Chorley Hospital A&E

[timwilky]

Well guys, mowing the lawn yesterday I managed to get hit in the face with some flying muck and got some in my right eye. bloody sore, tried irrigating the eye several times and left it overnight just in case it shifted in my sleep. Alas no.

So 9:30 this morning I check into the local A&E, triaged about 10 mins later and a further 10 mins I am in the eye examination room with the A&E surgeon and 3 students.

They give me a vision test, examination and nice to know they confirmed my diagnosis when I checked in as "Foreign body in right eye". So Anesthetic drops applied and my head rested on the chin bar of their examination scope as the guy spends the next 10minutes removing the **** out of my eye with a needle. I tell you it is frightening knowing he is trying to pluck the foreign body out of the eye and if I move I am likely to do some damage, even worse that you are watching him do it but cant quite focus on whatever it is.

So 1 hour after checking in, I am out driving home, my eye still hurts but they say that is because of the abrasion the muck made.

Big up to Chorley A&E your stars

[tricky]

Nice to hear a good story about the NHS
Eye casualty are normally pretty good
Had far to much experience of them earlier on in the year (Mrs Tricky had a detached retina)

[DanDare]

Thanks Tim, I'm going into hospital tomorrow to hopefully have a lump removed from inside my eye lid. I am absoultley petrified as I'm not a good patient at all.

Someone coming near you with a scapel of alike into your eye and all you can do is look.

I feel squeamish already. :cry: :sick:

[northwind]

Nice one- everyone likes to complain but we're not always so fast to pass on good stories.

[BabyJ]

Made me cringe just reading that. Got a thing about my eyes, can't stand anything going near or in them....EEeck! :silent:

Glad everythng was sorted out tho Tim and Good luck for tomorrow Dan

:D :D

[Ed]

Excellent!! Glad it had a happy ending Tim.

I have an eye story, I bent down to pick up a pot in the garden and didn't see the bamboo cane that went straight into my right eye leaving splinters in my eyeball. Ow!!!!! Similar experience, Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup got them out.

[Anonymous]

cant do eyes. cant even put on mascara.

my dad got a cist removed from the inside of his lower eye lid. said he didnt feel anything. wasnt even that sore after. hope op goes ok

tim - take it you were not wearing your goggles while cutting the grass, dont you read safety leaflets lol glad your ok

[Peter Henry]

With the NHS the problem has never been the troops at the front end of things but more "them upstairs" . A situation that has deteriorated since the introduction of the "trust" thing. :?

Glad your peeper will be able to be back in full duty at key holes Tim. :wink:

[Warthog]

I had a cyst cut off my eyeball under local anaethetic. Really painfull when the drugs wore off and the stitches kept irritating my eye.

[Tara]

ow - glad your OK Tim

[DanDare]

cant do eyes. cant even put on mascara.

my dad got a cist removed from the inside of his lower eye lid. said he didnt feel anything. wasnt even that sore after. hope op goes ok



Thanks NT, thats exactly what I've got. I finish work at 1 at appointment is at 2.30.
I am scared sh*tless having never been to the hospital for anything before. :cry:

Thanks for words of encouragement. :smt056

[Ceri JC]

Made me cringe just reading that. Got a thing about my eyes, can't stand anything going near or in them....EEeck! :silent:


Same here, it's probably my biggest fear. Sounds silly, but learning to put contact lenses in was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

Glad you're sorted Tim.

[BabyJ]

Made me cringe just reading that. Got a thing about my eyes, can't stand anything going near or in them....EEeck! :silent:


Same here, it's probably my biggest fear. Sounds silly, but learning to put contact lenses in was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

Glad you're sorted Tim.

Can't do contact lenses either!!! :silent:

Got a thing bout my belly button too... but let's not go there! :-dd

[Lou M]

I'm fine with eyes, contact lenses are ace!!

But ears? Don't even attempt to go there! Couple of years ago I have fitted earplugs, excellent things, but of my God, the pain of them being fitted when they squeese the sillicon into your ear - I was nearly on the ceiling - how I managed not to pass out!

I'm such a girl :roll:

[timwilky]

I am waiting for Tara to post about her contact lens experience :oops:

[kciN]

I'm not one for being squeamish about blood and stuff, but this is making me cringe.
No, really.......

Saw someone having their eye 'scraped' over with a special machine once to remove the top layer. Cataracts, I think........

ow ow ow........... :|

[MidgetMoose]

Hehe, im sqeemish about lots of stuff but eyes dont bother me my sister cut mine when it was little i can remember that hurting but i can pokemine with my finger without it feeling weird.

While i was in the plastic surgery ward (It wasn't for anything rubbish they were rebuilding my leg :P) in Preston hospital some guy had some metal removed from his eye but he said it didn't hurt at all.... Not that it helps as you've probably had it done now :D

[jonboy]

Yes not nice. Reminds of when Mrs jonboy was mowing the lawn (wot, you expect me to do it? :lol: ) a few weeks back and the hover mower went over a pile of dog poo - a happy woman she was not, as she got plastered :lol: .


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[MidgetMoose]

Yes not nice. Reminds of when Mrs jonboy was mowing the lawn (wot, you expect me to do it? :lol: ) a few weeks back and the hover mower went over a pile of dog poo - a happy woman she was not, as she got plastered :lol: .


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:lol:

Thats brilliant (obviously not for her) did you see it happen? or merelytold about it after.

[Anonymous]

cant do eyes. cant even put on mascara.

my dad got a cist removed from the inside of his lower eye lid. said he didnt feel anything. wasnt even that sore after. hope op goes ok



Thanks NT, thats exactly what I've got. I finish work at 1 at appointment is at 2.30.
I am scared sh*tless having never been to the hospital for anything before. :cry:

Thanks for words of encouragement. :smt056


so dan how you feeling today, hope it all went ok :pirat: