StrikerChris
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:01 AM |
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Well i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!
Arc eye!
bugger me it ain't nice.i've known people who've had it and complained but having got away without getting it for so long i guess i
got complacent.not again,waking up on your own in agony,unable to open eyes is scary.then try and use a phone and ring for help when you cant see
isn't easy,sitting in hospital on your own blind isn't nice and fainting twice as someone peels your eyelids off your eyeballs isn't
the best either.they're alot better today but it still feels like my eyelies are 380 wet and dry!
Heed this warning and take care gents!
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:03 AM |
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not cool mate!  hope you get better soon! not managed to do it to myself. fancy a auto welding helmet though. its bound to happen one day...
[Edited on 29/4/10 by blakep82]
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:03 AM |
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sounds like when i had laser eye surgery 
Craig
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carpmart
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:04 AM |
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Good advice!
Good lesson!
Hope you recover quickly!
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t16turbotone
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:05 AM |
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good discription! i remember the pain only too well! get well soon
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l0rd
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:06 AM |
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Sad to hear of this. I have a learner you did exactly the same.
I was lucky when i did my welding course it happened to me but i realised it soon and stopped withing seconds.
A self dimming mask is a must.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:09 AM |
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I got a bad dose for using a Plasma cutter with safety specs . That hurt.... and I could see. Went an bought Cutting googles.
Was using the safety spcs as the welding mask was to dark 
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:10 AM |
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Yeah, it's not pleasant is it? When I was in A&E the nurse tried getting me to read a standard eye test chart. When I said that I
couldn't read it she asked me if I normally wore glasses!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:11 AM |
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Like sand in yer eyeballs. Seen some bush macs weld up my pick ups suspention with three batterys and a pair of sunglasses. I kid you not!!!!!!!
But hey thats botswana for you.
I used to weld with flip flops!
But always had a helmuit
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iscmatt
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:11 AM |
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this reminds THIS THREAD it's important to wear eye protection!!!
[Edited on 29/4/10 by iscmatt]
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StrikerChris
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:14 AM |
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i dont even know if the nurse was fit lol.she sounded it!
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b16mts
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:23 AM |
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i had it when i was 12ish.
just like i had sandpaper in the back of my eyes completely unstopable pain. truely horrid.
most annoying as i was fine while watching the guy weld all day, its the 6 hours later in the middle of the night when you start regretting it!!
My solution is the cheapest, dont do any welding.
Martin
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boggle
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:25 AM |
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you can have the best visor in the world and still get it...
my first case was from welding inside of a 1.5m wide steel tube....the arc flashes where reflecting in the back of the visor...
wet teabags work well.....
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
i dont even know if the nurse was fit lol.she sounded it!
I work in a hospital and talk to fit sounding nurses most days on the phone.
The problem is I'm yet to meet a fit looking one and I've been here two years!
Beware the sirens call
Craig
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iank
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
i dont even know if the nurse was fit lol.she sounded it!
I work in a hospital and talk to fit sounding nurses most days on the phone.
The problem is I'm yet to meet a fit looking one and I've been here two years!
Beware the sirens call
There were a couple of nice ones when I was in, sadly I was in no condition to take advantage
p.s. hope the arc-eye doesn't last too long .
[Edited on 29/4/10 by iank]
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
i dont even know if the nurse was fit lol.she sounded it!
I work in a hospital and talk to fit sounding nurses most days on the phone.
The problem is I'm yet to meet a fit looking one and I've been here two years!
Beware the sirens call
fit on the phone, add 5 stone lol
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big_wasa
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 11:57 AM |
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been there, and done that. Wont be doing it again....
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40inches
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:08 PM |
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wearing clear safety glasses will stop arc eye, you will still be suffering from white spot, but no pain
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
wearing clear safety glasses will stop arc eye, you will still be suffering from white spot, but no pain
This works for me, as long as they are UV resistant they will prevent arc eye as the UV radiation is what burns your conjunctiva and causes the
soreness like sunburn.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
I used to weld with flip flops!
I've never tried that, always found a conventional welder quite effective
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eddie99
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:26 PM |
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Hope you feel better soon!
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
sounds like when i had laser eye surgery
I've had my eyes lasered and it was pretty much painless. I had mild arc eye and that was a lot worse.
Hope you feel better soon Chris
- Jim
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AdamR
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
Arc eye!
bugger me it ain't nice.i've known people who've had it and complained but having got away without getting it for so long i guess i
got complacent.not again,waking up on your own in agony,unable to open eyes is scary.then try and use a phone and ring for help when you cant see
isn't easy,sitting in hospital on your own blind isn't nice and fainting twice as someone peels your eyelids off your eyeballs isn't
the best either.
Ouch! What happened? I had a touch of arc eye once or twice when learning, but as I was only exposed for about a second before shutting off the
welder, the symptoms weren't too bad. Just irritated itchy eyes in the middle of the night. Can't imagine what sort of exposure could
cause such bad symptoms!
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jimgiblett
quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
sounds like when i had laser eye surgery
I've had my eyes lasered and it was pretty much painless. I had mild arc eye and that was a lot worse.
Hope you feel better soon Chris
- Jim
I had LASEK (where they remove the entire upper surface from the centre of your eye), rather than the more common LASIK, with post surgical
complications.
It was pretty messy
Craig
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 12:59 PM |
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I've had arc eye once, and that was one too many times as far as I'm concerned! Had to get my brothers girlfriend to drive me to the eye
hospital at about 5AM as I couldn't stand the pain any longer. They put some anaesthetic in my eyes to relieve the pain but had sore eyes for
many days after.
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