just got back from the eye dr. thought I had something in my eye for two days

doc gets me in the chair, puts my face in this holder and looks in my eye

says the doc: "oh, wow"

which I took as a bad sign

he removed two bits of RUSTED METAL from my right cornea with a NEEDLE. Each was the size of a "large pinhead"

I feel better, but my cornea is gashed and there is still some rust in my eye.

Lesson learned: wear my visor down when riding my bike.

Or sunglasses.

Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Are you okay??

Man and I thought when a bee flew into my face with my visor up I was hard done by, and it didn't even sting me!!

.. close call though, it was stunned and crawled to the side of my helmet, when I took the helmet off it was clinging to the padding on the side. Good thing it didn't sing me, I'm allergic, I would have swollen up, passed out and crashed! :x

Hope your eye feels better.

it's so noisy with the visor up!

Quote from: perfdrugit's so noisy with the visor up!

And it catches wind like a parachute.

ive taken a pea gravel on the nose bridge before sucks with the badness :x

Man, I really hope everything will be ok.

I've always heard you should not let dogs hang their heads out the window at high speeds for the same reasons (all the dust and debris creates pits in their eyes). I only flip my shield all the way up when I'm stuck in rushour traffic. Otherwise, I might flip to first click around town if it gets hot.

More and more riders who are "too cool" to wear helmets are at least wearing sunglasses or goggles. I tried riding around town once without my helmet @ 45mph and I could barely see. All that wind hurt my eyes and made me squint.

AND... dont forget to wear goggles when grinding metal. I scored a piece of metal in the eye building a rally car. Did the event, went to a doctor and he got it out for me. But the pain when the sunlight hit it was unreal!! Wear protection everyone!!!

I had to go back this morning, and the doctor had to take a small drill and drill out the rust. I won't have any vision problems but I'll tell you, lesson learned. No fun.

Also, a moving drill in your eyeball is not pleasant.

Quote from: MuldoonAND... dont forget to wear goggles when grinding metal. I scored a piece of metal in the eye building a rally car. Did the event, went to a doctor and he got it out for me. But the pain when the sunlight hit it was unreal!! Wear protection everyone!!!

Add Dremel tool to that list.  I had cut off wheel shatter in my Dremel tool and a piece of it bounced off my eye.  I didn't even knew what hit me.  Luckily no damage though - heads up!!  

Ride safe and wrench safe!   :mrgreen:

Yeah guys, just remember, stuff is flying at you however fast your going. Not good to expose your eyes to that stuff.

 -Anti

eyes are the fastest part of the body to heal, but, they are one of the most fragile organs to begin with.   ive had the optical drill routine, ive had the "Morgan lenses" more times then i care, and im one that cant stand eye drops no matter how much better i feel after.   you only have 2 eyes,  by losing one you cut your total vision by 60% (odd i know but true) between perifreal (sp?) vision and depth preception one eye is too much.

I don't know how people ride without a helmet.  I had a rock hit my first visor and it was destroyed!

I only open the visor 1 click when I'm going slow (45mph or less).

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yeah, i learned to keep my visor on after a big fly hit my eye.... out of reaction, stupid me,  i closed my eyelid quick (like a venusflytrap) and part of the fly was stuck in my eye.  . . . it wasn't a good feeling.

I just hate my visor because I have a big scratch on it... plus it feels good to have the wind in my face... but I hate bugs more.

Quote from: soso3I don't know how people ride without a helmet.  I had a rock hit my first visor and it was destroyed!

I only open the visor 1 click when I'm going slow (45mph or less).

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welcome.  

DAMN MAN!  Icky!  I did the  "tear the retina" thing.... but that sounds way worse!  A little poking here and there every year is much better then then diging things out!  Geeez!

Gives me the willies just thinking about it!