On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:44:35 -0800 (PST), "
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On Feb 16, 4:28*am, micky wrote:
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:58:35 -0700, "Steve B"
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"micky" wrote

I worked briefly in a machine shop and have been doing a lot of
grinding over the years. *When I was younger I never wore eye
protection. *Now that I'm older and realize I'm not invincible I do. I
was told to get an X-ray before getting an MRI. *IMHO it is very
unlikely you have any metal in your eyes.. I had none in mine... BUT
there is no reason not to go get the X-ray first and then get the MRI.
It would be foolish to just hope for the best given the difficulty of
replacing an eyeball if you do happen to have a stray piece of metal
in there.

Thanks. * *I'll do that.

BTW, what I have gotten near my eye is wires from the wire brush.

I love the wire brush and use it a lot**. and every so often a wire
comes out. *and sometimes stab me in the face and stick there. * I've
gotten much better about wearing safety glasses.

The wire brush has often had no shield, because it was bigger than the
shield I had

** A few minutes witha wire brush on a grinder makes things look like
new. *All t he rust off tools, a little oil to make them work well.
Works on wood and other materials too.

Old welders used to use a mane hair from a horse's mane or tail, and draw it
over the eyeball, and a lot of times that would snag it out.

That's sickening, but I guess I would do it if I needed it. * As I
said, my friend went maybe 50 years ago to the Wilmer Eye Clinic
(world famous and *part of Johns Hopkins Hospital now) where they had
a machine to take the metal sliver out of his eye. * *But you can't
have one of those everywhere, like you can a horse hair.


No special machine is required. I've had things removed
from my eye twice. They just seat you in a chair that has
a chin rest in front of you for your head to rest in, similar
to what they use for some eye exams. They apply an
anesthetic and after it's taken effect, the doctor using
magnifiying goggles uses an instrument to pick it out.
Probably took 15 or 20 mins total.
Any opthamologist should be able to do it. That is
assuming it's just the typical small shard. If you have
an ice pick, well, that's another story.

An ice pick should be easy to remove. It has a handle.

And let me tell you, like I think it was Steve B said,
if you had something like that in your eye, you sure
as hell would know it, because it's extremely irritating,
painful and annoying. You can't wait to get to the
doctor to get it out.

My friend said too that it was very very painful. He's the one who
said they used a machine, but maybe he fortgets some details after 50
years.