Tip: Be prepared that when you re-insert a contact lens tainted by jalapeno, even after multiple washes, rinses, cleanings, etc., it still feels like fire in your eye.
Luckily that feeling only last about an hour until, again, your tears put out the flame.
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Saturday, August 02, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
Tips from T #1
Tip: Never, EVER, put jalapeno in your eye. Ever.
Specifically, never rub your eyes after chopping jalapenos (though I would NOT recommend putting a whole jalapeno in your eye, either).
To be clear, after chopping fresh, organic jalapenos for dinner, then washing your hands (yes, I did that to be safe), do not rub your eyes with your brand new just home from the eye doctor contact lenses that are slightly bothering you. What happens when you do that is that your eyeball CATCHES ON FIRE! Yes, FIRE!
So the first thing you have to do is remove your contact lens. Which is difficult for a contact lens newbie like me under the best of circumstances (lights, mirror, etc.). Now imagine taking your lens out when your eye is basically swollen shut, flames shooting out of it, hopping up and down from the pain, trying to find a lens case (since this is only pair of these new lenses you have), and don't forget, USING YOUR HAND THAT HAS THE FIRE OF DEATH STILL ON IT SOMEHOW!
Now the lens (just one) is out of your eye somehow and somewhere in the bathroom (I gave up on the lens case pretty quickly). Your eye is still on fire and there is still hopping. Now try thinking about what to do to stop the searing pain, deciding to call someone and trying to decide who. 911? Poison Control? Alton Brown? Ah ha, Ashley! She knows food and medicine. Alas, the Iphone doesn't have voice dial and does have a touch screen, which requires both seeing the screen and touching it (which is hard while hopping). Eventually I pushed the screen in the right way and...voicemail. Thankfully Park is on speed dial (fewer screens to navigate) and I got ahold of Ashley that way who was very supportive in saying basically, wait it out.
Eventually, my tears smothered the flames. I believe I will see again with no permanent damage. I leave you with a plea...
Never, EVER, put jalapeno in your eye. Ever.
Specifically, never rub your eyes after chopping jalapenos (though I would NOT recommend putting a whole jalapeno in your eye, either).
To be clear, after chopping fresh, organic jalapenos for dinner, then washing your hands (yes, I did that to be safe), do not rub your eyes with your brand new just home from the eye doctor contact lenses that are slightly bothering you. What happens when you do that is that your eyeball CATCHES ON FIRE! Yes, FIRE!
So the first thing you have to do is remove your contact lens. Which is difficult for a contact lens newbie like me under the best of circumstances (lights, mirror, etc.). Now imagine taking your lens out when your eye is basically swollen shut, flames shooting out of it, hopping up and down from the pain, trying to find a lens case (since this is only pair of these new lenses you have), and don't forget, USING YOUR HAND THAT HAS THE FIRE OF DEATH STILL ON IT SOMEHOW!
Now the lens (just one) is out of your eye somehow and somewhere in the bathroom (I gave up on the lens case pretty quickly). Your eye is still on fire and there is still hopping. Now try thinking about what to do to stop the searing pain, deciding to call someone and trying to decide who. 911? Poison Control? Alton Brown? Ah ha, Ashley! She knows food and medicine. Alas, the Iphone doesn't have voice dial and does have a touch screen, which requires both seeing the screen and touching it (which is hard while hopping). Eventually I pushed the screen in the right way and...voicemail. Thankfully Park is on speed dial (fewer screens to navigate) and I got ahold of Ashley that way who was very supportive in saying basically, wait it out.
Eventually, my tears smothered the flames. I believe I will see again with no permanent damage. I leave you with a plea...
Never, EVER, put jalapeno in your eye. Ever.
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