PurpleWill 1 #26 June 3, 2004 A friend had a similar but not at all as sever popped vein in one of his eyes after the spin test during his freefall progression. It basically healed with time and it took a while for all the blood to be reabsorbed. Blood vessels in the eye pop easier for some people than for others and can even pop from plain high blood pressure or physical exertion. It’s a good idea to have a doctor check it promptly for serious complications like retinal detachment, which can also result from physical exertion.There is a lot of stuff worth doing but then there is a lot of stuff worth doing instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crutch 0 #27 June 3, 2004 Hey Bobby, you forget the picture, but as the admiral said "you were not very good-looking to begin with" blue skies, art Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #28 June 3, 2004 Could be worse... in college I had a buddy get so drunk that he ruptured vessels in his eyes while retching and heaving into the porcelain goddess! Elvisio "back in the day" rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devcloud 0 #29 June 3, 2004 Yeah, this happened to me too... about 6 weeks ago at Perris. Didn't notice till the end of the day and someone said "what the hell's wrong with your eye" Think it could have been when my head slightly connected with the door on exit Took about two weeks to clear up, and i was jumping every day without problems. It went a nice yellowy colour as it was healing, but there was never any pain, just occasionally a bit itchy Biggest hastle is everyone saying... "Oh my god what's wrong with your eye" ...as i'm sure you allready know Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChrisL 2 #30 June 3, 2004 that happened to me in a car accident a number of years ago. The red slowly cleared out over a period of a month or so.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #31 June 3, 2004 Update on my eye today: The blood is slowly oozing (or redistributing) throughout my eye. I'm assuming that by the end of the week, the entire white part (sclera) will be blood red. There is no pain so it hurts everyone else more than me. The eye doctor said that it will get darker red and get worse before it gets better. Thanks for everyone's comments and insights into the problem. I'm glad I'm not the only skydiver who has seen this. In other words, I'm not the only freaky looking person :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Keith 0 #32 June 3, 2004 I still think you should tell people you got in a drunken bar room brawl Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites goose491 0 #33 June 3, 2004 Quotemy 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 I remember watching that vid in Physics class! It was a rocket sled on traintracks that hit deep water at the same time as the brakes were applied... He fractured some ribs and his eyes actually came out of the sockets! He lookes like an alien afterwards. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FunBobby 0 #34 June 3, 2004 Barb - Maybe you should wear an eye patch . . . like a pirate. They you could join Jerry Seinfeld on The Today Show with his puffy shirt. Really, I'm glad it doesn't hurt that badly and I hope it heals well, and heals quickly. FunBobby Edited - damn typo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FunBobby 0 #35 June 3, 2004 QuoteHey Bobby, you forgot the picture, but as the admiral said "you were not very good-looking to begin with" Thanks for reminding me, Art. Actually, his exact words were "Well, you are not a good looking individual to begin with anyway, so it just doesn't matter..." FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nightingale 0 #36 June 3, 2004 well, if your doc told you to stay on the ground this weekend, take the cash you save from not jumping and buy yourself a really sweet pair of sunglasses! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ShadowJumper 0 #37 June 3, 2004 Has your voice changed to an evil tone? Have you started to puke green stuff? Has your is head turned 360 degrees? - it's probably not a broken blood vessel ug.. thanks for the photo... I've seen this a few times after fights... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Courteney 0 #38 June 3, 2004 I've seen it twice on people that have had a hard knock against their eye. Not much to worry about...don't worry about the stares! It'll clear with time....drags me down like some sweet gravity!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Raistlin 0 #39 June 3, 2004 "Update on my eye today: The blood is slowly oozing (or redistributing) throughout my eye. I'm assuming that by the end of the week, the entire white part (sclera) will be blood red." We demand more pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pathfinder4ca 0 #40 June 3, 2004 aRE YOU SURE YOU DIDN;T GET INTO A SPIN????????WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU HAS HAPPENED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE I KNOW BUT IT IS FROM A VIOLENT SPIN tHOUGHTS? DAN (MEDIC)REMEMBER! If your not living on the edge..... your taking up too much space! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sabregrl 0 #41 June 3, 2004 You guys are a sick bunch. Here is a picture from today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveNFlorida 0 #42 June 4, 2004 Holy crap! You look like an evil video game character, or something out of japanese animation or something!! Cool!! Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites slug 1 #43 June 4, 2004 Hi Sabre girl Enjoy your eye you earned it. Wearing sunglasses and you meet someone you don't like, Give them the Evil eye. Remember Arnarld (You new gov) In the Terminator movie? He had a eye problem, that he took care of himself. So have you come up with any good unbeliveable B.S. stories (or true) how you got the evil eye? Bar fight, Boxing, walked into door knob, Dog did it with head butt.? Come on guy's help this lady out with some good B.S. stories She 's going to have the "Evil eye" for up to a month. Maybe your a Gypsy and you eye gets like that when someone asks a dumb question, or It's infectious don't stand to close. The sabre story isn't bad But only for a limited audience. Maybe Buy me a drink and I'll tell or don't buy me a drink and I'll show you. BTW the eye don't look bad. For a prize fighter R.I.P. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites scientist_chick 0 #44 June 11, 2004 Hope your eye gets better. The same thing happened to a couple of my friends after they went bungee jumping--is a burst blood vessel and should go away eventually.**Moggie Gifts** Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AlvaroCarvalho 0 #45 June 12, 2004 QuoteI'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 Same thing happened to a buddy diver...he's now known as Da Badger... Cheers, sabregrl Hey...ho...let's go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChasingBlueSky 0 #46 June 12, 2004 QuoteAnybody remember 'Diana' in the Alien invasion series 'V'.....? See a similarity? lol (Ouch..looks sore...hope it heals up ok) That is about one of the most obscure reference I have heard in some time. Good job, I'm impressed. Don't worry Sabregirl - you will fit in with the rest of the freaks in CA _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites teason 0 #47 June 12, 2004 ARRRRGH!! KILL IT KILL IT !!!!!! before it gets to the children! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 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. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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ChrisL 2 #30 June 3, 2004 that happened to me in a car accident a number of years ago. The red slowly cleared out over a period of a month or so.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #31 June 3, 2004 Update on my eye today: The blood is slowly oozing (or redistributing) throughout my eye. I'm assuming that by the end of the week, the entire white part (sclera) will be blood red. There is no pain so it hurts everyone else more than me. The eye doctor said that it will get darker red and get worse before it gets better. Thanks for everyone's comments and insights into the problem. I'm glad I'm not the only skydiver who has seen this. In other words, I'm not the only freaky looking person :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #32 June 3, 2004 I still think you should tell people you got in a drunken bar room brawl Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #33 June 3, 2004 Quotemy 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 I remember watching that vid in Physics class! It was a rocket sled on traintracks that hit deep water at the same time as the brakes were applied... He fractured some ribs and his eyes actually came out of the sockets! He lookes like an alien afterwards. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #34 June 3, 2004 Barb - Maybe you should wear an eye patch . . . like a pirate. They you could join Jerry Seinfeld on The Today Show with his puffy shirt. Really, I'm glad it doesn't hurt that badly and I hope it heals well, and heals quickly. FunBobby Edited - damn typo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #35 June 3, 2004 QuoteHey Bobby, you forgot the picture, but as the admiral said "you were not very good-looking to begin with" Thanks for reminding me, Art. Actually, his exact words were "Well, you are not a good looking individual to begin with anyway, so it just doesn't matter..." FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #36 June 3, 2004 well, if your doc told you to stay on the ground this weekend, take the cash you save from not jumping and buy yourself a really sweet pair of sunglasses! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShadowJumper 0 #37 June 3, 2004 Has your voice changed to an evil tone? Have you started to puke green stuff? Has your is head turned 360 degrees? - it's probably not a broken blood vessel ug.. thanks for the photo... I've seen this a few times after fights... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Courteney 0 #38 June 3, 2004 I've seen it twice on people that have had a hard knock against their eye. Not much to worry about...don't worry about the stares! It'll clear with time....drags me down like some sweet gravity!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raistlin 0 #39 June 3, 2004 "Update on my eye today: The blood is slowly oozing (or redistributing) throughout my eye. I'm assuming that by the end of the week, the entire white part (sclera) will be blood red." We demand more pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pathfinder4ca 0 #40 June 3, 2004 aRE YOU SURE YOU DIDN;T GET INTO A SPIN????????WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU HAS HAPPENED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE I KNOW BUT IT IS FROM A VIOLENT SPIN tHOUGHTS? DAN (MEDIC)REMEMBER! If your not living on the edge..... your taking up too much space! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabregrl 0 #41 June 3, 2004 You guys are a sick bunch. Here is a picture from today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #42 June 4, 2004 Holy crap! You look like an evil video game character, or something out of japanese animation or something!! Cool!! Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #43 June 4, 2004 Hi Sabre girl Enjoy your eye you earned it. Wearing sunglasses and you meet someone you don't like, Give them the Evil eye. Remember Arnarld (You new gov) In the Terminator movie? He had a eye problem, that he took care of himself. So have you come up with any good unbeliveable B.S. stories (or true) how you got the evil eye? Bar fight, Boxing, walked into door knob, Dog did it with head butt.? Come on guy's help this lady out with some good B.S. stories She 's going to have the "Evil eye" for up to a month. Maybe your a Gypsy and you eye gets like that when someone asks a dumb question, or It's infectious don't stand to close. The sabre story isn't bad But only for a limited audience. Maybe Buy me a drink and I'll tell or don't buy me a drink and I'll show you. BTW the eye don't look bad. For a prize fighter R.I.P. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scientist_chick 0 #44 June 11, 2004 Hope your eye gets better. The same thing happened to a couple of my friends after they went bungee jumping--is a burst blood vessel and should go away eventually.**Moggie Gifts** Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlvaroCarvalho 0 #45 June 12, 2004 QuoteI'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 Same thing happened to a buddy diver...he's now known as Da Badger... Cheers, sabregrl Hey...ho...let's go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #46 June 12, 2004 QuoteAnybody remember 'Diana' in the Alien invasion series 'V'.....? See a similarity? lol (Ouch..looks sore...hope it heals up ok) That is about one of the most obscure reference I have heard in some time. Good job, I'm impressed. Don't worry Sabregirl - you will fit in with the rest of the freaks in CA _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teason 0 #47 June 12, 2004 ARRRRGH!! KILL IT KILL IT !!!!!! before it gets to the children! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites