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Yes, the eye doctor used it on me once. I do not go to him anymore. My daughter kicked me in the eye when she was a little girl with those hard kid shoes, and I had these floaters that were bugging me, so Mr. Eye used paperclips to press on the circumfrence of my eye. It didn't hurt or anything, it was just weird!
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Thanks all for your responses. It sure helps to get some perspective on something I'd never heard of before. I didn't know if I was overreacting or what.
I talked with the Clinical director of our dept. who said that using paperclips is not Standard of Care and that a letter would be sent to the Opthamologist to that effect. Also, they will work with her to ensure that the proper equipment is available, so this shouldn't happen again.
I made it clear that I won't stand for it happening again .
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WHAT??!!!
I've never seen this and I hope I never do!