Anyone ever get hit in the eye?

[Ketchup]

Last Saturday I was out mowing and my lawn mover found a small rock (do not have gravel anywhere on the property) and shot it at my eye. I think it just hit the lid, but I spent the last day and a half in some pretty intense pain and extreme sensitivity to light.

This morning the light sensitivity has much improved (still not perfect), I can see much better out of my other eye, and the pain has gone down a good bit. It is still extremely fuzzy looking through the eye that was hit, the the mirror revealed that it is still quite bloodshot.

I really don't want to waste time seeing a doctor if I don't need to, but I don't want to put off something that might be serious.

As the Internet goes, there is a wide range of possibilities, so I wanted to first see if you folks had encountered anything like this, and how it turned out.

Thanks.

 

[z1ggy]

I always wear safety glasses when I mow and weed wack to avoid this very situation.

Lesson learned for you I hope..

 

[surfsatwerk]

I would see an eye doctor.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I always wonder if I should see my doctor if I am concerned that I might loose site in one eye.

<= sarcasm

 

[Ketchup]

I always wear safety glasses when I mow and weed wack to avoid this very situation.

Lesson learned for you I hope..

Yup.

 

[Viper GTS]

Your eyes are one thing you should not fuck around with, they can go horribly wrong in amazingly little time.

Go to a doctor like you should have done when it happened, and that doesn't mean an optometrist. You need somebody who specializes in this kind of thing.

Viper GTS

 

[iluvdeal]

It's no wonder women live longer then men...

I hope this turns out to be nothing. For your sake, I hope it's not something like a detached retina as time of the essence with an injury like that.

 

[Ketchup]

It's no wonder women live longer then men...

I hope this turns out to be nothing. For your sake, I hope it's not something like a detached retina as time of the essence with an injury like that.

I don't think so. The pain is down to almost miniscule levels, and light tolerance has improved today. Still, I hope to be going to the doctor tomorrow. Since I started the thread, I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[Koing]

Your eyes are one thing you should not fuck around with, they can go horribly wrong in amazingly little time.

Go to a doctor like you should have done when it happened, and that doesn't mean an optometrist. You need somebody who specializes in this kind of thing.

Viper GTS

When I did my last check up at the optometrist he had this pressure eye testing thing that I had never done before. I've been wearing glasses for about 18yrs. One of my eyes the pressure was outside of the normal ranges so I got a letter to see my Dr and then to see a specialist. The specialist said it was okay but yeah glad I got it checked up and that my optometrist did that pressure test.

Koing

 

[Ketchup]

So I want to see my doctor and a recommended eye doctor this afternoon. He did see a tear on my cornea, but said it was healing nicely, and should be much improved/all better in a couple days.

Glad I went, and glad it wasn't worse. Thanks folks!

 

[DAPUNISHER]

So I want to see my doctor and a recommended eye doctor this afternoon. He did see a tear on my cornea, but said it was healing nicely, and should be much improved/all better in a couple days.

Glad I went, and glad it wasn't worse. Thanks folks!

Glad to read that. Having had punches, kicks, fingers, and toes hit my eyes, I can tell you they are tougher than most think. Always good to have a dr confirm all is well though. take care.

 

[Ketchup]

Glad to read that. Having had punches, kicks, fingers, and toes hit my eyes, I can tell you they are tougher than most think. Always good to have a dr confirm all is well though. take care.

I have heard this as well. Thanks! Taking forever for the pain to go away, but vision out of it is getting a lot better.

 

[Kyle]

Good to hear everything's ok. I'm with others here, don't fuck around when it comes to my eyes- I had a boss that had no pain, just woke up one morning and saw a new fairly large floater at the corner of his vision- went to the eye doctor who immediately took him in to surgery w/ detached retina- could have lost his vision in that eye if he waited at all...scary stuff.

 

[rh71]

Wow never thought a mower could do this. There's the rear plastic flap that protects from debris flying but I guess anything could ricochet off the sides/curbs/landscape. I only wear eye protection with the trimmer/edger.

 

[RachelEdwards]

My eyes were hit by racket, That's so painful and I'm afraid of being blind. Thank god, my eye is ok but a little spot on my eyeball.

 

[momeNt]

I usually pick up like a $2 pair from Harbor Freight, Z87+ impact rated just like all the more expensive glasses. I haven't taken a direct hit while mowing the lawn or trimming/edging, but I have been hit in the cheek hard enough to make a slight cut.

 

[alkemyst]

As long as you eye wasn't leaking, it's usually just a scratch / tear...however; it's easy for infection to set in.

I always wear safety glasses when doing my lawn and esp using a dremel. I have had cut off wheels break and lodge right below my glasses about 1/4" into my cheek.

 

[momeNt]

As long as you eye wasn't leaking, it's usually just a scratch / tear...however; it's easy for infection to set in.

I always wear safety glasses when doing my lawn and esp using a dremel. I have had cut off wheels break and lodge right below my glasses about 1/4" into my cheek.

Those things are very dangerous because the cutoff wheel is so flimsy. I prefer to just use the 4-1/2" angle grinder whenever possible because the wheel is much much sturdier and the grinder itself has a guard you can rotate towards yourself if it were to break. To the best of my knowledge no such guard exists for a small rotary type tool, so all you have is your safety glasses, which doesn't do anything for the rest of your face. Sometimes you need the smaller tool though, so you have to live with the safety risks.