Eye & Bungy strap

[Kenny]

Great news. I hadn't heard of such accidents before and will certainly be extra careful if ever using bungees.

 

[funkylyn]

Good news then Steve thank goodness for that.

Timely warning on the dangers of bungee straps......are you back working / cycling yet ?

Lynda

 

[steve.c]

I cycled to the hospital and back the next day Lynda and its not stopped me riding at all and I was on 12 days off as well so no probs one thing the consultant did say was that I should throw away all the bungy straps (which I have Done) as she sees lots of the same accidenents and a lot have had to loose thier eye so I was lucky???

 

[flecc]

Just been listening to a program about the last glass eye maker in Britain (they're mostly acrylic now), and early in the program the presenter said, "Behind every glass eye lies a tragic story, of cancer, assault or a moments inattention with a bungee cord".

It's extraordinary that bungee cords seem to be the most common accidental cause of losing an eye, reinforcing the comment earlier in this thread about them needing to have warnings attached. Given the terrible outcome risk, this prominent labelling should surely be a condition of making and marketing them.

 

[RegularGuy]

I really hope you make a recovery.

I'm an adult instructor in the Army Cadet Force, last year one of the cadets in the organisation lost an eye to bungee while putting up a basha. You really can't be too careful with these things, it's essential a bit of metal under a great deal of potential kinectic energy.

 

[Cyclezee]

I do have a fair bit of knowledge on this subject.
The manufacture of glass eyes has been a dying art for several years, it is incredibly skillfull and I didn't think there was anyone still producing them in the UK.

Acrylic eyes can be mass produced in a range of colours and sizes then ground and polished to fit the patient's socket.

The alternative method which I am involved with is the fabrication of custom made prosthetic eyes.
This technique starts with an impression of the patiet's socket to make a mould. These are also made of acrylic resin or methyl methacrylate which is built up in layers with the iris being painted by hand with oil paints. The patients remaining eye, if present, is matched as closely as possible including the sclera or white part and fibres are incorporated to simulate blood vessels.

 

[eddieo]

Blimey........when will your Frankenstein be finished

 

[flecc]

I didn't think there was anyone still producing them in the UK.

This maker is German born Jost Haas who has worked in this field for very many years in Britain, he wistfuly remembers two others who've been gone for years, one of them a woman. The half hour program was fascinating in it's first half but wandered off course later. You can listen again on BBC i-player, the program called "The Unseeing Eye". Here's the link to it:

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - The Unseeing Eye