Something in my eye, what should I do?!

Question: Something in my eye, what should I do?

Last night I was poking at my left eye for at least 15 minutes trying to get my contact out. I finally realized it wasn't even in (I just recently started using them, was wondering why it hurt so much to touch the center of my eye :P). Anyways, since then (currently the morning after), it feels like there is something in my eye. It doesn't really hurt, but I've tried blinking a lot to rinse it out, and have been trying to get it out by sorta pulling my eyelid down and moving my finger along the bottom gently....nothing works. Sometimes it feels like there is barely anything there, but then sometimes if I move my eye a certain way, it feels like it has moved to the center of my eye and it makes it so I have to blink a few times before I can properly keep my eye open.
The place I got my contacts from, they are on vacation for another week, and I think they are the only optometrists in my town (really small town). I have bought some regular visine, and am gonna try to just flood whatever is in there out with that.
Is that a good or bad idea? What could be in my eye, I have held my eye wide open and looked in the mirror but don't see anything...

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I would suggest calling ANY eye dr and being seen. You may have caused a corneal abrasion on the front surface of your eye. These can become very nasty and painful if not taken care of. Also if the clinic is the only one and it is not possible to see anyone, I would DISCONTINUE the CL'S wear just to be on the safe side that you don't do further PERMANENT damage to your eye.
EDIT: adding a drop will not heal your eye and won't really do anything

I am a certified optical technician

You probably just scratched your eye. Keep it clean, use eye drops every now and then and you'll be alright. I've done it, it's annoying, but stop sticking your finger in your eye! Don't worry, I've done the exact same thing, thinking I still had my contact in and needed to take it out.

your eyes might be dehydrated if you've left contacts in too long or maybe cos you've just started wearing them.... my sister had that problem and they were kinda bloodshot cosa the dehydration, just went back and they gave her monthlys rather than dailys and the problems fixed!

Can't your call another eye place & ask? Or call a pharmacist

In my opinion, you shouldn't mess around with your EYES.

If there is something still in it, it could be causing more damage. One of my coworkers recently had a similiar issue and he couldn't see anything, but the eye doctor found a piece of construction debris in it. Leaving it in could have scratched his eye more.

Get to another doctor pronto, even if you have to drive farther. They will put a dye in it to make it easier to see if it's an object or scratched. If it's nothing terrible, great, but at least you'll know.

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