Great Landings

So I just had to share this with y’all because it has just blown my mind. Earlier this week I went to the eye doctor for a checkup as part of that diabetes thing I got going. While there they explained a new service they offered for an additional $40 that would take a photo of the inside of your eye. After telling us all the great stuff they could learn from this picture, and how it was recently used to help early diagnose cancer in one person I casually asked if I could have a copy of this photo. When they said yes, I signed up immediately!!

So in among the various machines and tests they did was one with a Canon digital camera (very similar to the one I have) connected to it. I put my head on the chin rest like the other machines and BAMB there was a flash of really bright light. They did the same to the other eye and what you see here is the result! The bright spot on the right with the blood vessels going to it is the optic nerve and the darker spot on the left is the retina. All and all it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I am not really sure it was worth the $40 medically, but personally I probably would have paid $80 just because I think it is cool! Anyway, this is just the right eye, the left looks the same but opposite (click to make it larger). As for the rest of the exam, she said everything looked fine and she was looking forward to seeing me once a year for the rest of my life. I just hope they have more cool machinery next time!

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