I was just being a 10 yr old kid watching my day trying to break a chain off of something in the bed of our pickup truck with a hammer and chissle. I was standing on the bumper of the pick up truck watching.
1972 no such thing as anyone wearing safety glasses.
A piece of the hammer (I still have the hammer with piece missing) came off and went through my right eye cornea, lens and 50% through the back of my eye socket.
It didnt really hurt. Just felt like I got something in my eye. I could see perfectly fine also except for this black spot the kept floating around. LOL
They did tons of xray looking for it for hours until they discovered it had passed THROUGH they eye ball and into the socket. They said they where surprised my eye had not collapse but it immediately sealed itself. Pretty amazing body part.
They took out the eye ball, removed the metal shard and did their best to repair the eye. They lense on the inside was GONE... The metal took out the bottom part of the lip that holds it in place.
I spent Good Friday (not so good) and the next 10 days in the hospital. I remember some really cute nurses though and liked the sponge baths.
3 surgeries and and 1 year later I was legally blind in my right eye but could see light and shapes.
Fast forward to 1988? and had one of the very first Cornea transplants. They even took a 1hr video of the whole surgery to use for teaching purposes. I was awake during the whole thing talking to the doctor also LOL WEIRD...
This only helped the vision minimaly due to no lens inside.
Interesting thing about not having a lens inside your eye; it filters out ultraviolet light. You know the really really good black lights in clubs that you dont even notice because they are so black? it's like looking at a 1000w light bulb to me with my right eye. It's really really bright and blinding.
Fast forward to 2000 and I had another cornea transplant and this time a lens transplant as well. I now have 20/50 in the right eye and could legally drive with only the vision of my right eye. That is SO wrong.... No way would I. It still is crap.... I cant read unless the print is big. I can see SOME street signs and make out traffic lights sort of. That law needs changed.
I can see good enough to get buy if I had to now and expect something new and improved in the next 10 years MAYBE... never know with the current health care plan in place now.
OK enough details for now? LOL
Originally Posted by lovbyts
I was just being a 10 yr old kid watching my day trying to break a chain off of something in the bed of our pickup truck with a hammer and chissle. I was standing on the bumper of the pick up truck watching.
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