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lcarus · 01-09-2012, 05:17 PM

I don't know if any of you remember, but I made a thread a while back talking about how I was trying to come off painkillers. Well, the injury that got me on those nasty things was a fractured orbital (and something jacked up with my sinus on the same side). That happened a few years back, and they had to put a couple plates and screws in, then a year later had to take them out because the orbital bone had grown over the plate and was causing quite a bit of pain and discomfort.

I've dealt with pain in my facial area on that side along with some pretty wicked migraines since the injury. It gets pretty bad about 4 or 5 days a week. Whenever I get stressed or do anything active, the vein just under the eye becomes visible (it didn't before the injury) and the bottom eyelid becomes droopy. That's when the pain is at its worst. My doctor says this is just something I have to live with, and he prescribes me the pills and tells me to relax when it gets bad. I'm just curious if I should see another doctor because the bone healed well and it looks really good (great surgeon) but I'm just not convinced it should cause chronic pain. Curious if anyone else who has suffered this same injury has dealt with any pain post-surgery?

**RNR** · 01-09-2012, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

He was trolling me? Sometimes I don't even notice.

Yeah there must be something going on here

this guy has been around a while but there just seems to be more shitbags hanging out here than I ever recall~

L.A. Chieffan · 01-09-2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

Yeah there must be something going on here

this guy has been around a while but there just seems to be more shitbags hanging out here than I ever recall~

dont be so harsh on yourself dude

**RNR** · 01-09-2012, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

dont be so harsh on yourself dude

Look guy I have nothing against you I just thought you were being a jerk to Phobia. I really do not even recall ever even talking to you before. Untill I read your start date I figured you were new~

**Rain Man** · 01-09-2012, 06:51 PM

I took a hard hit to the face in a basketball game back around 1998. It broke my recspecs and drove the lens back into my eye socket. The lens sliced up between the eye and my eyebrow and was really nasty. It actually missed my eyeball in the front, but curved back around under my brow and just tweaked the top of the eyeball at its furthest point in. I've never gotten anything like headaches because it was mostly just a cut, but my eye has never quite been the same. It's more sensitive to light and has issues with drying out, which hurts like heck when it happens.

**RNR** · 01-09-2012, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I took a hard hit to the face in a basketball game back around 1998. It broke my recspecs and drove the lens back into my eye socket. The lens sliced up between the eye and my eyebrow and was really nasty. It actually missed my eyeball in the front, but curved back around under my brow and just tweaked the top of the eyeball at its furthest point in. I've never gotten anything like headaches because it was mostly just a cut, but my eye has never quite been the same. It's more sensitive to light and has issues with drying out, which hurts like heck when it happens.

The glow of Tebow's greatness must make the games he plays in unwatchable for you~

**Rain Man** · 01-09-2012, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

The glow of Tebow's greatness must make the games he plays in unwatchable for you~

That's pretty much why I never watch Broncos games. It hurts too much.

**RNR** · 01-09-2012, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

That's pretty much why I never watch Broncos games. It hurts too much.

It hurt to watch last night thats for sure~

Valiant · 01-09-2012, 07:15 PM

I watched a dumb **** when I was in highschool hit a basketball with a metal bat..

Funniest thing I ever saw.. Seriously some people deserve pain..

01-09-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

I watched a dumb **** when I was in highschool hit a basketball with a metal bat..

Funniest thing I ever saw.. Seriously some people deserve pain..

Ricochet injury or did he tear up his arms?

01-09-2012, 05:17 PM
lcarus Everybody Lies. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: 22 Acacia Avenue Casino cash: $-1739887	Anyone else had a fractured orbital before? I don't know if any of you remember, but I made a thread a while back talking about how I was trying to come off painkillers. Well, the injury that got me on those nasty things was a fractured orbital (and something jacked up with my sinus on the same side). That happened a few years back, and they had to put a couple plates and screws in, then a year later had to take them out because the orbital bone had grown over the plate and was causing quite a bit of pain and discomfort. I've dealt with pain in my facial area on that side along with some pretty wicked migraines since the injury. It gets pretty bad about 4 or 5 days a week. Whenever I get stressed or do anything active, the vein just under the eye becomes visible (it didn't before the injury) and the bottom eyelid becomes droopy. That's when the pain is at its worst. My doctor says this is just something I have to live with, and he prescribes me the pills and tells me to relax when it gets bad. I'm just curious if I should see another doctor because the bone healed well and it looks really good (great surgeon) but I'm just not convinced it should cause chronic pain. Curious if anyone else who has suffered this same injury has dealt with any pain post-surgery?
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01-09-2012, 06:51 PM	#19
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-472449 VARSITY	I took a hard hit to the face in a basketball game back around 1998. It broke my recspecs and drove the lens back into my eye socket. The lens sliced up between the eye and my eyebrow and was really nasty. It actually missed my eyeball in the front, but curved back around under my brow and just tweaked the top of the eyeball at its furthest point in. I've never gotten anything like headaches because it was mostly just a cut, but my eye has never quite been the same. It's more sensitive to light and has issues with drying out, which hurts like heck when it happens. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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01-09-2012, 07:15 PM	#23
Valiant Valiant 'The Thread Killer' Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $4572380	I watched a dumb **** when I was in highschool hit a basketball with a metal bat.. Funniest thing I ever saw.. Seriously some people deserve pain..
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