Still on the mend

[ova50]

It’s been 3 months since I damaged one of my eyes, and was hoping for a full recovery.

Not to be, have lost approximately 20% of my peripheral vision, with some scarring across the centre of the pupil (which is somewhat annoying) and some blurred vision.

I am hoping that a lens correction to my glasses will correct some of the blur but will know more next week when I visit the optometrist.

I have been relying on my wife and one of my sons for the driving duties, as I don’t feel confident being behind the wheel at the moment even though I have driven a couple of short distances in the past week.

:cheers:

[growler2058]

Hope the lens correction goes well for you mate

[TPC]

I missed the thread about you damaging your eye and just looked back, scary stuff but good you did not loose the eye.
Hope the glasses can make things a bit more normal for you.

[threedogs]

Ex president of the TLCCV lost his eye when a spanner he left on his Ultra light vibrated off hitting the propeller, well you can guess the rest.
He has no problems driving his 4x4 with only one eye, top bloke to boot. been a few years now since his accident.
It may just be a confidence thing but hope you get behind the wheel sooner rather than later

[Stropp]

Know how you feel mate, my right eye is scarred on the retina so I will never have great vision again with that eye but the left is very good so it compensates and most of the time I have little problem now. Good luck with it !

[mudnut]

I sincerely hope the corrective lens helps, mate. We all take our eyes for granted but reading stories like yours brings home how fragile they really are.

[bignev]

I got scaring across the cornea on one of my eyes (from shingles 30 years ago). Because of that, my eye sight is pretty much sruffed in that eye and a lens wont help. The only solution would be a cornea transplant. However, it hasnt stop me from doing stuff i want to do or having a good life. If you dont get the result you are hoping for, you will adapt and you still do the stuff you enjoy doing.

[ova50]

I am hoping new glasses will help.
Even a little improvement would be better.

:cheers:

[Bloodyaussie]

All the best mate, a reminder of the simple things in life we take for granted.

[ova50]

Thanks BA.
The hard bit is getting use to the faint line (scarring) I often see through the centre of the eye, particularly when outdoors.
This accident happened when a short length of an old TV antenna flicked up when I stood on it in a garden bed as I was starting to kneel down.
I was wearing my glasses at the time, but it came between the glasses, just one of those "bad luck" things.
:cheers:

[threedogs]

little steps eh little steps Im sure everything will work out for you.
Keep a positive attitude and dont let it get you down, you have
your Patrol family here if you need to Vent or ask anything

[ova50]

Thanks TD.
I am taking those little steps.
Now that I have driven a little I am getting more confident.
I was helping an elderly person clear up their garden, as a good dead.
They feel terrible about what has happened.
:cheers:

[Bloodyaussie]

Thanks BA.
The hard bit is getting use to the faint line (scarring) I often see through the centre of the eye, particularly when outdoors.
This accident happened when a short length of an old TV antenna flicked up when I stood on it in a garden bed as I was starting to kneel down.
I was wearing my glasses at the time, but it came between the glasses, just one of those "bad luck" things.
:cheers:

Holy shit mate..... frightening when its something like that.

As for eyes I have had moments when I was a second away from losing and eye or only moments before put my sunnies on to have a large bug (and I mean large) hit me right in the middle of my glasses.

This comes with years of riding motorcycles and also being a postie.

[threedogs]

It has me beat how Tony[ex-Prez] drives with one eye, but he still goes touring around the country
as well as frequent trips into the High Country, He never let it beat him and a good support team [wife]

[happygu]

Thanks BA.
The hard bit is getting use to the faint line (scarring) I often see through the centre of the eye, particularly when outdoors.
This accident happened when a short length of an old TV antenna flicked up when I stood on it in a garden bed as I was starting to kneel down.
I was wearing my glasses at the time, but it came between the glasses, just one of those "bad luck" things.
:cheers:

Daryl,

I guess it was just a one a million chance, especially wearing glasses too

I feel for you, as I have had some close shaves and have always to date been lucky .... Murphy's Law - nothing ever usually seems to happen to me when I wear safety glasses - only when I don't...

I hope that there is some avenue for improvement for you.

Mic

[MEGOMONSTER]

Wow, that's was very lucky not to lose it completely. Glad your on the mend and hopefully improvement will come.

I had a friend who lost his eye in a knife accident where the blade of a knife nicked his eye ball ( didn't touch any skin or the eyelids, just the eyeball) but lost his eye and now has a glass eye replacement and loves popping it out and putting it in people's beer.

[threedogs]

I think most eye accidents happen when ppl are wearing safety glasses.
A friend I know up HAY his son was swinging a folding pocket knife on a piece of string.
Got distracted turned back and blade went right in his eye[lost]
@ OVA if you have an eye patch have you asked for Pirate sex yet,
my missus declined when she had her cataracts done bummer lol

AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH matey

[ova50]

At the optometrist yesterday, a lens correction to my glasses will improve the blurred vision to a degree, but not completely.
New glasses should be ready on Tuesday next week. The rest I will have to live with.

(Will have to wait another week till I try out the welders I bought.)

To Threedogs,
I still have the pirate patch but don't need to wear it to get the "AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH matey "
Hot blooded Italian wife :wink::wink: .

:cheers:

[threedogs]

AAARRRGGGGHHHHHhh same here my wife is Italian too.
As for welding even if practicing wear some kind of eye protection.
even reading glasses will deflect the arc flash.
Trust me you dont want "Flash" I had it a few times over the years and most times I was not welding
but I come see the arc in the corner of my eye, worst flash to get BTW.
straight to the eye and ear hosp for some drops to deaden the eye , it is sooo painfull.
Welding if you're melting steel and blowing holes turn the welder down, the pkt the rods come in will
have ball park amps to set the welder to, be wary chipping slag too its hot and will stick to what ever it lands on
eg an eye lid, OH and make sure sparks cant start a fire anywhere, strike the rod like a match to start the arc and dont hold it too far away
from the job. You'll pick it up easy enough, its the position welds that are a bit trickier

[ova50]

Thanks for the tips TD.
Have got some off cuts of steel to practice on.
May post up some pics when I try them out so you can bag out my crappy workmanship. LOL.

:cheers:

[threedogs]

thin material is a pain to weld and rust is impossible.
EG if welding some say 25 x 25 x2 Square section I sometimes
use a stop start method so I dont get too much heat in the job.
another eg. if you have to pieces side by side clamp it
then tack each end turn it over make sure its flat and tack again