marzman Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 Please, when doing any kind of drilling or diy, always wear safety glasses! I was dremmel-ing something yesterday and some debris went in my eye. It hurt like hell but i couldnt see anything in it, so i got taken to hospital and it turns out i have a 'corneal ebrasion', which in english is a scratched eyeball. To make it feel better the doctor folded my eyelid inside out with a cotton bud, and then applied anesthetic directly to my eyeball with another bud. It actually wasnt that bad though! Now i've got some antibiotics to apply 4 times a day, but i cant drive for a week, and it hurts so ******* much! I've got an appointment with an eye specialist tomorrow so i'll see what they day. The annoying thing is, i was working on my DIY project all day yesterday, while wearing safety goggles for everything, but i just needed to dremmel off the top of the superglue to make the holde bigger - which would have taken just 2 seconds so i didnt put the glasses on - and thats when i get injured... go figure. Anyway, not happy today, and i've only got about 30% vision out of my left eye now. Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 Safety first, DIY second... Hoping you have a speedy recovery with your eye... Quote
stanski Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 ouch sorry to hear that. I am bad for not wearing goggles unless its welding or grinding. Hope you feel better soon Chris Quote
Trev-the-Rev Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 Make sure you keep applying the antibiotic cream. Eye injuries are more prone to infection than just about any other part of the body. Quote
BulletMagnet Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 Well, at least your not japanese......you could have hurt your japseye... Quote
marzman Posted June 14, 2009 Author Posted June 14, 2009 Well, at least your not japanese......you could have hurt your japseye... Ha ha ha, thats cheered me up! Quote
HEADPHONES Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 3 years ago while sparring, someone pulled off an illegal move on me....EYE GOUGE Split the white of my eye 1mm from my cornea........but strangely only stung a little and I didn't realise the severity til the ref's face went pale and stopped the fight saying "I THINK YOUR EYE's F'd!" Off to A&E and was told very lucky I could still see but needed microsurgery later to stitch it up. "ASLEEP" I said........."DON'T BE SILLY, YOU'RE A GROWN MAN, I'M SURE YOU CAN STAY STILL ENOUGH TO LET THEM DO IT AWAKE" said doc Luckily all is well now but at the eye clinic I saw a big burly man go into the consulting room with bandages on his eyes and come out sobbing with his head in his hands Now I even wear goggles using the strimmer in the garden. Call me a woos but better safe than sorry Quote
bronzee Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Interesting way to sharpen the dremmel Marz. Get well soon. No driving for a week will be like pulling eyelashes. Quote
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