True, emergencies docs for some reason don’t believe you…
There was this tiny bottle of Crazy Glue, liquid instant dry variety, half used. Couldn’t get the juice out of it. So I used a pin to enlarge the hole, while pressing the tube with the other hand.
When some tiny hole did form, the glue squirted out at high velocity, directly in my eye. Pain was minor, but fear close to panic.
I jumped to rinse my eyeball with water, pulling the eyelids. Next I had to shave the eyelashes, which were cemented together. I had to use what immediately available, which was a pair of very pointy small scissors.
For a few weeks this gave a weird gaze, like Clockwork Orange make-up.
For many years, I couldn’t stand anyone pointing anything sharp closer than a yard from my eyes. Had to give up fencing until recently.
Always wear eye protection.
BbMW
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2002-11-11 04:22 ]
Ouch! Reminds me of the time I had a very similar experience with a bottle of salsa. I worked in a Mexican fast-food place, and we put our homemade salsa in those squirt bottles they use for ketchup. I was trying to unclog one, and shot myself right in the eye with salsa! Chili oil burns, and it can actually be dangerous to get it in your eye…fortunately, one of the guys I worked with was a chemistry student, and he reacted just the way he would have if someone had a similar accident in the lab (by grabbing me and shoving me under the nearest eyewash…in this case, the sink). My eye looked like it had been sandpapered for days, and it was seriously embarrassing having to explain to others that I’d shot myself with a salsa bottle!
As far as medical people not QUITE believing you…I think the poison control center people in Durham, NC, must think I’m a bonafide crazy. One day, when I had a cold, I reached for a bottle of what I thought was nasal spray (I can’t see diddly without my glasses, but it was about the right size and shape). The second I squirted a liberal amount in my nose, it became abundantly obvious that it wasn’t nasal spray at all. I peered a little more closely at the label, and suddenly realized that I’d just liberally coated my sinuses with Scalpicin! (an anti-dandruff formula). I was almost too embarrassed to call, but when my nose started to bleed, discretion seemed the better part of valor. I swear, I could hear the disbelief in the operator’s voice (“you squirted WHAT into your nose???”). I bet she had quite a tale to tell when she got home!
Here’s a little advice you didn’t ask for. If your fingers get stuck together w/ superglue, use nail polish remover to break the adhesion. (I wouldn’t put that stuff in my eye, however)
One time at the Air Force chow hall, I was eating chili peppers w/ dinner and my eye itched and I rubbed it. Then it burned, so I rubbed it some more. Then it burned more. I figure out then, what was going on. I didn’t tell anyone near me what my problem was. (Some would say my problem is obvious.)
Tony
On 2002-11-11 14:40, TonyHiggins wrote:
Here’s a little advice you didn’t ask for. If your fingers get stuck together w/ superglue, use nail polish remover to break the adhesion. (I wouldn’t put that stuff in my eye, however)
Make sure you get the acetone kind. the other stuff sucks for that kind of thing…
On 2002-11-11 17:09, gonzo914 wrote:
And when preparing habanero peppers, be sure to wash your hands thoroughly before you go to the bathroom. Or wear rubber gloves.
Hee Hee Gonzo, are you speaking from experience? Hee Hee
On 2002-11-11 14:40, TonyHiggins wrote:
Here’s a little advice you didn’t ask for. If your fingers get stuck together w/ superglue, use nail polish remover to break the adhesion. (I wouldn’t put that stuff in my eye, however)
Make sure you get the acetone kind. the other stuff sucks for that kind of thing…
Also available at most hobby stores is a solvent designed to break down Cyano Acrylate (CA) glue. (The kind they usually use to make RC airplanes.)
I’ve glued my fingers to my kits enough times that I keep a bottle around almost all the time anymore.
