sabregrl 0 #1 June 2, 2004 If you have the stomach for it, I've included a picture of what happened to my eye - possibly do to a hard opening. Obviously, a blood vessel broke and the blood is now saturating the area between the cornea and white part. I went to the eye doctor and there is no treatment but time. I am scaring people in grocery stores and small children. Have you had a similar situation happen to you? I've heard about this once before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #2 June 2, 2004 I've seen worse when a diver didn't clear their mask, then pulled it off their face at 40 feet. 2 black eyes and eyes that loked like Marolyn Manson. We laughd at him for weeks before it went away. To answer your question, nope, never happened to me. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #3 June 2, 2004 oh my, that looks terrible! Did they tell you if any vitamins would help, or just time and rest? I hope it gets better fast. That's pretty scary stuff. I had a hard opening myself last weekend, thought I had whiplash for a minute, I didn't realize I could bust blood vessels. Rest up, Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #4 June 2, 2004 The eye doctor said he could tell me to put ice on it twice a day for a few days but basically, after he made sure there was no permanent damage, he said just to let it heal (and not to skydive this weekend : ( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #5 June 2, 2004 Hi Sabregrl Hasn't happened to me but saw a student after a very long flat spin. He had a matched pair like your eye. Thanks for the Pic. Now just come up with a good B.S. story,for the folks at work R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BabaLouie 0 #6 June 2, 2004 Yes, this has happened to me several times, took about a month each time to heal. It never did hurt, but any time I spoke with someone they never really wanted to look at me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #7 June 2, 2004 Was the cause from a hard opening? My eye looks worse today. The first picture was from yesterday. Soon the entire white part will be red. I'll never get a date looking like this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GeeeeeeFly 0 #8 June 2, 2004 I think it's VD... ~G~ "The edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are those that have gone over" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TribalTalon 0 #9 June 2, 2004 bwahahahahaha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #10 June 2, 2004 Well, you should know if it's VD or not since you are the one who keeps talking about it mister! Remember, I know where you live ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GeeeeeeFly 0 #11 June 2, 2004 Well with that eye I think I will have to relocate... I told you to play nice with Spreckles... ~G~ "The edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are those that have gone over" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #12 June 2, 2004 Yea, you better be careful because now, I REALLY could give you the stink eye. hee hee :) I'll try to only be seen walking Spreckles, I mean Freckles, at night so as not to scare the neighbors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Casurf1978 0 #13 June 2, 2004 Yep it's happened to me. Kiteboarding, went up for a jump and well didn't land it. Impact knocked the wind out of me and I was seing stars. Took well over a month to heal. Glad you're OK though, it couldve been worse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #14 June 2, 2004 Now I'm a little bummed that it will take a month to heal. I'm going to Alaska in 2 weeks for the Summer Solstice boogie and looking like that and carrying a rig on board my cause some stares... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites efs4ever 3 #15 June 2, 2004 Just curious, was it a SABRE??? Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crwmike 0 #16 June 2, 2004 QuoteIf you have the stomach for it, I've included a picture of what happened to my eye - possibly do to a hard opening. Obviously, a blood vessel broke and the blood is now saturating the area between the cornea and white part. I went to the eye doctor and there is no treatment but time. I am scaring people in grocery stores and small children. Have you had a similar situation happen to you? I've heard about this once before. Riser slap on opening???? Ice will only be of benefit for 24-36 hours. Yes, it happens to me all the time ...scaring people in grocery stores and small children. :( Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #17 June 2, 2004 Hmmm, yep. But I've been jumping Sabres for almost 600 jumps (hence the name "sabregrl") and rarely have hard openings. I really think with Sabres, the openings depend on the pack job and body position. The last jump on Sunday was spent with me working on my head down and fast transitions. That could have also been the reason for the broken blood vessel. Although I did mention that I felt I packed myself a "spanker". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zoter 0 #18 June 2, 2004 Anybody remember 'Diana' in the Alien invasion series 'V'.....? See a similarity? lol (Ouch..looks sore...hope it heals up ok) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GeeeeeeFly 0 #19 June 2, 2004 Barb your going to be getting the evil eye on the plane from people when they see that bad boy... Sclera= white part of the eye... I told you not to juggle those midgets... ~G~ "The edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are those that have gone over" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BabaLouie 0 #20 June 2, 2004 One time was from jumping, other times just rubbing my eyes or sleeping with my face into the pillow. It seems like it is more prone to happen again and again since the initial injury. I have found that it is a great way to give annoying litlle children the 'evil eye'. They usually quite down and leave me alone after one well placed curse with the 'evil eye'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #21 June 2, 2004 SG, it happened to me....overnight, with no precursor issues. Just a ruptured blood vessel. The Dr. said I must've supressed a sneeze the night before. I don't remember that but that's the only reasonable explanation...went to bed fine, woke up with red-eye from hell. Thank goodness it doesn't hurt. It took about 6 days to clear up, and it was about as bad as yours was. One thing he suggested was to drink lots of liquid, take a multi-vitamin, and to sneeze when I needed to. Who knew? Good luck and rapid healing! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JustaBill 0 #22 June 3, 2004 I had one like that back in high school after catching a baseball in the eye. I worked in a grocery store and they had me wear sunglasses all the time so I wouldn't scare the little kids.------------------------------------------------ I've done so much, with so little, for so long I'm now expected to do everything with nothing forever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites akjmpplt 0 #23 June 3, 2004 Eh, don't worry about the eye. With 23 hours of daylight we all start looking like that the end of May. Just jump on my airplane...I'll throw you out over a glacier and you'll forget all about the eye.SmugMug Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FunBobby 0 #24 June 3, 2004 Oh, Barb, would you and Guy cut it out? About the eye thing... I have friends who have had blood vessels burst in their eyes while scuba diving, their eyes much looked the same as yours. And come to think of it, I've injured blood vessels in my eye while jumping out of an airplane, though the circumstances were a little different. The attached picture is cropped to show my eye, and it looked just like yours for a long time. That's not the scary part of the picture, tho.... Cheers- FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BlindBrick 0 #25 June 3, 2004 my eyes looked alot like that after my cornea transplants. I can't remember the guys name, but back in the 50's, NASA had this rocket sled that accelerated like something out of a sci-fi movie and deceled jsut as hard. The guy who rode that thing had red eye so bad that his entire eye looked red. You couldn't tell what color his eyes were! -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. 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sabregrl 0 #7 June 2, 2004 Was the cause from a hard opening? My eye looks worse today. The first picture was from yesterday. Soon the entire white part will be red. I'll never get a date looking like this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeeeeeeFly 0 #8 June 2, 2004 I think it's VD... ~G~ "The edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are those that have gone over" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #10 June 2, 2004 Well, you should know if it's VD or not since you are the one who keeps talking about it mister! Remember, I know where you live ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeeeeeeFly 0 #11 June 2, 2004 Well with that eye I think I will have to relocate... I told you to play nice with Spreckles... ~G~ "The edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are those that have gone over" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #12 June 2, 2004 Yea, you better be careful because now, I REALLY could give you the stink eye. hee hee :) I'll try to only be seen walking Spreckles, I mean Freckles, at night so as not to scare the neighbors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casurf1978 0 #13 June 2, 2004 Yep it's happened to me. Kiteboarding, went up for a jump and well didn't land it. Impact knocked the wind out of me and I was seing stars. Took well over a month to heal. Glad you're OK though, it couldve been worse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #14 June 2, 2004 Now I'm a little bummed that it will take a month to heal. I'm going to Alaska in 2 weeks for the Summer Solstice boogie and looking like that and carrying a rig on board my cause some stares... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #15 June 2, 2004 Just curious, was it a SABRE??? Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crwmike 0 #16 June 2, 2004 QuoteIf you have the stomach for it, I've included a picture of what happened to my eye - possibly do to a hard opening. Obviously, a blood vessel broke and the blood is now saturating the area between the cornea and white part. I went to the eye doctor and there is no treatment but time. I am scaring people in grocery stores and small children. Have you had a similar situation happen to you? I've heard about this once before. Riser slap on opening???? Ice will only be of benefit for 24-36 hours. Yes, it happens to me all the time ...scaring people in grocery stores and small children. :( Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #17 June 2, 2004 Hmmm, yep. But I've been jumping Sabres for almost 600 jumps (hence the name "sabregrl") and rarely have hard openings. I really think with Sabres, the openings depend on the pack job and body position. The last jump on Sunday was spent with me working on my head down and fast transitions. That could have also been the reason for the broken blood vessel. Although I did mention that I felt I packed myself a "spanker". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoter 0 #18 June 2, 2004 Anybody remember 'Diana' in the Alien invasion series 'V'.....? See a similarity? lol (Ouch..looks sore...hope it heals up ok) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeeeeeeFly 0 #19 June 2, 2004 Barb your going to be getting the evil eye on the plane from people when they see that bad boy... Sclera= white part of the eye... I told you not to juggle those midgets... ~G~ "The edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are those that have gone over" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BabaLouie 0 #20 June 2, 2004 One time was from jumping, other times just rubbing my eyes or sleeping with my face into the pillow. It seems like it is more prone to happen again and again since the initial injury. I have found that it is a great way to give annoying litlle children the 'evil eye'. They usually quite down and leave me alone after one well placed curse with the 'evil eye'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #21 June 2, 2004 SG, it happened to me....overnight, with no precursor issues. Just a ruptured blood vessel. The Dr. said I must've supressed a sneeze the night before. I don't remember that but that's the only reasonable explanation...went to bed fine, woke up with red-eye from hell. Thank goodness it doesn't hurt. It took about 6 days to clear up, and it was about as bad as yours was. One thing he suggested was to drink lots of liquid, take a multi-vitamin, and to sneeze when I needed to. Who knew? Good luck and rapid healing! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustaBill 0 #22 June 3, 2004 I had one like that back in high school after catching a baseball in the eye. I worked in a grocery store and they had me wear sunglasses all the time so I wouldn't scare the little kids.------------------------------------------------ I've done so much, with so little, for so long I'm now expected to do everything with nothing forever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akjmpplt 0 #23 June 3, 2004 Eh, don't worry about the eye. With 23 hours of daylight we all start looking like that the end of May. Just jump on my airplane...I'll throw you out over a glacier and you'll forget all about the eye.SmugMug Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #24 June 3, 2004 Oh, Barb, would you and Guy cut it out? About the eye thing... I have friends who have had blood vessels burst in their eyes while scuba diving, their eyes much looked the same as yours. And come to think of it, I've injured blood vessels in my eye while jumping out of an airplane, though the circumstances were a little different. The attached picture is cropped to show my eye, and it looked just like yours for a long time. That's not the scary part of the picture, tho.... Cheers- FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #25 June 3, 2004 my eyes looked alot like that after my cornea transplants. I can't remember the guys name, but back in the 50's, NASA had this rocket sled that accelerated like something out of a sci-fi movie and deceled jsut as hard. The guy who rode that thing had red eye so bad that his entire eye looked red. You couldn't tell what color his eyes were! -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
