On monday (8/15) i was practicing with my team at an indoor arena. During the practice i was wearing my mesh goggles like i usually did either indoor or in outdoor play. The goggles have always held up during any game i have used them in. They have been shot on multiple occasion and nothing has gone wrong. This time i got shot in the center of the right goggle. The BB exploded on impact and fragments of plastic went through the mesh and directly into my eye.
In all honesty this wasnt too painful. Felt like when i used to play on a jungle gym and if i fell i would get a piece of barkdust in my eye. Because it wasnt too painful i thought nothing of the damage done, so i continued the practice as planned and had a great time.
The next day is when the pain really started. I would feel amazing amounts of pain when ever i moved my eye or closed it. Because of this i called my doctor and he told me to go to urgent care. Urgent care gave me some solution to put in my eye to make it feel better and then they sent me on my way.
Still in alot of pain i called my doctor again. He then connected me to an eye specialist. The specialist told me i should have been in the emergency roomy yesterday and should go now.
I spent 8 1/2 hours at the ER. The finally retrieved 2 small pieces of BB from eye that had been hiding deep under my eye lid. So after the wonderful torture that they put me through i went home still in pain. My eye wont recover for at least 4 more days because of the scratching and irritation.
So here is the point of this post. In no way am i saying that none of you should ever wear mesh ever again. I just want to be a friend and tell you all about my own experience so you dont have to go through this amazing pain and doctor bills just because your goggles dont fog up.
BTW here is the link for the goggles i was wearing
(http://www.airsoftoutletnw.com/index.ph ... &Itemid=28)