Wear them I did not yesterday now I may need a new cornea and definitly need a new lens
Just sayin’
Wear them I did not yesterday now I may need a new cornea and definitly need a new lens
Just sayin’
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I rely on my daily glasses
but do add wrap arounds when cutting (metal) and grinding. Only near miss was a very small fleck of Laminate-managed to get in my eye in dripping sweat or whatever, did not make it past the lenses.
After 38 yrs my hearing scares me, I'm very thankful for my sight and still amazed at the ten digits.
A possibly very debilitating career we've gotten into.
Just pulling a nail
big hurry to get something done Glasses on seat of truck. Bent nail and pulled and pulled when it dislodged Whammo Right in the eye!
After all these yrs.............
if CAN happen.............
it MIGHT.
Best of luck on the recovery!
thanks Calvin
apperciate the well wishes
jim
Back when I was an electronics hobbist I many times scraped splattered solder off my glasses.
I do have the bad habit of sliding my glasses down my nose and looking over them when I need to work close, though. Even with trifocals -- the near vision area is too low.
Just wondering how you are doing? How's your eye?
Doing OK
Hey thanks for asking.
Had to have emergency cataract surgery on Tuesday of this week.
The lens was expanding and causing elevated pressure on the eye.
Amazing how durable and tough an eyeball is very little pain associated with the injury and surgery.
Surgery went well. Have found out that damage to cornea affects vision a little. Imagine all the lights you see at night turning into a dome of lightning, bit of a distraction while driving.
Hope is as cornea heals and sutures are removed that this will fade. Second step is trying to reshape the cornea with a hard contact lens. If that does not work then it is looking through someones donated cornea, that decision is six months down the road.
I'll try and keep you all posted.
Jim at great White
Best wishes to you, and hope all comes out all right. I wear reading glasses for all close-up work, and can keep them on for work including up to around 3', so I normally have some kind of glass or plastic lens between the work and my eyes, but the times I worry most are when I'm pulling boards out from the thickness planer and chips can fly in from the side. Gotta keep the goggles closer to hand.
Just for you:
http://www.safetyglassesusa.com/safreadglas.html
Doing OK
Hey thanks for asking.
Had to have emergency cataract surgery on Tuesday of this week.
The lens was expanding and causing elevated pressure on the eye.
Amazing how durable and tough an eyeball is very little pain associated with the injury and surgery.
Surgery went well. Have found out that damage to cornea affects vision a little. Imagine all the lights you see at night turning into a dome of lightning, bit of a distraction while driving.
Hope is as cornea heals and sutures are removed that this will fade. Second step is trying to reshape the cornea with a hard contact lens. If that does not work then it is looking through someones donated cornea, that decision is six months down the road.
I'll try and keep you all posted.
Jim at great White
Best of Luck, Jim
Hope this gets better with time!
Hang in there bud; glad to hear there's progress.
Scott.
Thanks for sharing your reminder of safety. In the old days, you'd been stuck,
the latest news
Looks like the cornea has to go! No rush though ,doctor said we can do it next week or in ten years:)
sutures come out in one month!
No improvement over last two weeks, though, there was no loss either. scarring on the cornea won't be healing away.
So now it is save for wages to get through recovery and save for surgery.
thanks for the thoughs hopes and prayers over the last month or so
Jim at Great White
>>>thanks for the thoughs
>>>thanks for the thoughs hopes and prayers over the last month or so
Still going. Hang in there.
Scott.
Still more thoughts and luck your way.
You've underscored the importance of safety in our work. I surely wish we hadn't had to be reminded in this way.
funny story
was putting safety glasses on the other day, and something went goofy with my hands. poked myself in the good eye with the arm of the glasses. no injury but crazy karma.
Jim at great white
I've done that a dozen or two times over the past 55 or so years that I've been wearing glasses.
Maybe you need to get the old kiddie glasses with the hooked temple pieces -- hard to poke yourself in the eye with those.
Update Update Update
Eye appointment last night. They test fit a contact lens and were able to restore quite a bit of vision. Cautiously optimistic that this may work out.
Dr said with the corneal transpllant I will most likely need a contact lens, so if they can correct with just the lens he sees no need for the transplant.
So long for now I will let you all know how it shakes out.
Thanks again for your support
Jim at Great White
Way to go Jim!
have a happy new year, hoping it's prosperous. Decent site makes for excellent miters.
Thanks Dan
I'll have to look into a pair or two of those! :^)
contact lens round one
Well we put the lens on and got to 20 70. Doctor says "we are going tokeep cuttin on er till she fits!"
Translation is, the size of the lens does not center on my eye so we are going to experiment with a slightly larger lens, trial and error style, to see how good they can correct it.
Good news I am getting used to intentionally putting something in my eye!
Jim at great white
What glasses?
Sorry to hear about your accident. Glad things are going well.
Do people have recommendations for glasses? I sweat like a pig and my glasses fog up easily. Then guess what happens to them?
update onthe peeper
New cornea installed July 26th. Pain and irritation all but gone, on a pretty hearty regimen of eye drops.
Vision is getting better, slowly, better all the same. Dr says to give it a few months to settle in and then we wil start working with a contact lens again!
Jim at Great White
jim
Good prognosis. Best of luck on the recovery.
update on the eye
Had a laser procedure to clean up some scar tissue on lens relacement. This got me to 20/50 and rturned my depth perception, realy missed that.
Stitches come out starting in May.
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers
JIm
Good to hear that things are progressing!
Keep at it Jim.
Best of luck on that continued progress!
Stiches in the eye?
man, that's something else.
and we are there
picked up some glasses, decided not to go with the contact due to sawdust issues, about three weeks ago. Things are a lot clearer now. Eye surgeon ispretty amazing, although, I still recommend the safety glasses.
My sunglasses are safety rated and I have them on a croakie any time I am walking around, working or not. I will slip them on at the slightest sign of danger ... or sunshine.
I buy them by the box and replace them often.
I would rather look like Ray Charles that see like him.
Exactly - once I find something I like I stock up - assuming I'll leave them everywhere and thus always have them at hand!
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