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Keeping an Eye on Things

I’m at the Liberal Democrat Party conference with the SMF (Labour next week). I wandered over to the Eye Health Alliance stand, where they took a picture of the inside of my eye.

Robert\'s Left Eye, showing the cornea, foeva, capillaries and nerves

Robert's Left Eye, showing the cornea, foeva, capillaries and nerves

An eye examination can provide an early warning for many conditions, including brain tumours. The picture of my eye was later examined by Liberal Democrat MP Dr Evan Harris, who gave my eyes a clean bill of health.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at 2:14 pm and is filed under NHS, Photo-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Keeping an Eye on Things”

  1. Clarice Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Ew! That is nasty! You should get that seen to, Rob.

  2. Robert Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    I thought it looked rather beautiful, like a planet.

  3. Clarice Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 12:32 am

    Yes, but when you bear in mind it is made of jelly and aqueous humour, it all becomes a bit icky…

    (and what is that growth on it, on the top right?)

  4. Robert Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Don’t worry, I asked about that. Its a feature of the aperture they take the photo with.

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