Binding

[Pauline Houke]

I love this forum. I have spent the last eight years in solitude and now I have people with whom I can share my experiences and who will nderstand. I spent absolutely ages last night trying to get my rigid lens of my eyeball when it moved and stuck like glue right in the very top left hand corner of my eye!!! This has happened to me hundreds of times over the years and usually I can dislodge them quite easily.But sometimes when they are in such difficult places and I can't move them I start to really panic. Last night was one of those moments. I can't really remember how it eventually became unstuck because by this time I was in full panic mode!but suddenly there it was balancing on my finger end! Pain was intense, panic was over,I cried!! Any one got any tips on what to do next time it happens?

[jayuk]

Hiya Pauline

Lol..yes i remember those times with the little gits!....you know the first time that happened to me I absolutely cra**ed myself....as i thought it would get lost in the eye lol......on a little research after that i found out that thats virtually impossible.


What I have found to work when its dislodged in the upper sides of the eye is to put put your finger over the upper lid..move your eye about....feel for the lens, then slightly give it a nudge....

IF that fails..this is another sure fire way......for me anyway its ALWAYS worked......

1) wait a few minutes

2) get saline solution, tip the head back and put the saline in the eye and let it overflow

3) look down and around and they lens will start to move about as the saline will create a cushon around the outer rim of the lens...eventually it will release the suction and the lens will move down.

4) breath a sign of relief, maybe swea alittle and laugh and then put it back in lol

J

[Pauline Houke]

Thanks for that Jay,
You make me laugh!

[GarethB]

I went to a local optician and got a little plunger for lens removal! Probably the worlds smallest sink plunger!

It is perfect for removing a lens that gets in those awkwrd places, just offer the plunger really close and quickly pinch the plunger a bit harder for a moment. Being made of rubber it just extends enough to touch the lens and pull it out! Completly pain free.