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Since my eye operation in August I have been carrying some tubes around in my head. The went from above my eye, down through the upper and lower tear ducts (and visible in the corner of my eye linking the two lids), and into my nose.

On Friday the tubes were finally removed. The technique was to snip the tube in the corner of my eye and then have me blow them with a powerful nose blow. Which worked and is exactly as gross as it sounds.

I did have my eye numbed first with an eye drop that really stung. This is akin to kicking someone in the shin to take their mind off a headache.

Anyway, it is all done now and the next step is to return to the hospital in four months time and decide whether I want to go through the whole thing again with my other eye.