Painful eye - updated

garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

I was riding home last night when I took a stone (more of a boulder Laughing

) to my right eye at approx 50mph.

It hurt like a bastid. It was all bloodshot but has cleared up a bit now, but it's not open all the way. It aches.

I'm fairly sure my eye was closed when it took the impact, there is nothing floating about in there.

So people of BCF, aside from A&E (I have a bit of a thing about Hospitals, and I can't go until 6pm...) is there anything you'd suggest?

J4mes · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Karma :

Eye = doctors or hospital. Don't be a dick about it.

garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

Martay · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2009 Karma :

As said, eyes or dick, see the doc Thumbs Up

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Alpha-9 · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Jan 2012 Karma :

See an ophthalmologist if you cba to go A&E then

Or go to a pharmacy
They'll probably all tell you to go A&E Thumbs Up

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UnknownStuntm... · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Karma :

6pm? What's stopping you going now? Seriously!

You could end up one eyed. It's a slippery slope then... Ginger.... Pimp.... Dead etc etc.

Get to A&E. Thumbs Up

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garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

Update.

Been to the Eye Hospital three times now, had six bits of 'something' embedded in my eye, right in the line of vision.

Had to have them dug out with a needle, over two seperate days, one of which they wanted to put me under general Shocked

Hurts like a bitch, it's still dilated and I'm on 2 types of drops and one ointment.

Antibitiotics for another 7 days now, hopefully it's all clear by Friday when I leave to go touring europe on my bike!

garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

Oh yeah, and the scarring may cause vision problems. Think I might learn to close my visor!

Aff · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2011 Karma :

How did you not notice that things were imbedded in your eye. Shocked

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I hate the visor so I wear JSP "stealth" safety glasses on the bike. I have yellow ones for overcast days, clear ones and tinted ones.

They are a good close fit and so cheap (£2.50) as to be pretty much disposable.
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MinhDinh · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Karma :

I always put my visor down a little to protect my eyes after a fly get in it. It was on small bit bugged me a lot. Also the rain when you go 70 plus hurt my cheeks lol.
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Alpha-9 · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Jan 2012 Karma :

Bought a new lid with an internal sun visor, I feel like such a boss with it down Laughing

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From this day forth I vow to ride with my visor down at all times.

GWS, OP. Thumbs Up

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Noxious89123 · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Karma :

I have had a few minor accidents involving eye injuries as a child. I have scar tissue on my left eyeball, from an accident at the age of around 14. It is permanent, and I will have to live with it for the rest of my life. Please take care of your eyes. Most people take it for granted that things like this won't happen, or won't happen to them. Think about how often bugs or stones hit your visor. If your visor is up, that could easily be your eye.

Nearly 10 years on I still often think about my injury, and how it could easily have been avoided. And how much I'd love to beat the shit out of the moron that caused the injury, especially after finding out he laughed about it behind my back. I am fortunate that my scarring is on the white of my eye, and only just touching the edge of my cornea. I've lost a bit of clarity of my peripheral vision on that side, but nothing that hinders me.

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garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

J4mes · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Karma :

I have scarring on my left eye from when I was about 9, I had just sharpened a pencil and the tip of the lead snapped off and flicked up in my eye,

They had to use a needle/tweesers to pull it out, but I have a line on my eye that I can see when I look at plain backgrounds.

Look after your eyes kids, you don't get another pair! Thumbs Up