paly toxin = slight facial numbness

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  1. secretaznbo1

    secretaznbo1 Astrea Snail

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    last month i fragged some zoas, using side cutters to break a small rock, i got some of the toxin from the zoa into my eye (I wasnt wearing safety glasses) :oops:. The next day, my eyes were bloodshot red. I thought i was going to go blind so I went to the eye doctor and they said it looked like a virus and they gave me eye drop steriods to relief the strain. It felt like i was staring at the computer screen for hours. The thing rans its course which took about a week. Lesson learned, BE CAREFUL handling zoas/palys
     
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  3. ibefishy

    ibefishy Montipora Capricornis

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    Wife got home a few minutes ago, I'm saved. But she did give me crap about the whole thing. I told her I could die a horrible painful death and she sighed rolled her eyes and went to take a shower. Gotta enjoy the tough love.
     
  4. tatted4ever

    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    dude!!!!! I scraped a bunch of palys with my bare hands before... and I went into some 3rd hallucinogetic dimension. was not cool. broke out in rashes. It was not fun. Will not do that again.
     
  5. Gexx

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    like a drug trip from heck!! wow, i dont have to worry about that yet.
     
  6. ibefishy

    ibefishy Montipora Capricornis

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    WOW :eek: thats crazy. I am not experiencing anything like that yet just a pretty fair amount of numbness. I dont want to think its affecting other areas but my right hand seems a little harder to move than before. I am going to watch this a little closer and see what happens. This is a whole new experience for me.
     
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    hope everything is ok with you ib. please keep a close tab on it all. but imsure you already know that , and its good your wifes around if it gets worse.

    on the lighter side, id pay anything to watch you drink something. :)
     
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  9. Gexx

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    that would be funny! but seriously, get better soon.
     
  10. tatted4ever

    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    maybe if I was scraping mushrooms it would have been a better sickness ;)