The Backside of Your Eye
I went in for an eye exam on Monday and was offered an alternative to dilation. I hate having my eyes dilated (even if I know it is a necessary evil). This is in large part because my focus actually flips when I'm dilated, leaving me very disoriented. So the OptoMap seemed like a good idea, even though it cost a little bit more. The best part? I got to see the photos it took of the back of my eye!
The procedure is slightly awkward because you have to point your eye perpendicular to your face and mush into the machine (there's a nice pad on the machine though!) It takes just a minute or so and the images are ready immediately, no waiting! How does it work?
The instrument uses coherent red-green illumination, enabling it to image pathology throughout the layers of the retina, from the sensory retina and nerve fiber layer, through the RPE and down to the choroid. The ultra-widefield image can be separated to present the distinct retinal sub-structures and the individual red and green laser images can be displayed in grayscale separation for enhanced contrast.
Lasers! Lasers are awesome! And these lasers showed that my retinas and lenses look good, as well as my optic nerves and all so I have no signs of glaucoma or cataracts. I do need stronger vision correction and will be getting new glasses as soon as the lenses come in. I guess I have a very high curve to a prescription that is normally pretty flat and they couldn't cut them in-house. I'm looking forward to having sharper distance vision, that's for sure!
Common Sense, You’re Doin’ it Wrong
From Canada.com
STOCKHOLM - Ten thousand copies of a food magazine were recalled in Sweden after a mistake in one of its recipes left four people poisoned, the magazine said Thursday.
"There was a mistake in a recipe for apple cake. Instead of calling for two pinches of nutmeg it said 20 nutmeg nuts were needed."
I recognize that people may not be familiar with ingredients. I understand that some people blindly follow recipes as written. I know some people really like nutmeg (I'm not one of them). Honestly though, I am boggled at the fact that someone read a recipe calling for 20 nutmeg nuts and then went to the expense and trouble of finding that much nutmeg without so much as a pause at the amount. That must have been one bitter cake.