peppers in my peepers

i pulled the peppers from the grill, held them firmly against the cutting board and sliced them into bite size pieces. my contact lenses had been bothering me so i removed them. seconds later my eyes began burning. the preasure of my eye lids on my eyes was incredible. The urge to rub my eyes had to be ignored, it could only make it worse. i stood at the sink splashing water in my eyes but the efforts were futile. instinct had tightly clamped my eyes shut. i knew i needed to open them but i could not. only time brought relief.

the next morning i put my lenses in. seconds later i went through the same burning experience. the lenses had absorbed the heat from the peppers. each time i put in my lenses, my eyes would burn. this continued for 2 weeks, each time the sensation was a little milder and shorter in duration.

here is the odd part. the first time you eat a pepper you wonder why anyone would ever purposely eat one, but soon you find yourself craving peppers. the cravings turn to hotter peppers and the frequency greater. this same phenomenon happened to my eyes. after the first few days, i came to crave the sensation when putting my contact lenses in. i became disappointed when the sensation weakend and eventually disappeared.

Posted by griff at May 05, 2002 06:15 AM