clips in my eyes

the tantalum clips operation is done. apparently all went fine. the operation is done under general anesthetics and lasted for only about 30 minutes. after waking up i felt a bit dizzy and tired but no further problems at all. on my right eye a big patch was applied which is awkward and uncomfortable to say the least. it only has to stay on for about two days so it shouldn't be that much of a problem.

i got all my questions answered in advance what this operation is all about. apparently it's a normal operation almost all patients which are going to undertake proton beam radiation treatment have to do. little tantalum clips are sewn on the eye to exactly mark the size of the tumor. later the zyklotron machine will use these clips as boundary definitions to exactly project and limit the radiation to the tumor tissue only. these clips can apparently stay in the eye after the radiation treatment forever.

sounds like science fiction.

-pj