Once again, I am BRILLIANT!

[hrdlife1]

I SCRATCHED MY CORNEA...AGAIN!!!


i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO stoopid!! did anyone else get the cibavision freebie for contacts? well lemme tell ya the latest steph gets the duh of the year award story...

Saturday night chris took me out on a date, we went to see Dreamcatcher (don't waste your money) and went to Steak and Ale, it was nice...so anyway, we were gonna run by walmart on the way home but the movie got out so late we just came straight home...well the whole reason why we were gonna run by walmart was because i needed my regular contact solution...so..i decide that instead of going all the way back out to walmart, i'll just use the cibavision freebie..so instead of putting the solution in the case it came with, that also SPECIFICALLY states ON THE BOTTLE and ON THE PACKAGE, ONLY use the special lens case with this solution and do not put in a regular case and ESPECIALLY don't put the contacts BACK in your eyes before putting it in the special "neutralyzing" case for AT LEAST 6 hours AND clearly on the bottle says DO NOT PUT DIRECTLY INTO EYES...did i listen noooooooo of course not!! i put my contacts DIRECTLY into the solution, DIRECTLY in my own lens case "just for tonight"..

with me so far? k, good.

so fast forward to sunday afternoon circa 3/4pm...we decide we're gonna go out to Ryan's for the Easter buffet...take my shower, get out, dry off, next step of course is to put the contacts in....



OMG CHRISTOPHER GET IT OUT OMG OMG IT BURNS OMG AAAAACKKKKK!!!!!

my naked self comes FLYING out of the bathroom (how the towel stayed on my hair on top of my head this whole time i have no idea though lol) and promptly run SMACK into the doorframe SCREAMING at the top of my lungs and clawing at my eye and writhing on the floor like i'm possessed....

chris just stands there going wha wha WHAT?????

so i get the contact OUT and i have NEVER felt so much pain IN MY LIFE!!! my eye was burning SO BAD!!!

so chris picks me up and puts me on the bed, gets my contact and puts it back in the solution, and starts flushing my eye out with water and eye drops....

so, i lay there for a bit until the burning went away...go back in the bathroom and look at my eye...it is RED like BLOOD red LOL!!

SO, i'm standing there and i'm like ok, no problem, the redness will go away but i am SO not going OUT wearing my GLASSES, i know what i'll do i'll just rinse the other one with water yeah that'll work and get the stuff off...

so i rinse the left one with water REALLY well...put that one in my eye...

REPEAT NAKED RUNNING SCREAMING AND CLAWING AT EYE.

so NOW chris has officially entitled me with THE idiot duh of the year award along with the "person SO vain she practically blinds herself" award. and yep we went to ryan's and yep i wore my glasses. and yep my eyes were blood red all day sunday.

so i finally get my regular solution, and wash contacts really well, enzymatic cleaner, etc. etc. etc. wore my glasses to work yesterday even just to make sure they soaked good and well.

well, my GENIUS self decided to wear my contacts today. i came home from work by 3pm practically BLIND. my right eye was red all day and it kept tearing up. and it had that feeling that something was in there but no matter what i did i couldn't get it out. and yes i have scratched my cornea before, no i will not tell you exactly HOW MANY times i have done it before, but lets just say i know the feeling.

so i go to the er, and shocker of shockers i scratched my right cornea. and there seems to be "some kind of damage to both eyes, possible burning" NO idea how THAT happened nope nope nope.

so anyway, the good news is i get to play hookie from work tomorrow.

bad news is i'm a bigger idiot than i thought.

and the worst news is, i proved it. LOL!!


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[eldo]

Geez Steph, what an ordeal you went through!

Isn't it amazing how one little mistake can cause such grief!? In October I was in a hurry to get the house clean before company arrived, and while hurrying through a doorway a little too quickly, rammed my little toe, and after 3 days of terrible pain, had it x-rayed and found that I had broken it in 2 places! I hobbled around for 2 months after that... it's taken 6 months to feel normal again. Talk about feeling like an idiot.

(((((((hugs))))))))

[Jennifer M.]

I would have done the same thing, I would have told myself don't put the other one in because it might happen again...however, I would put it in anyway...you know you shouldn't but there is that little glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe it will be ok!

It reminds me of when you go to a restaurant and the waitress says "don't touch the plate, it's hot" What do you do? You touch it to see how hot it is! You know you shouldn't but you can't stop yourself! LOL

[hrdlife1]

(((eldo)))) OUCH!!! yep, sounds like something i would do too, me and my daughter both seem to have the "shoulda named her grace" disease LOL!!

ROFL Jennifer, yep!! i've done that too! oh it can't be THAT hot *singe* ROFL!!


the funniest thing is, chris said ya know i felt sorry for you, until you put the OTHER one in!

[freesurfer]

OMG!! Steph I haven't laughed that hard in days girl!!

Oh sorry.....hope you will recover!!

: - )

[telos2000]

And MEN don't read instructions?

[hrdlife1]

Originally posted by telos2000
And MEN don't read instructions?

ROFLMHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can best believe you will NEVAH hear another "men and directions" joke from me that's for sure LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

thanks freesurfer, chris and i crack up about it NOW...one of those "omg did i REALLY do that" moments ROFL!!! jeeez, my brilliance amazes me sometimes, it really does LOL

[Shainie]

Originally posted by hrdlife1
[b]
REPEAT NAKED RUNNING SCREAMING AND CLAWING AT EYE.
[b]

OMG - that's a picture that's going to be stuck in my head. ROFL

So sorry about your eyes! But it makes for good comedy. hehe

Hope you're feeling better!

[tlspiegel]

Oh... Steph honey... that must really hurt. I'm sorry! Geez..

[ihvfaith]

Ow Ow Ow!!
You poor thing!


but I did have to laugh at your story, you told it so well.

[Brendabutt]

Okay, now I have to "fess up". I did the same thing with the solution. I had already used it like the directions said and thought that just using the special case would NOT make a difference. Well, like Steph, I couldn't get the contact out fast enough. Burns like heck. I ended up throwing those contacts away. I still don't understand how just using the special case keeps it from burning your eyes-------can anyone explain that???

[mayfly]

hmmmmmmm
what have I learned tonight?

<licks pencil and begins to write>
Never ever ever ever use any contact solution that is free.


LOL I am sorry hun, poor girlie!

[hrdlife1]

Originally posted by Brendabutt
Okay, now I have to "fess up". I did the same thing with the solution. I had already used it like the directions said and thought that just using the special case would NOT make a difference. Well, like Steph, I couldn't get the contact out fast enough. Burns like heck. I ended up throwing those contacts away. I still don't understand how just using the special case keeps it from burning your eyes-------can anyone explain that???

(((((((brendabutt))))))))))) i feel your pain my sistah, LITERALLY!!!

i dunno why you have to use the special case either, maybe there's some special "won't burn your eyes" thingy in the bottom whirly looking thing...oh no i know what it is, it's cuz it holds them sideways..yep...ROFL!!!

ack, well for whatever reason, brenda and i can attest ALWAYS use the special case LOL!!!

[Brendabutt]

Yeah, be sure and use the "special" case. However, it burned so bad that I'm not sure I will use the solution with the "special" case..........too much pain for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NaomiMarie]

((((((Steph))))))