{"id":1739,"date":"2009-07-21T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/07\/21\/iphoto\/"},"modified":"2009-07-21T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T20:35:13","slug":"iphoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/07\/21\/iphoto\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhoto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disclosing my profession to health care professionals can be both a blessing and a curse.
\nSome doctors assume that I know more than I really do. Others get defensive when I know more than they do about one teeny tiny little area of biology (there are too<\/em> estrogen receptor molecules in the GI tract, Dr “Your Contraceptive Pills Can’t Possibly Be Causing These Symptoms”. I know because a reviewer once pointed it out as a possible weakness in my analysis and I had to spend a couple of weeks looking up new references, checking promoter sequences for binding sites, and rewriting my discussion). Some doctors apparently just like to freak me out; I really did not need to discuss current research on cancer stem cells while having a suspicious mole removed from my arm.
\nBut today, it provided me with a couple of cool photos to share with you.
\nMy optometrist is Teh Awesome, and we always have a really good chat about science and medicine while she asks me to compare two seemingly identical sets of lenses. (“Number one, or number two?” “Um, they look the same… number one might be a bit better. No! Wait! Number two”. I am a very frustrating patient). So when she was showing me the retinal scans she’d just taken (everything is AOK, apparently), I asked her for a copy, and they were waiting in my email inbox when I got back to my desk after my appointment.
\nHere’s my retina, with optical nerve (white doughnut shape on left), macula (red blob on right), and blood vessels:
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\nAnd here’s the hilarious effect of the eye-dilating drops on my poor innocent little pupils (self portrait with iPhone camera):
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\nYeah. I’m currently hiding at my desk, avoiding all contact with colleagues until I stop looking quite so stoned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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