I see
a lot of people posting about the use of Super glue, and I just
had to post this. This was one of THE scariest things that have
EVER happened to me! A lot of plastic mini kits recommend the use
of super glue (cynoacralate). In retrospect, it's funny, but at
the time...
I was
putting together a Chrysnbon organ. I decided to use the fine tip
attachment. I was not exerting undue pressure. Nothing. The glue
shot out at an angle. (Not the first time I used the tip either!)
It was beyond my belief...It hit me square in the eye. Instinctively...I
closed my eye. And it stayed that way. Big Time. I was absolutely
horrified!
I ended
up in the ER, the attending physician had to "pry" a
hole in my eye lid big enough to insert an irrigation catheter.
It took hours to loosen that crap up with saline. When he finally
cut away the glue, and got my eye open, he removed my contact lens...It
had melted. Melted! (Hard lenses, not gas permeable mind you!)
He told
me it was a miracle I had the lens in when it happened, because
I would've needed reconstructive corneal surgery if it hadn't lit
the lens. When I look from side to side, it's still blurry sometimes,
but my straight on vision is OK.
PLEASE
WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN WORKING WITH THAT GLUE!
I refuse
to use it at all, now, safety glasses or not! Yeah, like I said
in retrospect it's one of those "stories" my sisters
manage to tell at the Thanksgiving dinner table "Remember
when that crazy Sherise glued her eye shut? Only Sheri!" Yeah,
but not so funny if it happens. If you do use the glue, use glasses,
please! A good alternative to cynoacralate glue is Craftsman's
Goop (holds better, too...I've noticed superglue loses it's integrity
after a few years...)
I never
thought something that IDIOTIC could happen, but it did.
Sherise
