[TennesseeZ]

Sorry you had to learn the hard way,but it'll probably stick in your memory better that way too, is another way to look at it.

I deal with this sometimes at work, there we wear safety glasses (with sideshields), and a faceshield over them. Sometimes stuff still gets in. In that case, dealing with it immediately is essential, the longer you let it go, the worse it's probably gonna get. On many jobs we have a safety professional trained to remove foriegn objects from eyes, and do it onsite.

Thanks for posting, maybe it'll help save someone else's eyesight.