdest feeling being trapped and having my eye clamped

QUOTE (RustyWa @ Apr 6 2006, 06:10 PM)

After they get it out, they use this small dremal type tool to grind out any rust spots that are left. At least that is what they did to me. No kidding.

Had it done more than once.

thats what you get to look like when you go to the doctors

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 Yeah, I'll post a pic Thanks for telling me to go now....

who cares if your dad is mad... He is payin the bill chief


and one day, you'll be bigger than he is..... and he wont get mad at you anymore LOL

QUOTE (grasshopper @ Apr 6 2006, 09:11 PM)

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 Yeah, I'll post a pic Thanks for telling me to go now....

Glad to hear you are OK. Missing an eye can alter your perspective on things.

good deal!

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

Glad to hear you're ok, how does it feel to be a pirate?

Glad to hear you are doing OK!

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.

Take care!
Nate

He got an eyepatch? Damn... now I want some metal in my eye...

[BIG SIGH] Thanks for checking in, Barry. Rest that eye!

Jen