Prayers for a full and speedy recovery my friend!

Holy ****! That is serious! Wow Chris, I really hope your vision will be ok.

After working in the cabinet making industry just about my whole life, I have learned the hard way to wear the right gear. It never fails, the one time you don't something painfull happens.
Take care of that eye and please keep us posted on how you're doing.

If there is anything I can do to help just let me know.

Thanks guys!

Chris

Get well soon chris! :thumbsup:

Sorry about the injury. I can only imagine how bad that hurt.
Good luck and I will keep you in my prayers for a full/speedy recovery.

Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers guys, it really helps. The wife and I have been overwhelmed with the love and support we have received since the Saturday and you guys are no small part of that.

Thanks again,

Chris

Chris I just read what happened to your eye. Best of luck with the test, I hope it goes well for you.

So far so good on the tests. We are not "out of the woods" yet but we have made great progress so far. The docs are all pleased with the progress and I can even use my left eye today. The weekend was rough but we made it through.

Stay tuned.

Chris

Dang, Chris! a keyhole saw to the eye! Man, that just makes me weak in the knees!

Best wishes for a quick recovery...and thank you for the reminder to always wear safety glasses!

X2.......hope youre eye is healing ok.

Hanging in there guys, thanks for asking.

We have an appointment with the retina specialist Monday the 8th so we hope to know a lot more about the road ahead ofter that appointment.

I have been able to work some but I have to take breaks from time to time to deal with headaches.

So all in all I am doing pretty well all things considered.

I will post an update after my next Dr appointment.

Chris

Hang in there Chris.

Well a bit of a setback today at the doc's office. I am scheduled for surgery on the 8th to repair some retinal detachment and repair the cataract along with some other things. Sounds like we have a little longer road ahead than we thought...

All in God's timing though.

Chris

Sorry to hear that. Keep us posted. Good luck with the surgery.

Chris, I just went through your thread, Very cool project you got going on.. Sorry to hear about the key hole saw in the eye, Did you used to do drywall as I sen earlier in your thread you were using easy sand? I hope thing work out for you.. I just rolled a 4 wheeler and broke 5 ribs but thats nothing compared to your eye site.. good luck buddy For now Im stairring at a bunch off DSE suspension parts pilled in my garage....

Hope your surgery went well Chris.

Oh man. I'm just now seeing that you got injured. Here's hoping your surgery went well and for a speedy and full recovery.

Hi guys,

Sorry for the delay in updating you all. Having to be in a 100% head down position for 5 full days does not lead itself to using a laptop. Well not when you are 6'6" tall and the special chair you can rent for this type of recovery doesn't fit you so well anyway...

So the surgery went well and yesterday's follow up appointment showed good healing progress so the Doc took me off face down positioning! :willy: You would be surprised how hard it is to hold you head vertical after 5 days of holding it down... My balance was off and everything! Anyway, hopefully in three weeks we can start removing stitches and such but is it going to take 6-8 weeks for the gas bubble in my eye to fully go away so that will delay getting full vision (ie new glasses) until that little guy is completely gone. Slow and steady though.


Thanks for all the thought and prayer guys. Hopefully sometime soon you can check in for actual updates on the CAR!!!

Chris

Im glad things are getting better for you Chris. It won't be long until you are back on the project. Hang in there!

Hey Chris - been reading about your accident and recovery. Honestly makes me cringe a bit, but you have a great attitude about it! Well wishes sent for a speedy and complete recovery...:yes:

Yeah, X2!!
God Bless!

Two week progress check? You are in our prayers my friend! :thumbsup:

Hi all,

Sorry for the long delay here and thank you for all the thought and prayers. Things are going as good as can be expected. The last doctors appointment they lifted my weight restrictions and such so I have been spending every available second trying to get caught up on the house project!

So as far as the eye goes the best news is the retina is fully attached and healing nicely. The bad news is that some time after the second surgery a small bleed happened in the eye and that opacified (sp?) the man made lens the doctors put in as part of the second surgery. So that means that they will have to go in and clean the lens for me to be able to see.

So right now I have very little vision out of that eye but I am hopeful that once the lens is clean I will be good to go! I can see light and movement but that is about all. To give you an idea how cloudy the lens is from the bleeder, the doc couldn't even see through parts of it with his BRIGHT light and scopes! He could see part of the retina but he had to send me to ultrasound to make 100% sure the whole retina was attached.

We have an appointment October 7th to hopefully get some stitches out and get the lens cleaned. I will keep everyone posted.

Thanks again,

Chris

Another Surgery....

Well I had another surgery Thursday on my eye. It sounds like it went well and the docs are pleased with the progress but at this point the vision I will have in that eye remains a moving target. The doc was a little evasive when we asked what the prognosis for sight was. They had to go in an remove some scar tissue that had formed on the retina and I guess the tissues were pulling in such a way that the retina now has folds in it... which is not good. So they have a new LARGE gas bubble in my eye and I am typing this while sitting face down. I will be in face down recovery until at least Tuesday (hopefully NOT longer!!!).

Just went I thought I might be able to get back to working on the car too...

Stay tuned, someday I will update this thread with some progress on the car!


Chris

Thanks Aron,

We'll know more Tuesday at 11am.:thumbsup:

I still have my fingers crossed for you Chris. Keep your thoughts positive. :cheers:

So the doc says things are looking good but as with before we have to wait and see how the eye heals. We are praying that the scar tissue does NOT come back! The good thing is this time I can actually see out of the eye (limited but MUCH better than when the lens was cloudy!) so I will know if and/or when the tissue starts to form.

So on to the car stuff... at least as much of it as I can do now. I got a $25 off coupon from Summit Racing this week so I am search through the website to try to find something to "save money" on... :rofl: I think I will pickup a Tubing notcher or possible a Devilbiss air dryer/filter unit. I suppose I will technically need both of them in the future but I think I will need the tubing notcher first.

Too bad it is too soon to be buying parts for her! Tools are never bad though!

Darn Summit....

Chris

Hmmm, that would imply I HAVE a plan... :wow: :rofl:

Doc says still nothing heavier that a milk jug so that is putting a damper on things.

Chris

That makes two of us!

Good idea though. :thumbsup: I'll work on that.

Actually I have been working on suspension pickup points and such. Plus as soon as I get the go ahead from the Doc (and after I button up a couple loose ends on the house project) I plan to get back into making the aluminum nose. I figure I need to practice TIG welding with one eye before then though! I may go out and try my hand at that sometime soon. My wife is freaked out about that idea though... She thinks the arc will somehow damage the eye's healing process.... I told her I was still planning on wearing my welding helmet! LOL.

Well I finally got to get out in the garage and try one eyed TIG welding...

Not too bad I just had to adjust my start up technique. I typically start the arc then bring the rod into the puddle. I found without depth perception it is easier/more consistent to place the rod FIRST then pull it back a little then start the arc. This way I know where I am when I want to dig the rod.

My first time, I struck the arc and though "hey that doesn't look all that different.... then I went to dig the rod and was about 2-3 times farther away than it looked!

I did dig tungsten a couple times but after about 2-3 rods I was doing much better. I probably ran 4 rods total and by the end of the fourth rod I was doing pretty decent.

I hope to be able to get back to work on the nose soon.

Chris