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I remember getting some junk in my eye Saturday when I was cutting on the car with my quality harbor freight cutting disks. I always wear safety glasses and a face shield. I started really noticing it Sunday afternoon at work but still wasn't too bad. Come Sunday night Monday morning I'm hurting bad. Monday morning I notice a piece of metal in the retina of my left eye. I wen't to our Med dept but they couldn't get it out. I then went to a Med express where they dug it out and scrubbed the rust out. Went back to work and could'nt function so I went home at lunch. Last night sucked. I still can feel junk in there so I have an appointment this afternoon with my eye doctor. From now on GOGGLES only for me. Its going to be 67* here in Mich and I have the day off just to lay around and go to the F'N doctor. Not to mention the $$$$$ due to new year med deductible not met. :mad::mad::mad:Rant over......For now. -MATT
 
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I've also had this happen.I had to go to an eye hospital and they used an electric tool that looked like a dremel to dig out the metal.Them removing the metal didn't hurt but I remember the pain of the metal itself that and I couldn't see out of my right eye.It will get better good luck.
 
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You need careful here, you risk getting an infection inside the eye. It is good that you are going to the eye doctor.

I had a wire wheel wire puncture my eye and introduce dirt inside the eye. They had to do laser surgery to get in there and clean it out. I was told there is no immune system inside the eye. They did the surgery the very day I went to ER, they didn't mess around.

Good luck.
 
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I have, gotten metal in my eyes, plastic in my eyes, chemicals in my eyes, and burned my eyes. All accidents in strange ways shapes and forms, folks who come over to work in my shed wear glasses. Even my kids wear safety glasses and ear protection in the shed.
 
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Even with precautions it can happen. Happened to me a couple of years ago. The worst part is the next day, the area that they dig the metal out of must scab over. Worse than having the piece of metal there. They prescribed me an anti-bacterial eye drop. Little bottle of like .1 oz was $60. :eek:
 
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I think you meant to say Cornea, not Retina. You'd have much bigger problems if you somehow managed to get metal worked into your Retina. Same reason it's only Goggles for me too. Hope you're OK
 
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matt60j said:
Well they dug more metal out this afternoon so I'm back to square one. Tomorrow will be much better! Thanks for the replies! -MATT
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Damn Matt I didn't see that was you in your original post (Man we really must be working on the same car now!) The only good thing is your eye is one of the fastest healing parts of your body. I tried using a powerful magnet to get the metal out before going to the doctor with know luck. They gave me both numbing drops and antibiotic drops . Ask for the numbing drops if your having problems as it really helps.
 
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Metal in your eye is a tough lesson. I had a small shaving fall in my eye and somehow get stuck at the top of my eye, under my eyelid. Everytime I blinked, I could feel it scraping my eye --- very uncomfortable! My lady is a NP and had me lay down and peel my eyelid back while she snagged it with a q-tip --- thankfully she got it, or I was going to the ER. I found out how tuff it is to hold your eyelid open while watching/feeling something touch your eye though.

Goggles only while grinding! When you're done, make sure you brush/blow your hair off as well, since shavings can fall down later on when the goggles are off.

-b
 
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same thing quality harbor freight glasses. ended up going in and they used what looked like a miniature ice cream scoop hard part is when they tell you not to move your eye but trying to look at one thing when some one's digging in your eye is Chinese torture
 
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Any wound to the cornea can painfull. I am an optician and have seen all kinds of eye injuries. Some will suffer from a condition called recurrent corneal erosion. The eye partially heals. While you sleep your eyes become very dry. Upon waking up you open your eyes and the dry eye lid rips the healing area off. Its very painfull. This can happen over and over again. I once had a pretty deep puncture of the cornea. I suffered with recurrent corneal errosion for about 1 year. Every so often I would wake up and open my eyes and feel the area tear away. Every time this happened my vision would be blurry for a day or two.
One thing I have seen that I would warn you guys about is bungie cords. Two of our patients have lost eyes to these things. After seeing these injuries I will only use rachet straps now.
 
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I know supplied is kind of pricey, but no burns from sparks, nothing in my hair or eyes, and nothing into the lungs.

One time I got right inside the trunk on my chevelle and was laying on my side grinding.

Got done and and walked over to the overhead door switch, hit the button stepped outside, took the gloves, hood and paper suit off, came back 15 minutes later, garage was aired out and I was clean, didn't breathe any of it, or get a shaving or spark on me.

I do pretty much everything with supplied air, even vac or sweep out the garage, I don't breathe any dirt or fumes anymore, I would have to say pretty much zero, even welding.

Once you get set up and use the supplied air, it will become easy to use and you will like it, it takes a little getting used to using it as far as tangling the cord, but now I walk all over and never ever have a problem with the cord getting hung up or tangled up, I really like it.

Rob
 
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Used to work at EIS Brakes in Ct. milling cast iron master cylinders. Had chips in my eyes all the time even with safety glasses. Got tired of going to doctors. Try this.....Have your wife hold the flashlight in the bathroom mirror and dig it out with the front or back of a sewing needle. She fainted once, now I have to clip the light on the shower and do it my self. 80% success rate.
 
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bobm396 said:
Used to work at EIS Brakes in Ct. milling cast iron master cylinders. Had chips in my eyes all the time even with safety glasses. Got tired of going to doctors. Try this.....Have your wife hold the flashlight in the bathroom mirror and dig it out with the front or back of a sewing needle. She fainted once, now I have to clip the light on the shower and do it my self. 80% success rate.
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You should get one of those caps with the light in the bill. You can shine the light into the mirror, reflecting it into your eye. If you could find one of those caps with the beer holder and a light, You could do your own eye surgery with an I.V. drip.:thumbsup:
 
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