@glenjamin: It was well received...or at least no one threw eggs anyway. I asked my friend how she thought it went but she was so busy prep'ing for her talk she missed most of it...or that was her excuse!

@agile_geek: yep, detached retina... amazing and terrifying op... my eyeball is currently filled with hexafluoroethane and everything is wavy and magnified about 4x !

@mccraigmccraig how long does that last. Sounds weird

yep, it's pretty weird - the gas gradually dissolves in bloodstream and gets replaced by fluid over 6 weeks, so there'll be a meniscus gradually moving down as fluid fills up