UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Just poked myself in my eye, the grafted one!!!
Hurting a little bit and really watering.
Any advice should i worry or not?

Can't beleive i just did that

Anne

Where did you poke youself?...centre or sides?..I know this may be hard to deetermine

Aside from watering, anything else happened? any changes above slight reddening?

when you blink can you feel anything above and beyond the sutures? ie any broken ones?

If in doubt, get a light, go to the bathroom, look down,lift the top lid shine the light and get your hubby or someone to have a look at the eye.....if in doubt dont hesitate to get yourself down to the A&E

If the watering hasnt stopped after a maximum of 10 mins, id be slightly more concerned....

Anne

We all thought you end up with a poke in the eye but never self inflicted. My money was your hubby doing it while stopping one of the kids accidently poking you in the eye.

It may well have felt harder than it was because it will still be sensitive.

If it is still hurting like hell and watering in an hour or so after the incident, then I would call the hospital for advice.

Dare I ask how such an incident occured?

Anne

a pity you waited until you had poked yourself in the eye before asking for advice; I'd have suggested that you did not do it!

Now that it is done

1 your eye would hurt after you had poked it, even if you did not have a graft.

2 If you are worried, phone the eye ward where you had your graft and tell them what has happened. Describe to them what your eye is doing and ask them for their advice. If they say "come in" then go.

all the best. Let us know how you get on

Andrew

ps On the basis that good advice is easier to give than it is to take, let me offer a slight confession. I was having trouble sleeping a couple of nights after my graft and took off the eye shield. Later I managed to get to sleep, but had not remembered to put the eyeshield back on. I woke suddelny to find myself rubbing my graft eye. OOPS! fortunately, no harm was done.

Andrew

Poked it on top of eye lid in the centre if you get what i mean. old habits die hard and had some mucus in eye which i tried to remove by pushing down on eye lid, just forgot i had the graft for a split second.
It is still watering and it happened about half a hour ago.

What a fool

Anne

I'd phone the ward.

Andrew

id have to agree with Andrew...fone the ward......you can never be too sure at such an early stage...

Anne, u silly billy, phone the ward !

Anne

Just wanted to say i hope that this is all ok and that you haven't done anything here. Hoping you took the advice to phone the ward and that it was all ok.

Take care ... Sweet X x X

Phone d the ward, and was told to leave it for acouple of hours and see how it is.
Hubbys had a look and said it looks ok just a bit watery. and i feel like i could sob
Thanks for all your help, you were like a group of KC super heros

Anne