Thursday, Friday, Saturday Week 4

Thursday

Morning theatre - saw a bilateral blepharoplasty, and an ectropion repair with a lateral tarsal strip. In other words, eyelid surgery. The first one is for too much eyelid skin starting roll over the lid margins and impede vision, so we cut it away.
An ectropion means your lid is folding outwards, usually due to age and fat pad shifting. Basically, a slack lower lid at one attachment, and too tight on the outer surface. To correct it, you use physics. You cut the outer skin, slackening off tightness that was pulling the lid outwards. A skin graft covers the wound to remove further tension and prevent recurrence. Then you tighten the lower lid back up against the eyeball (where it should be) with a lateral tarsal strip - essentially attaching the lower lid to the bony orbital rim you can feel on yourself right next to the outermost part of your eye. Sorted.

Had lunch with the Consultant and Reg, which they bought for me. We ate at this Japanese place - I had teriyaki chicken and rice and japanese veg, was all very nice. Extra nice on account of it being free.

Afternoon research.

Friday

Research all day.

Watched Django Unchained in the evening. It's still good. I still like it a lot. It is still pretty long.

Saturday

Job rankings finished finished finished. Submitted! Exciting. Hoping I pass the Finals retake so it means something.

Cottesloe beach for most of the day - windy! Made it a bit chilly towards 4 pm. Had to put a t-shirt on. Terrible form.

Deep fried mars bar and chips for lunch. Amazing. I could actually feel my arteries clogging, and it felt good.