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12-27-2007, 01:29 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brighton
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|  Just got out of surgery...
Just got in from surgery on my left eye. I was making a couple quick cuts on some wheels with the dremel tool last night when the cutoff wheel let go in a couple of pieces, one of which lacerated my cornea. Went from 20/20 vision to 20/100 in less than 2 seconds. Now I'm just waiting for the healing process to begin and see what will happen in the next 4-6 weeks. If I could just go back 30 seconds and put a pair of safety glasses on. |
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12-27-2007, 01:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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Very sad to hear... Good Luck.
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12-27-2007, 01:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Torrance, CA.
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Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Thanks for sharing so others can learn. I used to have a wood shop teacher that would sneak up behind his students when they were not using safety glasses. He would cover their eyes and ask them if they would like to live the rest of their life this way. Wile the machine was running. lol crazy old man. But he got his point through. Go and pick up a nce pair of AOS or UVEX glasses. I have a set that cost about $10. They are so light and comfortable that I literally forget I am wearing them. Last edited by _BEN_; 12-27-2007 at 01:43 PM. |
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12-27-2007, 01:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In Cali.
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12-27-2007, 01:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Man I'm sorry to hear that, thanks for the pointing out the safety issue I will think about you next time I turn on my dremmel. Get 100% well  |
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12-27-2007, 02:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the G-Train!!!!!
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Wow, sorry to hear that. Hope it gets better.
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12-27-2007, 02:53 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding from Goodall
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Damn that really bites! If there is a way I can help you out let me know |
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12-27-2007, 02:56 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hopewell
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Sorry to hear about that Stan. I actually had a similar thing happen with a dremel, only the piece of plastic I was cutting caught me in the nose instead of the eye. I immediately stopped and put on my goggles, I was lucky. I wish you the best for a quick recovery. |
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12-27-2007, 02:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Memphis
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I got a dremel for xmas and I just got some safety glasses today. I'm sorry about your accident. That really sucks.
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12-27-2007, 03:06 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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Wow, sorry to hear that, i hope you get well real soon, i was just using my dremmel tool with a cutting disc not even 5 minutes ago, but i was wearing my safety glasses, to many close calls just winging it, i've had discs fall apart and hit me in my nose, forehead, cheeks, etc. so i decided to start using my glasses for any work i do with the dremmel, sander, etc.
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12-27-2007, 03:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Nation of Aiea....
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Get well soon......
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12-27-2007, 03:45 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Bummer Stan! I've learned the hard way twice. First time the little sliver of aluminum came out as it was jammed into the corner near the tear duct. Second time I have yet to find it, but something is in there. It became infected I guess, and I have a lump in my eyelid. It grew a nasty puss filled sack on the inside of my eyelid which for the longest time oozed so much over night my eye would seal itself shut with dried puss. Eventually the sack came off, but something is still in my lid. It still oozes a little, but the main problem is my eye gets blurry sometimes, and no matter what it doesn't clear up. It comes and goes. Whatever it is bugs me pretty bad, but not bad enough to go see a doctor. I think it sometimes hits a nerve cause it can be somewhat uncomfortable. I've had a growth thing in my eyelid before. The doctor numbs your lid, flips it inside out with a clamp, cuts and scrapes it clean, then burns it back closed. I just don't want to go through that again. Get better Stan! |
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12-27-2007, 05:22 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brighton
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Thanks for the well wishes guys, you know when it rains it pours. Anything involving the eyes is pretty scary. Just remember to watch yourselves...maybe someone else will avoid a similar, or worse, situation. |
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12-27-2007, 05:24 PM
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| MODERHATER™  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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|  Wow Stan!! Yes safety glasses are in order!! LMK if you need anything!
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12-27-2007, 07:01 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In Cali.
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12-27-2007, 07:27 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Get better, Stan.
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12-28-2007, 01:05 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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01-02-2008, 05:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brighton
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Doc says things are clearing up nicely, swelling going down and no signs of infection....improved to 20/50 in the left eye. Next week some of the stitches will be coming out and depending on how things progress, he could get me a set of glasses, or maybe after another week. Still have a couple of concerns, but he was amazed that things are looking this good already. Guess he has gotten used to his older clientel  Thanks for the well wishes again Stan. |
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01-02-2008, 05:51 PM
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01-02-2008, 06:03 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Viva Your Mom!!
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thats why i never use a dremel with a cutoff wheel, those break so easy it just isnt funny
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