Ouch, I Tore My Sphincter

I learned today about the importance of wearing eye protection while playing squash. On Thursday I was hit square in the eye by the ball, and as a result suffered a tear to the sphincter muscle of the iris in my right eye.

The pupil of my right eye is now very dilated and will remain so as I have to take eye drops to relax the muscles in the eye while it heals. I'm actually taking three different drops for my eye, and I have quite a bit of bruising. The blurry vision I am experiencing should dissipate as both the blood in my eye drains and the pressure caused by swelling subsides. My doctor also wants me to refrain from exercise for the next week.

The really bad thing about this incident was how preventable it was as I had goggles with me and was just not wearing them. The truth is that I didn't like wearing them due to small scratches on one of the lenses. Considering what happened I should have just replaced them. I will be doing just that next week.