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Posted: 10/9/2007 11:37:15 AM EDT

Doesn't hurt or anything, but I just noticed it.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:39:12 AM EDT

[#1]

Are you a welder or something?

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:40:15 AM EDT

[#2]

Same thing, Uncle, 2 days, dead, dibs on guns.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:41:06 AM EDT

[#3]

Nope.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:41:44 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Same thing, Uncle, 2 days, dead, dibs on guns.

Damn... I knew I should have made a will up before submitting myself to internet dibs

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:42:05 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Same thing, Uncle, 2 days, dead, dibs on guns.

Damn you....

dibs on cars and ammo and property

Go to the doc bro.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:42:40 AM EDT

[#6]

You're growing a third pupil. You'll be able to see around the corner by the end of the week. Congratulations!

It looks like you've got a speck of dust in there. Go to an ophthalmologist.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:43:52 AM EDT

[#7]

have you been doing any grinding of metal?

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:44:25 AM EDT

[#8]

I think there's a finger pulling the bottom eyelid down. That'll always cause discomfort.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:44:59 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
have you been doing any grinding of metal?

Yes come to think of it, dremel

edit: but I had glasses

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:45:58 AM EDT

[#10]

got to an optimologist now---metel impregnated into your eye is not good---go now!!!

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:47:06 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
have you been doing any grinding of metal?

Yes come to think of it, dremel

edit: but I had glasses

did they have side protection? looks like dremel grit or metal in your eye... go get checked out...

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:47:24 AM EDT

[#12]

you might have a small spec of metal embedded in your eye. the metal will rust within a day and itch like mad. You need to go to a real eye doctor and get it removed. It's pretty painless. they put drops in your eye to numb it, then drill out the spec of metal.

I've done this 2x, exactly a year to the day apart.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:47:27 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
got to an optimologist now---metel impregnated into your eye is not good---go now!!!

+10

Don't screw around with your eyesight. This can get worse.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:47:53 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:
have you been doing any grinding of metal?

Yes come to think of it, dremel

edit: but I had glasses

did they have side protection? looks like dremel grit or metal in your eye... go get checked out...

Hope they take cash, because I don't have a lick of insurance. (Just switched jobs)

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:50:39 AM EDT

[#15]

call around to a few doctors, ask the cost for minor foreign body removal.

Posted: 10/9/2007 11:53:59 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
call around to a few doctors, ask the cost for minor foreign body removal.

Thanks for the advice, I've got an appointment for tomorrow. Oddly enough, the spec is gone now. But I'm going to have it checked anyway.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:05:22 PM EDT

[#17]

if its gone, you may not need to go. You'll know in the morning. If its still itching and watering, something is stuck and needs to be removed.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:07:32 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

Quoted:
call around to a few doctors, ask the cost for minor foreign body removal.

Thanks for the advice, I've got an appointment for tomorrow. Oddly enough, the spec is gone now. But I'm going to have it checked anyway.

I had the exact same think happen. Metal frag in the eye but mine hurt like hell. I was wearing glasses but no side protection.

Went to the eye doc (no insurance) and I think i paid about $80 out the door. They put a few drops of numbing agent in, put me in one of those contraptions where they look at your eyes under magnification, told me to hold still, and plucked it out. Painless afterwords and freaking relieving as hell to get the burning sensation out.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:08:22 PM EDT

[#19]

Buy a really powerful electromagnet, stick it right up to your eye and turn it on.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:08:59 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
if its gone, you may not need to go. You'll know in the morning. If its still itching and watering, something is stuck and needs to be removed.

You're clearly experienced in the matter of having metal in the eye haha the optomitrist told me the exact same thing. He said it was likely embedded it the outter layer and didn't fully penetrate. Basically call him in the morning and tell him how it looks. I was pretty worried for a bit, hopefully I lucked out.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:09:50 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
call around to a few doctors, ask the cost for minor foreign body removal.

Thanks for the advice, I've got an appointment for tomorrow. Oddly enough, the spec is gone now. But I'm going to have it checked anyway.

I had the exact same think happen. Metal frag in the eye but mine hurt like hell. I was wearing glasses but no side protection.

Went to the eye doc (no insurance) and I think i paid about $80 out the door. They put a few drops of numbing agent in, put me in one of those contraptions where they look at your eyes under magnification, told me to hold still, and plucked it out. Painless afterwords and freaking relieving as hell to get the burning sensation out.

Oh, I was assuming it would be some absurd price. That's not too shabby.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:11:03 PM EDT

[#22]

If it's a piece of metal shaving, left untreated it will rust and cause infection. Get it looked at ASAP by a doc.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:11:23 PM EDT

[#23]

looks like a foreign body

Go to an opthamologist.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:12:03 PM EDT

[#24]

Still looks better than Dusty's

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:18:38 PM EDT

[#25]

I've seen x-rays that show why you shouldn't try to get metal out of your eye
by yourself, sometimes they have small hooks on them and pulling them out
will tear your eye. Then it gets real ugly and painful.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:19:29 PM EDT

[#26]

Sissy, just gouge the bad eye out with a spoon. Your other eye is still good, right? Then you can get an eye patch and talk like a pirate.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:23:16 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Quoted:
call around to a few doctors, ask the cost for minor foreign body removal.

Thanks for the advice, I've got an appointment for tomorrow. Oddly enough, the spec is gone now. But I'm going to have it checked anyway.

I had the exact same think happen. Metal frag in the eye but mine hurt like hell. I was wearing glasses but no side protection.

Went to the eye doc (no insurance) and I think i paid about $80 out the door. They put a few drops of numbing agent in, put me in one of those contraptions where they look at your eyes under magnification, told me to hold still, and plucked it out. Painless afterwords and freaking relieving as hell to get the burning sensation out.

Oh, I was assuming it would be some absurd price. That's not too shabby.

Exactly what I was thinking when I walked in. I had the CC ready if need be. I was really relieved when they gave me the grand total.

ETA---> I believe they gave me some topical antibiotic I had to squirt in my eye for a week or so.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:25:03 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Sissy, just gouge the bad eye out with a spoon. Your other eye is still good, right? Then you can get an eye patch and talk like a pirate.

'cause the good lord has blessed you with two.

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:27:10 PM EDT

[#29]

<-----spelling nazi

OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Posted: 10/9/2007 12:31:48 PM EDT

[#30]

I had some slag from a torch fall down from the upper deck of a building and go into the side if my eye. I gave up at 11:00 pm that night and went in to the emergency room.He picked it out with a hypo needle, then told me to ge see a eye doc the next day. It had a rust ring around where it was, they put my head in a rest and drilled a core around it.Did not feel a thing, but it was torture until i got it out at the E.R.

Posted: 10/9/2007 1:00:51 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
got to an optimologist now---metel impregnated into your eye is not good---go now!!!

been there done that

picked it out - did not hurt

GO TO THE FOCKING DOCTOR RIGHT NOW

Posted: 10/9/2007 1:06:50 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Buy a really powerful electromagnet, stick it right up to your eye and turn it on.

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