Lcd dead

Meh, another ipod touch screwed (as they all seem to be now)...
So a while back my screen was broken, and now some of the glass got lodged in the lcd (I think, it may have also gotten wet somehow, as it was exposed to some moisture). Now it just likes to display all white pixels, random lines, "green" pixels, and rarely the image it should for a few moments, like most dead lcds do.
Any suggestions to fix my lcd before I buy a new itouch?
It's not completely dead yet, so what can I do?

Thanks for you help. I was able to do some diy to fix the lcd, it works fine now. Unfortunately I had to keep my ipod very dry to fix it, which led to the heat sensing glass between the lcd and the thick glass cracking... So now I have an iPod that only works with the top half of the screen. It plays music with the double home button tap now, nothing else really, impossible to unlock lol. I'm getting an iPhone as soon as AT&T finishes their towers, so I won't be iPodless for long lol.
Thanks again for your help

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