Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: I almost lost an eye today!

  1. #1
    God/dess MrChristopher's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2004
    Location
    philadelphia suburbs (delaware, actually)
    Posts
    4,857
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts

    Default I almost lost an eye today!

    So. Unloading our new couch off my friend's pickup, I turned to look at him as I was releasing the bungee cord holding it in....you see where this is going? FWAP! Big nasty buckle slingshots right into my left eye. Picture me, on the ground, holding my face and making angry noises. I actually had a split second during the pain rush to feel my face to see if there were chunks of vitreous humor or blood or anything like that but, luckily, no. My cornea is pretty scratched up, and my eyelid/eye area is a total nightmare. It's so swollen and yick that my nose has been running on that side all night from the drainage. Sexy, huh? My eyelid is turning that color of purple that's almost black, and is gonna turn that yummy yellow-green too, I'll bet. Anyway, I've been wearing an eyepatch all night and making random pirate jokes. If I had lost my eye over something so retarded I woulda been pissed. Oh, also, painkillers don't seem to effect the eye for some reason? At least the Darvocets I got. The rest of me feels great...but the eye? Not so much. I can see out of it, though. It's hard to open it, and t's a bit blurry still, but hopefully everything will be groovy in a day or two. I feel like a complete idiot. The wife and I were trying to make up alternate cool stories about "How I lost my eye" to alleviate the tension when it first happened, because a bungee cord is just so not cool.
    waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.

  2. #2
    God/dess
    Joined
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Mid America
    Posts
    2,355
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts

    Default Re: I almost lost an eye today!

    Similar story, but not quite as bad. I was packing to move, and I packed this cat tent that unfolded using these springy rods. I rammed a rod down and bent it in half in a box so it would fit and I forgot it was in there. I had my face nice and close when I opened it up, and wap, metal rod right over my eye. It was pretty funny afterwards though when I thought about it.

  3. #3
    God/dess leilanicandy's Avatar
    Joined
    Aug 2005
    Location
    where they like American Boys
    Posts
    2,111
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: I almost lost an eye today!

    Poor you !
    If you want the present to be differant from the past, study the past.
    Baruch Spindza

    It is what it is, not what you want it to become, that's important -- at least for now. Today, remember that things worth having are worth waiting for!
    The Stars

    Minds are like parachutes: They only function when open.
    Thomas Dewar

    Dont throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
    Swedish Proverb

  4. #4
    Moderator Djoser's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Key West
    Posts
    16,343
    Thanks
    1,395
    Thanked 5,487 Times in 2,768 Posts

    Default Re: I almost lost an eye today!

    Whoa...

    I'm really glad to hear you will be alright.
    You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
    George Clinton

    ______________________________________

  5. #5
    God/dess Vyanka's Avatar
    Joined
    Aug 2004
    Location
    Cash-Stack-istan Island
    Posts
    14,704
    Thanks
    6,564
    Thanked 11,625 Times in 3,697 Posts
    My Mood
    Angelic

    Default Re: I almost lost an eye today!

    yowzers

  6. #6
    God/dess VenusGoddess's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Home
    Posts
    13,598
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 28 Times in 23 Posts

    Default Re: I almost lost an eye today!

    Ummmm...in high school, I was playing tennis. I wasn't expecting the serve in the middle of a conversation. Turned just in time to see a fuzzy green thing smack me in the face. It hit me full on the eye ball (not even time to blink) and scratched up my cornea massively...popped some blood vessels and gave me a massive bloody nose. Eye injuries suck.

    You can ask for these special eye drops that numb out the eye. I cannot remember what they are called, but my doc prescribed them to me to put in my eyes when they started bothering me...

  7. #7
    Veteran Member $$$magnet's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts

    Default Re: I almost lost an eye today!

    wow, that's too bad..... I had a similar experience once but it was a fingernail clipper to the eye.
    Please don't take this the wrong way, but you should post a picture (just b/c I'm sick and twisted like that)

Similar Threads

  1. Cheetah in West Palm lost the lawsuit today
    By mysteryman in forum Industry Insight
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 10-23-2010, 01:41 PM
  2. HELP is my contact lost in my eye?
    By keira0304 in forum Body Business
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 08-28-2008, 08:59 AM
  3. Replies: 11
    Last Post: 06-20-2008, 07:43 AM
  4. LOST Season 2, on sale today.
    By lunchbox in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 09-05-2006, 02:41 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •