NationStates Jolt Archive

I got home from work today and got shanghai'd into drilling a few holes with a power drill.

I gave it (The trigger(Very cool word)(Trigger that is not the(Not that there is anything wrong with the(Unless you have something against the word the)) a squeeze just make sure it was on and for my trouble i got a burst of wood and dust in the eye.

After a couple of blinks and a bit of gentle rubbing i got most of it out but one piece managed to get into/behind the upper eyelid and i couldn't get it out so i tried to wash it out but i failed so i got a plastic syringe and tried to flush it out that way, with no success sfter 30 minutes i tried using a small cup of water and that failed so then i got a Flannel/Face cloth and just tried to rest it.

Amazingly doing nothing worked.

I also found out the eye likes warm water more than Cold water.

-So Remember kids always wear your safety goggles or crash Helmet
-Never be helpful because you will only gt hurt.
-Doing nothing solves everything.

Words to live by!

Indeed.:cool:

use a rusty spoon!

use a rusty spoon!
But what will i stir my porridge with?

But what will i stir my porridge with?
eyessssss...... *slurps*

eyessssss...... *slurps*
Stir my porridge with my eyes?

Stir my porridge with my eyes?
yes.
the blood adds iron :)


edit: if i should be taking this seriously, and you still have something in your eye, go see a doctor...

yes.
the blood adds iron :)


edit: if i should be taking this seriously, and you still have something in your eye, go see a doctor...
It seems like it is gone...
Whats the worst that could happen?-Wake up with a yellow crust over it...

It seems like it is gone...
Whats the worst that could happen?-Wake up with a yellow crust over it...
well it could damage your eye somehow if its not gone. i guess it depends what you have up there - if its some dust then it'll come out in time and be fine. if its a splinter or a proper bit of wood then thats probably not good

well it could damage your eye somehow if its not gone. i guess it depends what you have up there - if its some dust then it'll come out in time and be fine. if its a splinter or a proper bit of wood then thats probably not good
It was in between eye and eyelid not actually in the eye like Sdaerji's...

It'll be sweet as soon as it isn't so inflammed.

use a rusty spoon!
i like to touch rusty spoons... :p

Hmm. Getting a scratched eye kinda sucks so if theres something still in your eye or it feels shit, seeing a doctor is a good idea.

It seems like it is gone...
Whats the worst that could happen?-Wake up with a yellow crust over it...
could scratch your cornea. Not fun.

My optometrist friend suggests always washing with water and not rubbing at all....

I notice a lot of people here from NZ which is also where I'm from in the real world - I hope the road to nowhere is a witty ironic comment rather than a real reflection of life in nz - or are you from wanganui?

i got guitar wire in my brothers eye the other day.

i was attacking him with it and it whipped across his face and both eyes

^Ouch!

I usually just try to point my screw guns down when i test them. I've heard of that happening before, so I just built a habit of it. I find its also best to make sure you're not at eye level with the drill, if it can be avoided. Although I did build a 6' platform the other day, so I couldn't help it...

Yes. For the most part, doing nothing is he right thing. Your eye can take care of the vast majority of forein particles by itsef in time. However, ifthe foreign particle is not gone within a day, see a doctor.

The fun part is all the particles migrate to your nose and you blow out dirty boogers. :)

I notice a lot of people here from NZ which is also where I'm from in the real world
I can assure you that "NZ" and "real world" don't belong in the same sentence under any circumstances.

i like to touch rusty spoons... :p
We have a jagged spoon, it got beat up in the garbage dispoal alot ;).

Well, as long as it doesn't make you go blind (like my friend) or cause you to wear glasses (like me), you should be fine. But yeah, I get eyelashes stuck between my eyelids, they come out evenutally.

I got soap in my eyes a few days ago, that also hurts.

But anyways... like Norm Abram says:
"Before we use any power tools, let's take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand, and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your power tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this — there is no more important safety rule than to wear these — safety glasses."

Norm Abram rocks.

And Kroblexskij, GUITAR WIRES ARE FOR GUITARS... NOT WHIPPING. But yeah, if that got in your eye... then yeah.. that's gonna really fucking suck.

i got guitar wire in my brothers eye the other day.

i was attacking him with it and it whipped across his face and both eyes
that is just idiotic.

that is just idiotic.


How's your eye now? Maybe you should go get it checked out. We had a guy on the jobsite get a metal shaving in his eye and he ended up losing his ability to look to the right! :eek:

could scratch your cornea. Not fun.
I felt the 'sensation' earlier this morning but it stopped.
I have been informed it is still a little red.

How's your eye now? Maybe you should go get it checked out. We had a guy on the jobsite get a metal shaving in his eye and he ended up losing his ability to look to the right! :eek:
It seems to be feeling ok.
I'll just go and have a look...

It looks fineish.

Dude... You shoulda stopped by. I am very good at finding the mote in people's eyes. And...you coulda helped me look for my log - I seem to have misplaced it.

use a rusty spoon!

Nah, spoons are to dig peoples hearts out with! :p

I personally believe the answer to everything is Sex with Galliam. It just makes so much sense.


But you don't get any. :sniper:

My friends coworker got a sliver of metal stuck in his eye once. He had to see two different doctors before he was fixed up properly.

So be glad you got wooden stuff stuck in your eye instead of metal. :p

BTW, Harlesburg, you have a TG

you should see a doctor. It's just going to keep hurting. and get really worse.

Try pouring whisky in your eye - it dissolves the nano-wood, kills the pain, and stops infection -- which is going to happen next. A bunch of puss (not that puss - the goopy, green kind) will soon start forming at the edge of that eye.

You'll notice it first when waking in the morning (you should already be seeing this now). You'll have gook in your eyelid.

Eventually, this puss covers your whole eye. Opening the eye lid becomes more diffult with each passing day. Soon, you are using a hanky to wipe your eye scum off every few minutes. But by then, at least it doesn't hurt any more cuz your eye is rotting out.

It makes picking up a chick at the local pub real hard.

I know.

I personally believe the answer to everything is Sex with Galliam. It just makes so much sense.


But you don't get any. :sniper:
My Realm.
:gundge:

I personally believe the answer to everything is Sex with Galliam. It just makes so much sense.


But you don't get any. :sniper:

oh god, he is back :eek:

....bit of gentle rubbing....

You should never rub your eye when you think you have something in it =P

You should never rub your eye when you think you have something in it =P

This is such a perfect candidate for double eyelid eversion with one of those French named instruments. :D

This is such a perfect candidate for double eyelid eversion with one of those French named instruments. :D

Haha. Fass!

I was looking for you earlier on IRC, I was about to flip out over this final paper I had to write. But all is well once again.....

Haha. Fass!

I was looking for you earlier on IRC, I was about to flip out over this final paper I had to write. But all is well once again.....

Yeah, I'm not on IRC so much any more because of certain OP decisions, like the ban of other languages than English and such. :\

Oh, yeah - the instrument is called a "Desmarres eyelid retractor." (http://chosmicsurgical.com/images/instpics/065011.jpg) Allows examination of the superior fornix in addition to the palpebral conjunctiva.

Yeah, I'm not on IRC so much any more because of certain OP decisions, like the ban of other languages than English and such. :\

Oh, yeah - the instrument is called a "Desmarres eyelid retractor." (http://chosmicsurgical.com/images/instpics/065011.jpg) Allows examination of the superior fornix in addition to the palpebral conjunctiva.

Hmmmm, I was speaking quite a bit of Polish in there today. And the others were going on in German/French/Spanish....

EDIT: How sexy is that "palpebral conjunctiva"?!?!

Hmmmm, I was speaking quite a bit of Polish in there today. And the others were going on in German/French/Spanish....

I was kickbanned once for speaking Swedish with whatshisname, so...

EDIT: How sexy is that "palpebral conjunctiva"?!?!

Not as sexy as the funnel of Martegiani indicating the beginning of the hyaloid canal. ;) *loves ophtalmological wordwankery*

So other languages have been banned?

I was kickbanned once for speaking Swedish with whatshisname, so...

Not as sexy as the funnel of Martegiani indicating the beginning of the hyaloid canal. ;) *loves ophtalmological wordwankery*

Its just Swedish they dislike ;).

Nothing is as sexy as neurology terms. Yummm. Superior medullary velum (Valve of Vieussens)

So other languages have been banned?

We're talking IRC.

Nothing is as sexy as neurology terms. Yummm. Superior medullary velum (Valve of Vieussens)

Neurology is t3h suxxors. Especially seeing as I was under the impression that Vieussens was cardiological and had something to do with the foramen ovale or some cardiac vein, not the canal between the third and fourth ventricle (damn you, you made me take my atlas out).

We're talking IRC.

Neurology is t3h suxxors. Especially seeing as I was under the impression that Vieussens was cardiological and had something to do with the foramen ovale, not the canal between the third and fourth ventricle (damn you, you made me take my atlas out).

You're not still banned are you?

Neurology is the sexiest of all! And paired with endocrinology....wow...just wow ;)

*loves ophtalmological wordwankery*
Great. The disgust spreads. Still questioning my stalking frequency? ;)

You're not still banned are you?

No, but after the ban was lifted, I saw no reason to return.

Neurology is the sexiest of all! And paired with endocrinology....wow...just wow ;)

Endocrinologist. Such a fancy way to say diabetician. :p

We're talking IRC.
Medical term or "Internet Relay Chat"?

Great. The disgust spreads. Still questioning my stalking frequency? ;)

Like nutella on a gauffre. I brought it on myself.

No, but after the ban was lifted, I saw no reason to return.
Endocrinologist. Such a fancy way to say diabetician. :p

Neuroendocrinologist, thank you very much. What specialization have you decided on yet? Nothing :p

Come take the USMLE for me, I need some sleep.

Medical term or "Internet Relay Chat"?

The latter. Although, I would not be surprised if there was a medical term abbreviated that way. The whole profession is huge on three letter abbreviations. CBC, CRP, CPR, LDL, SCD, PVC, VES, LPK, ACA, CJD, BSE, TTP, TIA, ASA, BPH, CRD, TSH...

Neuroendocrinologist, thank you very much. What specialization have you decided on yet? Nothing :p

I don't have to decide for quite some time, so I'm just cruising around doing all sorts of stuff. :)

Come take the USMLE for me, I need some sleep.

No USMLEs for me, ever! :P

The latter. Although, I would not be surprised if there was a medical term abbreviated that way. The whole profession is huge on three letter abbreviations. CBC, CRP, CPR, LDL, SCD, PVC, VES, LPK, ACA, CJD, BSE, TTP, TIA, ASA, BPH, CRD, TSH...
CPR. Knew that one. I doubt I could do it perfectly nowadays. However,I assume we're talking about Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation and not the Canadian Pacific Railway, Calibrated Peer Review, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Computerised Patient Record, or is it Cerebral Cortex Perfusion Rate among other things?

PVC. Knew that one as well. While I occasionally use it while working with plumbing, I often end up hacking them up and throwing together a potatoe gun, spud gun, and so forth. Quite fun that. However, I'm thinking about Polyvinyl chloride. What are you talking about? Primary Visual Cortex, Prolonged Vaginal Cornification, Peripheral Venous Catheterization, Packed Cell Volume, or should I just give up and succomb to the phantom pains of my Vaginal Cornification With Polyfollicular Ovaries?

Acronyms. Gotta love 'em.

You should never rub your eye when you think you have something in it =P
Are you sure?

haha thats great..the golden rules to live by.:p

Rubbing your eye when there's something in it is one of those things which tend to do, but doesn't help at all. Just makes it worse.

I got a pixel of styrofoam in my head, now. It kinda got into my eye and moved behind it, and I couldn't do much about it. Been like that for about five years now. >_>

LOLZ! use Plasma GUns!! :gundge: :fluffle:

Rusty spoons are orgasmic!! :fluffle:

Are you sure?

I am.

Hmmmm, I was speaking quite a bit of Polish in there today. And the others were going on in German/French/Spanish....

EDIT: How sexy is that "palpebral conjunctiva"?!?!

I apologise on behalf of my fellow countrymen/women who are an arrogant bunch of twats, who expect the whole world to speak the same language as them, no matter where in the world they happen to be at the time.

I apologise on behalf of my fellow countrymen/women who are an arrogant bunch of twats, who expect the whole world to speak the same language as them, no matter where in the world they happen to be at the time.
Interesting first post, now all you need to include is where you're from, lest this be rather irony-laden. In case this shows that I indeed have no clue about that mysterium IRC, like that it could be generaly XY-based, I apologize.

i like to touch rusty spoons... :p

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That thing messed with my mind man,
ugghghhghgh

It's so painful to watch :headbang:

You do know that cave men invented the drill so when they got somthing in there I they could drill it out. Well as you may have guessed, that didn't work so they used there lasers to destroy all there tecknolowgy and went back to hammering the old fashoin way::headbang:

Towards the beginning this story looked as though it ended up with a drill in someone's eye. Then it turned out it was just sawdust which was tricky to remove.

Pretty lame.

Well some of these replies make little to no sense at all.

Remember never piss into the wind.
Never put coins in your mouth or up your nose
It is never a good idea to clean your ears out with a Air Gun

I had something in my eye for three years - she was beuatiful - the amber sheen of her hair and her blue eyes - and her voice could melt butter - melted my heart - time stood still when i saw her - she was a friend - and i use that in the past tense - another so called friend who was an older female, married and her superior at work meddled and we no longer talk or see one another - her superior and whom i knew for about four and a half years - no it was not a love interest in me that she meddled - some people just like to control and think they have alll the answers to life - (god like) - time to go now - i sail away off into the horizon on a quest for peace of mind -

-Doing nothing solves everything.
amen to that :p

It seems like it is gone...
Whats the worst that could happen?-Wake up with a yellow crust over it...

Well the contaminant doesn't have to be sharp to scratch your cornea , making sight more difficult.
It could cause an infection.
Another possible problem your body could try to fight off the foreign body and so you well get a fever (high temp, chills etc).
that was just off the top of my head so I'd say have it looked at.
cheers
Steven

use a rusty spoon!
"But why a spoon instead of a knife?"

Just waiting for movie quotes...

So did harlesburg ever end up getting the thing out of his eye?:confused:

So did harlesburg ever end up getting the thing out of his eye?:confused:
Yeah turned out it was a 'Mini m'm'.
It was a blue one.:D

Yeah turned out it was a 'Mini m'm'.
It was a blue one.:D

:headbang:

:headbang:
A Cold Wet Flannel applied to the eye sorted it out.:)

My left eye is all irritated and swollen. Should I rub it? Tear it our of its socket and disect it with a dull, rusty butter knife and see what the problem is?

My left eye is all irritated and swollen. Should I rub it? Tear it our of its socket and disect it with a dull, rusty butter knife and see what the problem is?
1)Go to bed.
2)Rub Lemon in it
C)Rub Onion in it.
D)Call a Circus and see if they are hiring Cyclops'sssss
E)Is the plural of Cyclops Cyclops'sssss, Cyclops's, Cyclops', Cyclopi or something else?
F)Will the Circus have an Elephant?
$)How swollen is it?

$)How swollen is it?
I notice it, but no-one else. :p
The swellings done down from yesterday. Some allergic reaction. It was burning until I went swimming in the local hall and made a point to open my eyes and irrigate it with the chlorinated wee water while swimming under the waters surface about a kilometer. It felt so much better after that.

I don't think there's any job positions open for one-eyed persons at the moment. But, I'll keep looking and hope that my glasses cost less next time I buy them, as I'll need only one lens.

I notice it, but no-one else. :p
The swellings done down from yesterday. Some allergic reaction. It was burning until I went swimming in the local hall and made a point to open my eyes and irrigate it with the chlorinated wee water while swimming under the waters surface about a kilometer. It felt so much better after that.

I don't think there's any job positions open for one-eyed persons at the moment. But, I'll keep looking and hope that my glasses cost less next time I buy them, as I'll need only one lens.
Get a Monocle!
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/acc/monocle-value.jpg

Get a Monocle!
Does it sit on your eye, or do you have to squeeze your face somehow?

i like to touch rusty spoons... :p
isnt that from Salad fingers?!?!?!


that guy is fucking weird dude!

did you see the one with kenneth from the great war?

My Realm.
:gundge:
I'll own you everywhere I go! Bwahahahaha

I'll own you everywhere I go! Bwahahahaha
I doubt that.

la la la tillie da da da do do do doobie da da da

use a rusty spoon!
There is no spoon! :D

*Shudders* I had a piece of sand in my eye that refused to go away, blinking, washing the eye out, vaseline (Run around surface of eye) didn't work, and I kept rubbing it.

By the end of the day the sclera was crimson from me rubbing it continuously - I couldn't see out of the eye except a blur. I took a look in the mirror and seriously thought I was going to be blinded.

Then ten seconds later the grit literally rolled out of my eye. It took a day for it to return to normal.

I have since found that grabbing the top eyelid and laying it overthe bottom one and then blinking helps. A lot.

could scratch your cornea. Not fun.


9 coronea's....

lots of quotes on this board....

rusty spoons are fun... so is a rusty nail... in your face... with a big rusty steel bat and my giant pointy cross...

toatl gunage ohyeah:gundge:

la la la tillie da da da do do do doobie da da da


what the fuck? what the hell dose this have to do with anything?

you should die for this post infact I will virtuly kill you now...
:p_________________________________________________________:sniper:
(you).........................................................................................(me)

its not your day is it? Now you have a bullit in your eye hahaha

:headbang: Yeah, I have that issue now and then too with my contacts. Most of the time I wear them when I'm swordfighting, so I don't even notice they're gone until afterwards, and mostly they end up just above or below my eye. *Twitch*

Yeah, i got a load of plastic dust and fine bits of metal in my eye in tech at school and then it nearly scratched my cornea. Very painful and the moral of the story is listen to your teachers (or bosses) and wear your saferty goggles!

Yeah, i got a load of plastic dust and fine bits of metal in my eye in tech at school and then it nearly scratched my cornea. Very painful and the moral of the story is listen to your teachers (or bosses) and wear your saferty goggles!
Absododdle!
I wear my Safety Eyeware at work.

shit! that must have hurt like hell, i had a bad eye, but all i did was go to the doctor, and he gave me glasses for being stupid and getting a glass shard in my eye... now im all better, but somehow i exchanged my bad eye for a bad ankle...

I learned how to fix anything that ails you
A) eat an onion
b) go to the circus
c) make out with boyfriend
d) bruise tailbone (one pain softens another)
e) visit doctor
f) steal doctor's stethoscope
g) dont get caught
h) go home and go to bed

can your eyes change colors? mine do i know, you are all jealous:p

can your eyes change colors? mine do i know, you are all jealous:p
No I'm not... I hear music when I wash my hair. Beat that!

"No good deed goes unpunished," to quote Mr. Buckley.

could scratch your cornea. Not fun.
Did not think it would be. May i say ouch!:(

The High Rabbit']No I'm not... I hear music when I wash my hair. Beat that!
... Nu-uh!
:sniper: :sniper: :sniper: :sniper: :sniper:

and then suddenly, without any warning, his eye exploded. POOF!