i can't win... metal in my eye :( - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

79CamaroDiva · 08-13-2006, 12:16 AM

So, today i went racing like any other saturday... going around the turn after the first time shot i flipped up my visor like always, and the guy i ran had a car thats about a tenth or so quicker than me, so he was in front, had his chute pulled, and kicked up some dust as he pulled into the grass... well, some of it landed in my eye and i didnt really think much of it. I kept rubbing my eye and finally about 20 mins later got fed up and took some of my contact solution and tried to get whatever dust was in my eye out, to no avail. Went in the bathroom and looked in my eye, sure as **** there was a tiny speck of metal right at the top of my pupil. ugh. it wouldnt come out with flushing it, so off to the hospital i went.

Got my eye numbed, let me tell you, thats the strangest feeling ever... they can touch your eye, put **** in it, and you can see everything thats going on, but cant feel anything.. whatever was in my eye came out probably when the dr put the drops and stuff in, becuase he didnt see anything, but said i scratched the hell out of my cornea. Got xrays to make sure everything was gone, good to go. They gave me a prescription for some vicodin and handed me two percosets since drug stores are closed. I call the track to get a ride back and get told they're JUST starting 1st round because there were a lot of oil downs and stuff. I figure i probably couldnt race since i can only see clearly out of one eye. The other eye doesnt hurt but feels like there's sandpaper in it.

Got back to the track, they're just starting my class, so i say **** it, got in the staging lanes, and ended up cutting a perfect light 1st round (w00t). I ended up losing 2nd round but it was better than not racing at all.. I had a real tough time judging the finish line though.

My eye doesnt hurt, its just a very annoying feeling, feels like theres something there but theres not. I was told at the hospital that it's gonna start to hurt, but it hasnt yet.. Anyone with this experience? is the pain really bad enough to merit pain killers?? i really don't like taking meds unless i have to so i'd rather not, but if im gonna wake up in immense pain, i'll take them before hand.

Brando56894 · 08-13-2006, 12:39 AM

wow that sucks melissa,glad your alright. any pain is enough to warrant vics/percs

they wont help with the sandpaper feeling and incase youve never taken them anymore, you dont really have the energy to do ****. kinda like being stoned but beter. if your not gonna use them send them my way and ill give you a monetary donation

j0n · 08-13-2006, 12:46 AM

psh...sure it was metal

so who else has long range?

79CamaroDiva · 08-13-2006, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by j0n

psh...sure it was metal

so who else has long range?

:finger: wouldnt you like to know....

Brando56894 · 08-13-2006, 12:55 AM

yea it was some new kind of white gooey metal

PBodyGT87 · 08-13-2006, 10:11 AM

*cringe* I hope for your sake it doesn't hurt. yecth.

JL8Jeff · 08-13-2006, 10:24 AM

I've scratched the cornea before and every time I blinked it felt like my eyelid was snagging on something. Very annoying for a few days. But I didn't get any pain killers. It really itched more than anything and you can't rub it or it won't heal properly. Nothing like working under the car and having some rusty metal fall down in your eye. I've done it way too many times but now I know to go inside and wash up before even touching your eye. I usually let the tears wash it out as long as it isn't physically sticking in my eye. Just don't rub it.

Silent Z · 08-13-2006, 10:31 AM

I got a piece of metal in my eye a couple of years ago. It sucked they put a dye on my eye to see it with a special light. Then they took a dremil (SP) to grind down the scare tissue so it will heal right. It didn't hurt though, so I didn't use the pills! I hate pills.

baddest434 · 08-13-2006, 02:15 PM

handed me two percosets since drug stores are closed. .

I had a real tough time judging the finish line though.

hmmm i know you didn't take the 2 perks then race your car did you?
hope your feeling better

79CamaroDiva · 08-13-2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by baddest434

handed me two percosets since drug stores are closed. .

I had a real tough time judging the finish line though.

hmmm i know you didn't take the 2 perks then race your car did you?
hope your feeling better

nooooo.. i'm so serious about racing i don't even drink caffeine or take tylenol or advil when i'm racing... that's mostly so none of it affects my reaction time on the line, but i'm not dumb enough to take a perc and then go drive almost 170 mph. no death wish here... i just have a hard time seeing at night to begin with, combine that with not being allowed to wear my contacts and having my eye poked at makes for an interesting judgement call at the finish line. I could see enough to drive safe, but couldn't see well enough to accurately tell where the mph and et trap were at the 1/4.

at 167 mph, 66 feet is hard enough to see without being slightly handicapped.

Roommate · 08-13-2006, 05:59 PM

in the last month i scratched my eye twice. the first time the dr offered me percosets and i said i didnt want any, which ended up being fine. it felt like my eyelid was scraping my eye for a few days, but it was not too painful.

baddest434 · 08-13-2006, 06:40 PM

i wasn't insinuating that you were dumb or have a death wish. i'm the same as you when it comes to racing with the caffine,advil etc. i try to focus as much as possible when racing

Rich189 · 08-13-2006, 07:53 PM

i scratched mine really bad a couple years ago (got a fish hook in it thanks to my friend) and the next day it hurt like hell then after 2 days or so it just started itching like crazy but i suppose im lucky i still have an eye.... my advice is wait till it hurts bad enough to take the meds cuz it might not hurt like jeff said but mine sure as hell did

Brando56894 · 08-13-2006, 08:57 PM

wow that sucks rich, but then again a fish hook and a fleck of metal are alot different

when i was takin my magnaflow off of my old bird i got all sorts of rust and crap in my eye, it was annoying as **** cuz it wouldnt come out. luckly it didnt harm anything

Rich189 · 08-14-2006, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Brando56894

wow that sucks rich,

bah it was just a flesh wound.... probably the most annoying one but not nearly the most painful ive got some doozies from dirtbiking and motorcycles

Brando56894 · 08-14-2006, 09:14 PM

oh i bet

Black Knight: Its only a Flesh Wound!

jims69camaro · 08-16-2006, 11:59 AM

so this means you won't be setting off the metal detectors in the airports? sucks for a few days, but then it's all over and you don't even have a scar that you can see...

i've been flashed before by a mig welder and felt like i had sandpaper in my eyes the next morning...

Savage_Messiah · 08-16-2006, 01:21 PM

F doctors, I coulda sawzall'd it out for you