On Wednesday 7 November, Paul and I did our first joint presentation to a group of about thirty-five nurses at Fremantle Hospital. The occasion was a Surgical Symposium, a one day event to which we’d been invited to speak. We
We are very excited to have some of our artificial eyes used in a local art exhibition. This week we received an invitation to the opening of Susan Flavell’s sculpture exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre. Susan visited us some
It’s that time of year again for those of us in Western Australia. The howling easterlies, straight off the desert, have arrived, making their presence felt by many allergy sufferers. And those with artificial eyes are not excluded from this
Paul and I ride to work every day. Over the years we have come to understand that there are so many reasons why this is such a great idea. We get to hear the birds singing in Kings Park in
Eyelashes serve an important purpose. They protect the eyes from dust and dirt. The same applies when the eye is artificial. But for some people, eyelashes can be the cause of an uncomfortable and constantly irritated eye socket. We’ve seen
Andrew Maver from the East Timor Eye Program – a voluntary group of ophthalmologists, optometrists and nurses – contacted us recently for help. Through the Program’s regular visits to East Timor, a young woman from Dili came to their attention.
We’ve blogged about the way kids cope with getting their first artificial eyes, and then with subsequent visits for adjustments, new fittings and cleaning. Some kids don’t know what all the fuss is about, while others test everyone’s skills in
After ten months of full on work, I took advantage of the magnificent weather in Darwin to have a much needed week’s break before starting my clinic up there. My husband and son came with me and we had a
Jan contracted a melanoma of the iris in her right eye ten years ago. After nine years of surgery and treatment, she made the mammoth decision to have her eye removed. Jan talks about what she feared most at that
Sara was trying to fix a fence on her family’s farm when a wire strand sprang up and hit her in the eye. She was only eleven years old at the time. Her story takes us through her weeks in
