Do you have a problem when you have to put medication in your eye?
By ctrymuziklvr
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
United States
May 17, 2007 8:29pm CST
I have to put that salve stuff in one of my eyes and I"m having a horrible time with it. It's a normal instinct to blink when you see something coming towards your eye so what are we supposed to do in this case? I basically try to practically go into a trance mode to put the stuff in and even at that at the last minute my eye wants to close.
Do you use drops or medication of any kind in your eyes? Is it a problem for you?
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
18 May 07
I have no problem whatsoever. When I was a machinist I had gotten minute steel shavings in my eyes. They actually used a tiny magnet sticking it against my eye to get the shavings out. I could feel my eyeball being stretched outwards as the steel was attracted to the magnet. My eyes were both propped open with clips and a small jet of cleansing fluid was being shot into my eyes to keep them watering to aid in the removal of the steel shavings. It took about an hour of this till they finally got it all out. Luckily no damage to the lenses and alls fine to this day. Except for when I get an MRI done for my DDD I have to have my eyes checked for steel everytime due to this injury. Guessss they HAVE to make sure once again theres no steel left.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@dragonstar13 (1465)
• United States
18 May 07
Grandpa Bob ----
Eeeeew Gross!
My dad and several brothers were machinists, a couple still are, but I remember them in my dad's machine shop running lathes and drills and not a one wearing any protective gear. Amazing they never had a serious injury.
Well, except my little brother but then a five year old has no business sticking his thumb in the moving gears of a lathe.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
18 May 07
I wear glasses and they are OSHA certified for safety. One woman had hair nearly to her buttocks. She was operating a drill press when yup you guessed it. Her hair got caught and tangled. She lost half her scalp in the process. She has to wear a wig as her scalp was so damaged she won't ever grow hair again. Sad. Yet idiotic. Tie it back or put it under a cap or something.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
18 May 07
Well, we have some pretty sad but gross stories here don't we. I have a funny long hair story that happened to me but nothing as bad as yours. It only involves a bathtub with no strainer on the drain...lol...my hair being washed in the tub and a nearby pair of scissors...lol...all came out fine thankfully but my hair ended up a few inches shorter.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
18 May 07
I've only had to put medication in my eyes one time but I've worn contacts for years and it still bothers me - not wearing them but putting anything in my eyes bugs me.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
18 May 07
I don't think I could ever wear contacts. That's a whole lot to be putting in my eye and leaving in there for the day. I give credit to anyone who can do it.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
18 May 07
On, no credit due here - the only reason I put myself through this is pure and simple vanity - I hate my glasses and how they make me look :(
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@dragonstar13 (1465)
• United States
18 May 07
Now to answer your question, Country (I got a little distracted by Grandpa Bob) I am so bad about putting anything in my eyes that when I do need medicine, I have to lie down on the couch and lean my head backwards over the arm. One daughter holds my eyelid open and the other puts the medicine in.
And when they blow that puff of air in your eyes during the eye exam, ugh! it takes 4 or 5 tries, then they say they are done but I think they just give up. No matter how hard I try, my eyes just close.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
18 May 07
He sure did distract us didn't he...lol...but he's a welcomed distraction as always.
It would be so nice to have someone to do all of that to help me get this goo in my eye..lol...sounds like a torture chamber to me....as for the air puffs I know where your coming from.
@fpd1955 (2074)
• United States
18 May 07
I have always hated having anything put in my eyes. My allergies were so bad in the summer I couldn't go outside some days. My parents used to have to hold my legs and arms down and someone had to hold my head still just to put drops in my eyes.
I still have allergies and have to put drops in my eyes. The first eye they go in easily, but the second eye I have to pull the bottom lid and catch the drops on it. Sometimes I miss. Worse comes to worse, I just wait a few minutes to do the second eye.
PEACE
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
18 May 07
lol...another torture like way to do it...I"m sure I will be reading more. But it's very funny to picture.
@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
20 May 07
I have an extreme phobia about anything pointy near my eyes, so I have a hard time using eye drops, even when my eyes get very dry. The trick I have started using is to tilt my head back and drip the eye drops on the side of my nose, so that they will roll down into the corner of my eye. Then I blink a lot to get the eye drops to get to where they need to be.
@GeorgiaPeachie (66)
• United States
20 May 07
For drops put them right at the tear duct part and look towards the outside (away). For salve, rub the inside part and look towards your nose so it rubs across. Hope to help!
@shinjiao (1457)
• China
18 May 07
Hi,ctrymuziklvr!
Yes I have a big trouble when I put medication in my eyes.I do feel that my whole body is trumbling when I'm ready to put medication in my eyes,my hands,my eyes or even my legs are trumbling.I don't know why but I'm really scared.
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