Enough, enough!

Ewww. I've been subjected to too many medical images this week which ordinary members of the public should not see. On Friday I did a photography job at an eye doctor conference. It was nothing special, just photographing the speakers on stage, but I got paid well for it. Just as well, because not only was I subjected to the boredom of the event (although I did learn the Japanese words for 'corneal transplant' and 'conjunctivitis') I had to endure a constant barrage of close-up video footage of eyes being operated on - see pic below. The handiwork was impeccable, but some of the implements they use wouldn't look out of place in a torture chamber.



And then today I went to have another check up on my eardrum, which is still perforated. The doctor treated me to an ear-cam view of my own eardrums, which completely freaked me out. At least at the eye conference I could tell myself they were other people's eyes, whereas here I was watching my own eardrum get closer and closer the further he put the tube down my ear. Luckily the perforation is only about as small as the one in the picture below, but that gives you some idea of the joy I was presented with today.



So like Iso (see 'Last One To Bed' blog on right), I get to join the ear-operation club too! Yay! :-(
I'll have it at some point after I come back to Japan in April. I'm kind of knobbed off that the incision made behind my ear will cut the nerves to the top of it, but then there are worse places you can lose sensation.