So this morning, I removed a twistie tie from an AC adaptor as I was preparing to plug in something new I bought. I put the twistie tie in my mouth for a second while I fiddled with the AC adaptor. Well, the damm thing flipped around while I was holding it with my teeth, and one end caught me squarely in the eye. Hurt like a mofo, but I had to be at work in 20 minutes, so I toughed it out and drove to work, thinking it was just like when someone pokes you in the eye; eventually the pain goes away.
Three hours laters at work, it's still burning like hell and my eye is watering controllably. I get to my primary doctor, and they do that test where they put dye in your eye that can detect scratches, and he tells me...yep, you scratched it. In fact, it's so big of a scratch I don't feel comfortable treating you! :Q
So I get referred to a specialist, and the technician takes a look and says, "wow, that's the biggest scratch I've seen in a while!". 🙁 Thanks doc. :frown:
Turns out it's superficial, didn't penetrate beyond the first layer of the cornea, but it scratched the cornea all the way from the top to the bottom, and then beyond that further down. So I get to wear a pirate eyepatch, take tylenol 3, and hope that it gets better in 48 hours. 🙁
They says it's one of the more painful things you can do to yourself.....they are right!
Three hours laters at work, it's still burning like hell and my eye is watering controllably. I get to my primary doctor, and they do that test where they put dye in your eye that can detect scratches, and he tells me...yep, you scratched it. In fact, it's so big of a scratch I don't feel comfortable treating you! :Q
So I get referred to a specialist, and the technician takes a look and says, "wow, that's the biggest scratch I've seen in a while!". 🙁 Thanks doc. :frown:
Turns out it's superficial, didn't penetrate beyond the first layer of the cornea, but it scratched the cornea all the way from the top to the bottom, and then beyond that further down. So I get to wear a pirate eyepatch, take tylenol 3, and hope that it gets better in 48 hours. 🙁
They says it's one of the more painful things you can do to yourself.....they are right!
