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It was a nice evening to go to Urgent Care...

XC242
XC242 Posts: 1,208
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Have you ever been standing there lighting your lump with a Looftlighter, hot air gun, weed burner, etc., and thought to yourself; "Gee I wonder what it would feel like if one of these burning embers that are flying around landed in my eye?" Can you say "Corneal Abrasion" kids? I thought I could get away with just having my regular glasses on, time to switch lighting styles or use safety glasses. Luckily it's not too bad, all I have is a follow up with Opthamology tomorrow. 

Will take another run at that spatchcock chicken tomorrow night...

Every now and again I like to let my inner idiot out for a walk, Doh!!
LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • kdink
    kdink Posts: 336
    Wow,  Glad to here it was not worse!
    2 Xl's, MM and Forno Bello
    Pizza Oven in Bergen County, NJ
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  • CPARKTX
    CPARKTX Posts: 2,095
    Oh man that sucks. Hope you are okay. 
    LBGE & SBGE.  Central Texas.  
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,172
    Next time just set up outside the urgent care.......that way you can get right back to it. Maybe find someone with a good eye and hands to tend it while you get your pirates patch. Spatch on my Carolina neighbor. That same idiot lives here also.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • bcsnave
    bcsnave Posts: 1,009

    @XC242 ..wow..you okay?

    Just lucky you didn't drop the Looftlighter in the egg..have it blow up..start the house on fire..spark flames into the air and have them drift east to Elkhart Lake...

    Wow..I feel lucky  myself now

    The Dude..a Mini and a Large Egg..a DigiQ DX (BGE Green)..some Cast Iron...a Thermapen.............and an Ol' Fashion

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Glenbeulah, WI

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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    Ugh!  Sorry to hear that, glad it's not serious and thanks for the feedback.

    I don't use a LL, but I have dumped in my chimney an had a big poof of sparks come up on occasion.  When they fly out and land on your foot...they don't tickle, but it beats a stick in the eye!
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Cool.....did they give you an eye patch so you can look like a pirate? 

    Glad it wasn't a lot worse. Best of luck with the ophthalmologist. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • Doc_Eggerton
    Doc_Eggerton Posts: 5,321
    Hope it resolves quickly, I use a Looftlighter and wear safety glasses.  Much lesser issue, but you can ruin a good shirt wearing while you are lighting.

    XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys

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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    Nope, no eye patch.  Just a small divot that needs to get checked out tomorrow. Appreciate the comments everyone. I gotta say, it was a bit scarey there for a couple minutes after it happened. 
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,172
    edited March 2016
    XC242 said:
    Nope, no eye patch.  Just a small divot that needs to get checked out tomorrow. Appreciate the comments everyone. I gotta say, it was a bit scarey there for a couple minutes after it happened. 
    I hope you know I was kidding above. Sounded like you made out ok......hope it minds quickly. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    Glad you're not going to suffer more serious problems.  And, thanks for the humerus reminder to protect our eyes.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    @northGAcock, no problem, we're good dude. 
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    That's scary glad your ok
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  • mgd_egg
    mgd_egg Posts: 476
    Thanks for sharing and reminding us to be more safe. I always assume it won't happen to me but that's when they get ya. 
    Lg & MM BGE, Humphrey’s Battle Box | Palatine, Illinois  
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Yep I wear my ANSI/OSHA approved sunglasses which are what I wear daily at work. I have the sunglasses and clear lense pair. I've had lump spark many times and they've saved my eyes for sure. I'm glad you're okay too. "Safety is no accident"
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,818
    Glad you are ok!

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Really scary. I had gas spray in my eyes once.....anything that compromises your vision will make you panic there for a second or two. Let us know what the doc says. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324

    I've got a patient from a few years back who lost an eye in a shooting competition; had a ricochet fragment catch him.  He wears a pirate patch.  To make it worse, he was a shooting instructor for the Marine Corps back in his pre-pirate days.

    As a joke, he brought us all patches one day and we all wore them every time he came in for appointments.  We had some fun together.

    I've scratched my cornea once before right out of college; though I was a goner for sure!  Best wishes and a speedy recovery!

    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • bcsnave
    bcsnave Posts: 1,009
    edited March 2016
    You know what they say..."IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE GETS THIER EYE POKED OUT"

    The Dude..a Mini and a Large Egg..a DigiQ DX (BGE Green)..some Cast Iron...a Thermapen.............and an Ol' Fashion

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Glenbeulah, WI

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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,844
    Hope there's no damage to follow. I think I can make do without a lot of things, but my eyes are not among them. All the best.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    I got a piece of metal in my eye from grinding. Waited too long to go to doctor, wound up with a rust ring in my eye. Had to wear a patch for 3 days. Was not fun, first day I was starting to get claustrophobic, had to have Doc give me something to calm down. Glad your ok!!
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,339
    Eye injury stories!

    first, that sucks, glad it wasn't more serious.

    me?  I tried to catch a fencing staple with my eye about 25 years ago, putting up some welded wire fencing.  Thankfully I was unsucessful and it just skidded across and left me with a lacerated cornea.  Eyepatch for a week, took some getting used to - keeping the other eye open is the challenge, that and eating sushi with chopsticks when you're drunk and lost your depth perception, all good now.

    hope you heal quickly.
    Love you bro!
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  • Chicklet
    Chicklet Posts: 205
    As your favorite ER/trauma nurse, please, please, PLEASE tell me they gave you some antibiotic eye drops and some numbing eye drops.  

    m
    Eat, drink and be merry

    Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • sctdg
    sctdg Posts: 301
    Got tired of holes in shirts,now it is paper towel and vegetable oil .
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,138
    Holy crap man. Scary stuff. I've been very close several times. I switched to the oiled up paper towel a while back and it does work best for me. It's pennies per light and gets the lump lit quick and clean. I talked to Jonathan at Rockwood a few months ago and he said that putting a 1000 degree torch on a few inch spot of lump is a horrible idea (he was more eloquent than that). 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Wardster
    Wardster Posts: 1,006
    I once had a cigarette jammed into my eye.  Good thing it was off center but it still sucked...
    Apollo Beach, FL
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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 2,800
    Ouch!!
    Large Egg with adjustable rig, Kick Ash Basket, Minimax and various Weber's.
    Floyd Va

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  • chrisc133
    chrisc133 Posts: 501
    Wow...I too have been close many times. I needed this thread to make me start wearing my glasses again.
    Augusta, GA
    #BGETEAMGREEN member
    MiniMax, Large, XL BGE
    Featured on Man Fire Food Season 7
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,232
    That's good to hear 
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  • Sammi
    Sammi Posts: 598
    Glad it worked out ok. 
    Sudbury, Ontario
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