Mini disasters

[HappyAgainOneDay]

Not really AIBU but I just wondered if anyone had any mini disasters that embarrassed them.

I was in the waiting room at my GP's medical centre yesterday. I was tired, closed my eyes and rubbed them very lightly with a gloved left hand. Only one eye works properly and I wear a contact lens over it. When I opened my eyes, I could not see. I blinked a couple of times to move the lens back to where it should be but realised that it was not there.

There was only one thing to do so I announced to the room that I'd lost a lens and couldn't see, asking if anyone could see the missing lens around me. I didn't want to move in case it finished up in my handbag or a glove, a pocket or just lost. A young woman came over and saw it on the floor. I got down on my hands and knees and just about saw her finger pointing closely to it. I was so grateful, picked it up and put it back in. I felt like asking for a round of applause for my rescuer!

Thank goodness for young people with their spot on eyesight. Must have added a break in the monotony for the rest of the waiting room. So pleased all ended happily. I have never had the nerve to try contact lenses but is it okay to put it in the eye after being on the floor? I suppose it was necessary as you really need it and at least it was safe. By the way, our posting names are very similar so from one Happy to another good luck and hope you continue to remain united with your lens..

You put it back into your eye after it had been on the floor?

I have had to NC for this as it is too embarrassing.

I was out in a bar with a few friends when I was younger, and was wearing lacy undies under my clothes.

I suddenly got an excruciating pain, I could barely move it was awful. I half hobbled into the toilet and into a cubicle and tried to pull my pants down to see what was going on.

Only problem is, I couldnt get them down. It hurt too much. I gently pulled them down a little and saw that a strand of cotton had got caught and looped around....well, down there .
It was like some kind of bomb disposal exercise trying to untangle myself without slicing my labia off.

I couldn’t trust that they wouldn’t tangle again so I patiently waited in the loo knowing that if I was in there too long my mate would come in to see if I was OK, she did and she also kindly ran out to Debenhams (Christmas late night shopping) over the road, and got me some new pants.

I am still horrified when I think about it now, what would’ve happened if I couldn’t untangle them????

I once bought some new eyeliner. Thick black stuff it was. So in a bored hour of faffing I drew huge Alex from Clockwork Orange eyelashes on. Only on one eye, about two inches long and very pointy. Then fell asleep, had a bath and then went shopping early evening time. I was getting some very odd looks.

Transpires I hadn't washed off the eyelashes.

Umm.. No, you shouldn't have put it back in your eye. I carry a spare incase I knock either out, but I've pretty much learnt not too over the years!

I'd take it out and wear glasses for a few days, to reduce your chances of irritation and infection. Floors are pretty dirty. You're also likely to have damaged the edges when you rubbed your eye, which means your eyes have to work harder to focus.

Thank you for your support, HappyDays. I agree about the lens being on the floor and should have been wary of putting it back where it should have been but I really had no alternative. I wouldn't even have been able to find the correct room for my 'consultation'! or drive my car back home.

PantsDisaster You made me cross my legs! Good of your friend to realise that something had happened. If you hadn't been able to free them, you could have asked for a pair of scissors . If you managed to free the pants, why did you not go to buy some new ones yourself? Was your skirt too short?. I was in Asda once with my DH and felt the elastic go on mine. I hid behind the vegetable mid-aisle display and removed them with my husband standing in a gap so no one could see. Went home without any.

HappyDays It was a daunting prospect for me but I've had contact lenses now for more than 20 years. I was marched down to the optician by my cousin's daughter and chose soft lenses over hard lenses. They changed my life forever. I saw my face without spectacles for the first time ever and shed tears. The optician gives talks and mentions that. If you live near here (West Berks), I'd come with you to handhold. It's a doddle once you're used to them.

Infinity Yes, I know but what else could I do in the circumstances. I thought of licking them but would not use tap water (I couldn't have seen enough to do that anyway). I'm pleased to say that the edges are not damaged. I do take a spare whenever I go away.

Infinity I do have spectacles for when I take it out but cannot wear them for long periods of time. They are so thick and heavy that they look like the bottom of wine milk bottles. I am so grateful to the Czechs who developed soft contact lenses.

Funky I like your story. When you have surgery on a particular part of your body where you have two eg eyes, a big arrow is drawn on your forehead. Who wipes it off afterwards?