Maintenance time
This week i get some scheduled maintenance on my ocular prosthesis or as i prefer to call it,my artificial eye. Before i had one i called it a glass eye but i doubt if they exist here in North America anymore. Artificial eyes today are usually made of plastic. (acrylic) Custom artificial eyes are hand-crafted by highly skilled ocularists (eye makers) to precisely match the look of the natural eye. It's a procedure that usually requires several trips over two days to the Ocularist. With todays eyes the wearer does not have to remove it for months at a time. I do it more often because i spend a lot of time outdoors and sometimes pick up a few things that might irritate it. At first i wondered how it would be in some of the outdoor conditions but later found out i didn't have to worry. I been out riding the ATV in -35 C with the wind chill and it had no effect at all. So here's a video today for those who wonder how they're made and it might look painful to some but you don't feel a thing.
where did you go wayne? missing your postings.
ReplyDeleteMy Aunt had one just like this! She was diabetic and lost her eye to diabetic retinopathy.
ReplyDeleteI have met quite a few people over the years and heard a few bizarre stories on eye lost. outside of medical ones i have heard of loosing an eye making homemade fireworks,(the guy lost a few fingers also)a little girl loosing one when someone threw a brick off an overpass through the car in which she was a passenger. a child sitting on the lawn and an object was thrown from a lawnmower. lawn darts,bb guns,slingshots,falling on sticks,etc. it can happen,pardon the pun,in the blink of an eye.
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