Let my mistake be a lesson...

ROXRAN · 07-06-2002, 09:22 PM

I've always thought of myself as someone who didn't let little things bother me. As a kid living in the bad woods of Huntsville, I took a bet to rub poison oak all over my body...I know pretty stupid, but apparently I'm immune...or it wasn't poison oak...either way I won 5 bucks out of it...

What I'm saying is a lot of us guys don't worry about "protecting" ourselves from "things" out there...

A few days ago (actually July 4th in the morning)...I was making sure to mow and decided to fertilize the lawn afterwards. As I was doing this, you can imagine how hot it was and as I was nearly done with everything. I went to the storage shed to put things up and did something real dumb...I wiped the sweat off my brow with my hand...What was stupid about it was I had just finished handling the fertilizer...What was dumb, was in the back of my mind I knew I did something dumb, but did it anyway...

Well, Have you ever seen a person with bloodshot eyes so red it is downright scary? Well that was me...I couldn't even drive to the store like I wanted later. I put visine. I put saline drops, eye wash... I tried ice, taking a cold shower, warm shower...It hurt to open my eyes...

I really and truly looked repossessed there for a while. Finally I located my daughter's prescription eye drops for infection and the pain has now subsided...The redness is going down but slowly.

I just want to r4emind everyone to think twice when it comes to eyes and the chemicals we deal with on a near daily basis.

p.s. consequently, when mr. oily wrote about feeling crappy, I could relate...

DaDakota · 07-06-2002, 09:26 PM

Dude,

Glad you are ok.....now Jeff should chime in about non-poisonous lawn care.

DaDakota

drapg · 07-06-2002, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ROXRAN
I really and truly looked repossessed there for a while.

Did the eye store repossess your eyes???
Did you forget to pay the bill?? NO!!!!!!

j/k.

in all seriousness, glad to hear you're doing better.

ROXRAN · 07-06-2002, 11:09 PM

:D ...lol, I didn't even realize I did that.

Manny Ramirez · 07-06-2002, 11:25 PM

ROXRAN:

Glad to hear you are alright.

I have LOTS of problems with allergies, and the 2 big things that happen to me is sneezing non-stop and having the corner of my eyes that are close to my nose itch constantly.

Well it was Thursday morning and I was reading the BBS while eating my Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Sure enough, my eye started itching. I thought that I had gotten off all the cinnamon on my hand (I know I don't eat with a spoon, so sue me

). Well, the next thing I know, my eye was on fire.

I had to take out my contact and put my head in the bathroom sink which I had filled with water. Flushing my eye worked and after about an initial 5 minutes of discomfort, everything was okay.

So, I know how easy it is to get things in your eye if you're not careful.

BobFinn* · 07-06-2002, 11:29 PM

Squirrel meat is good for the eyes.

:D

Sonny · 07-06-2002, 11:31 PM

My first question was, what kind of fertilizer was he using, the man made stuff or mother nature's recipe? :D

Seriously though, glad you didn't go blind, next time handle with caution.