Im getting good at this....

[arseofbox]

Ive just started 2006 by giving myself another eye injury.

...same as before, dust in my best eye. Ive scratched the cornea (it was aluminium dust).

I was wearing goggles (unlike the last time)....so would have expected a basic level of protection. I think I need some stuff that's dust/ chemical resistant....or I may use a diving mask next time as they seal well and the tempered glass is really impact resistant .

But I look perpetually half-stoned (1 eye only!!)

 

[chaos]

Ouch All you need now is arc-eye

 

[sammiboo]

ouch tom... i hope you havent started the new year as you mean to go on

 

[PNL]

Ouch All you need now is arc-eye

And happy new year to you I wouldnt wish arc eye on anyone very nasty unfortunatly though its a hazard of the job sorry to hear that your injured Tom

 

[chaos]

And happy new year to you I wouldnt wish arc eye on anyone very nasty unfortunatly though its a hazard of the job sorry to hear that your injured Tom

I know arc-eye's nasty I know what its like
Tom knows what I mean (I hope). If not, sorry, Tom.

 

[sumplug]

welders eye is horrid. ive had it several times. infact, i blame it for altering my vision. were you wearing wrap around goggles tom?

 

[philbo]

yup arc eye is nasty. wouldnt wish it on anyone.

 

[h2ypr]

Sounds painful dude. My mechanic done it one day when working on my car. He went to the hospital next day.... i wouldnt let him leave till he'd finished!!!

Ross

 

[hmallett]

were you wearing wrap around goggles tom?

Perhaps he was wearing the goggles in his avatar...
H

 

[dave]

if you have arc-eye does every thing look higher than it realy is?

 

[dave]

I was wearing goggles (unlike the last time)....so would have expected a basic level of protection.

beer goggles dont stop stuff going in your eyes

 

[arseofbox]

This is odd...it gets better!!

2 days later and the eye still hurts and my vision is rather crooked (fuzzy round the edges and cant comfortably focus on a screen)...so I got sent home from work (not much plea'ing required ) and headed to the Emergency Eye Centre at the Manc. Infirmary...

...it appears they didnt notice the shards of metal and rust in my eye (rust probably hadnt formed)...so that's been picked out . Ive been informed that its gonna hurt a fair bit and Im gonna have blurry vision for about 5 days, oh well, I can still walk to work I guess...

 

[KirstyTL]

ouch... hope it does start to feel better soon. At least one of your eyes is ok.

 

[paulbfd]

A guy at the gym last week had a small piece of hot metal get past his safety specs and land on his tear duct, cortorising (sp?) it. Hospital job to get it out, then they pierced his tear duct and he's now "crying" all the time from it unitl it sorts itself out. Nasty.

 

[arseofbox]

ouch... hope it does start to feel better soon. At least one of your eyes is ok.

Well the other one was much weaker from birth...so it isnt much help as I cant use a computer or do very much accureately with that alone!!