Hit in eye with 1000mw 445nm blue laser

marihuano · Dec 17, 2011

This was horrible to read. Thats why i always wear safety goggles when messing with my 1w blue laser. I hope you almost fully recovered

xoul · Dec 17, 2011

qumefox said:
Laser eye surgery is used to reshape the cornea.. I imagine in this case, he had a needle jammed in his eye to suck out the blood covering the retina.

I think just this. When I was scheduling the surgery, I was told he may use a laser, but I'm not sure for what purpose. I joked with the scheduler and interrupted her with "NO LASERS!". Whether or not they ended up actually using it, I don't know.

The retina doctor asked me to bring in the laser so he could see it on my follow up visit, which I did. He took pics of it, as if taking mugshots of a criminal. I found it a little humorous. He didn't even want to turn it on, lol.

If I can find my paperwork when I get off work, I will report back the names of the procedures for those who may want to know.

InfinitusEquitas · Dec 17, 2011

xoul said:
If I can find my paperwork when I get off work, I will report back the names of the procedures for those who may want to know.

Yes please

Also if you have any updated pictures of your retina.

I'm glad to hear that at least the hit is a little off center, and you'll be able to basically go on with life normally soon.

Your experience gives a new appreciation for laser safety to some of us (me) who have grown a tad lax when it comes to basic safety procedures.:can:

At my last check up, I talked a bit with my doc about lasers... showed him a 70mW greenie... he was shocked, and looked at me like I was playing with explosives:undecided:

qumefox · Dec 17, 2011

Doctors are required to report laser related eye injuries to the CDRH, which was the reason he wanted to see the laser.

Congratulations. Your now a statistic. heh

xoul said:
I think just this. When I was scheduling the surgery, I was told he may use a laser, but I'm not sure for what purpose. I joked with the scheduler and interrupted her with "NO LASERS!". Whether or not they ended up actually using it, I don't know.

The retina doctor asked me to bring in the laser so he could see it on my follow up visit, which I did. He took pics of it, as if taking mugshots of a criminal. I found it a little humorous. He didn't even want to turn it on, lol.

If I can find my paperwork when I get off work, I will report back the names of the procedures for those who may want to know.

Wolfman29 · Dec 17, 2011

Interesting. Was unaware of that.

qumefox · Dec 17, 2011

Well where do you think their eye injury rate data comes from?

Wolfman29 · Dec 17, 2011

I suppose that makes sense. But I would think that other associations would also require reported data... so why specifically lasers?

qumefox · Dec 17, 2011

Wolfman29 said:
I suppose that makes sense. But I would think that other associations would also require reported data... so why specifically lasers?

I'm sure it's probably not just specifically lasers. I'm sure most doctors have to report a lot of different things to different regulatory agencies.

Chadness · Dec 17, 2011

mark-in-dallas said:
An ounce of prevention may equal a pound of cure, but a pound of consequence equals a tons of respect.

I really like that. Never heard it before.. +1.

Hope that your recovery is going well, xoul.

Benm · Dec 18, 2011

xoul said:
Alright, so I have the patch off now. Vision is much improved, i no longer have a dark circle in the center vision, however it is very blurry - but that is expected this soon after surgery. I do have a small blind spot that is slightly off-center, but the doctor said my brain should auto correct it over time, but I will probably always have that blind spot to some degree. Only time will tell from here on out.

That is very good to hear! As i hoped fromt the retinal image the damage is not in your central vision but (slightly) off the central axis, which is very good news in terms of recovery. Perhaps you will lose some peripheral vision, but at least the impacted eye will still be good for virtually any task.

Seeing blurry isn't that bad a thing either: at least this means the retina is working properly in the areas you see blurry, and i suppose it is mostly due to swelling after surgery your eye cannot focus properly yet.

I suppose suffering an incident like this can never be considered lucky, but as far as the aftermath goes, i hope you found a great relief after the blood cloth was removed and your central vision returned... only a few degrees off and it would have been far worse.

xoul · Dec 19, 2011

InfinitusEquitas said:
Yes please

Also if you have any updated pictures of your retina.

They took another picture, but they didn't give me a copy of this one. I can't find my paperwork that lists the procedures, so I'll just ask the doc on my next appt on Wed.

Here's a pic from the outside, though. My right eye has been dilated ever since they took the patch off (5 days ago). Not sure if that's normal or what, but I feel like a cartoon character with one eye bigger than the other. I'm starting to wonder if its the drops they gave me are doing it...

ekeup · Dec 19, 2011

xoul said:
They took another picture, but they didn't give me a copy of this one. I can't find my paperwork that lists the procedures, so I'll just ask the doc on my next appt on Wed.

Here's a pic from the outside, though. My right eye has been dilated ever since they took the patch off (5 days ago). Not sure if that's normal or what, but I feel like a cartoon character with one eye bigger than the other. I'm starting to wonder if its the drops they gave me are doing it...

What are the drops? I'm sure we can look it up and figure out if they do cause dilation, offhand I would say 'yes', as they're probably some sort of numbing/muscle relaxant

Guyfromhe · Dec 19, 2011

xoul said:
They took another picture, but they didn't give me a copy of this one. I can't find my paperwork that lists the procedures, so I'll just ask the doc on my next appt on Wed.

Here's a pic from the outside, though. My right eye has been dilated ever since they took the patch off (5 days ago). Not sure if that's normal or what, but I feel like a cartoon character with one eye bigger than the other. I'm starting to wonder if its the drops they gave me are doing it...

Should got them to dye that one big eye red

Anyway hopefully things get better quickly.. Are they going to put down the laser that bit you?

xoul · Dec 19, 2011

ekeup said:
What are the drops? I'm sure we can look it up and figure out if they do cause dilation, offhand I would say 'yes', as they're probably some sort of numbing/muscle relaxant

One is called Lotemax, the others are ofloxacin ophthalmic solution and diclofenac sodium ophthalmic solution.

Guyfromhe said:
Should got them to dye that one big eye red
Anyway hopefully things get better quickly.. Are they going to put down the laser that bit you?

Nope, it tested negative for rabies so they let me keep it. :crackup:

InfinitusEquitas · Dec 19, 2011

Pretty sure my eyes looked like that after some nights of partying

It's the drops that are causing the effect. Hopefully you're not going to have to use them after a while.

ekeup · Dec 19, 2011

xoul said:
One is called Lotemax, the others are ofloxacin ophthalmic solution and diclofenac sodium ophthalmic solution.

Nope, it tested negative for rabies so they let me keep it. :crackup:

Lotemax - delays healing (so it can heal slowly) and also causes capillary dilation
ofloxacin ophthalmic - anti-bacterial
diclofenac sodium ophthalmic - anti-inflamatory

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