Paul Woods

Hmmm… I would love to be a doctor… I would get so much enjoyment from embarrassing my patients like this!

I have had some eye trouble over the last few week, in and out of the doctor’s surgery every few  days.  Today, I must say will be one of the days that will stick in my memory for a while.  I was given some local anesthetic on my eye, and then had a cotton bud wiped over it!  It has to be the strangest feeling in the world.  You want to blink, but your eye is saying… nah man, its ok, I’m a man and I can take it!  Actually it reminded me of watching someone wave their hand in front of a video camera lens… except a cotton bud… if you know what I mean.

The doctor said I had to wear the patch for a couple of hours until the anesthetic wore off, just incase an insect flew into my eye and I didn’t feel it (and therefore would not blink).  That has to be the lamest excuse to wear a very poorly constructed eye patch I have ever heard!  Of course I made all the pirate jokes/boss beating me up jokes I could whilst I had the chance.

After a few hours passed, I took the patch off, but because of wearing it that long I had double vision.  There was only one way to fix it…  a couple of beers at the local and my vision was back to normal!

Hmmm next time I take a self-portrait, I need to remember to smile

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