Your eyes

**wick** · 11-21-2006, 02:17 PM

I am sure this has been preached many times. I for one always wear my saftey gear. While porting some heads for my 'stang, I managed to get a metal fragment in my right eye. I was wearing glasses. It has become known that glasses are just not enough protection. I just spent 45 minutes in the ER getting it removed. The doctor tried to use a q-tip but that was not working. He then said "This might wierd you out a bit". He comes at me with a needle!!! I am petrified of needles. Under the scope, he digs at my eye trying to loosen the metal object. With sucess he gets it out. Now with the orange dye all over my face and a red eye, I am at home, but not before going to Home Depot and getting a full face shield. As per wifes order. The moral is, wear proper safety gear. No matter what you are doing. Over kill is fine. You only get 1 set of eyes. Oh, and my eye is all scratched up. He says this should go away in a few days.

**Rio94gt** · 11-21-2006, 02:20 PM

that sucks

**Domination** · 11-21-2006, 02:43 PM

that floresent die is frreakin weird when they light it up.

**Viper_ed** · 11-21-2006, 03:01 PM

Goggles Dude! Hope you have a speedy recovery.

**shawnsvtcobra** · 11-21-2006, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Viper_ed

Goggles Dude! Hope you have a speedy recovery.

+1 i had metal drilled out of my eye it sucks.

**Mater** · 11-21-2006, 05:13 PM

Hope you have a speedy recovery

**wick** · 11-21-2006, 06:11 PM

Thanks guys. I figured galsses were enough. Damn was I wrong. Goggles or a full shield for now on. this one eye stuff is for the birds. Feeling better already but still irritated.

**chevydad** · 11-21-2006, 06:29 PM

had metal removed 3 different times. once was rusty metal and left a rust ring on my eye for awhile. had it drilled out once with some sort of little drill.

**stanggrrl** · 11-21-2006, 08:02 PM

I feel for ya dude...heal quickly and get a lot of use out of the new full face shield.

I wore hard contacts for decades. I know how painful it can be to have a small spec of dirt in your eye. <shudder>

OTOH, if you wear corrective lenses and had you managed to scratch the cornea, you might have gotten a "free" LASIK-type procedure. (ok, that's pushing the silver-lining cliche'....)

**wick** · 11-21-2006, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by stanggrrl

I feel for ya dude...heal quickly and get a lot of use out of the new full face shield.

I wore hard contacts for decades. I know how painful it can be to have a small spec of dirt in your eye. <shudder>

OTOH, if you wear corrective lenses and had you managed to scratch the cornea, you might have gotten a "free" LASIK-type procedure. (ok, that's pushing the silver-lining cliche'....)

HAHA Wrong type of glasses. I ment to say safety glasses. But that is a good thing to keep in mind for the future. HAHA The ammount of water comming out now is making it almost impossible to type. See ya guys tomorrow.

**gmkillr** · 11-21-2006, 08:14 PM

Sorry to hear that man. Good luck on a full recovery!

**thelast50ho** · 11-21-2006, 09:59 PM

I know how you feel i got rust from a chevy in my eye before and had to go to the ER to get it removed. Good move on the sheild

**speedracer** · 11-21-2006, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by thelast50ho

I know how you feel i got rust from a chevy in my eye before and had to go to the ER to get it removed. Good move on the sheild

Yuck! Ive been to the ER 4 times to get metal out of my eyes ( I'm a welder) and one piece of a chipping hammer (the size of a split pea) out of my face. Wear a shield.