WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WINE CORKS
This
week Ruth has been to see her Ophthalmic Surgeon to have the final
check before her first cataract operation later in the month.
Friends
from our old twin town near Fresnay sur Sarthe have invited us to
take part in a Champagne wine tasting day, which so happens is just
two days after the operation. Ruth asked the surgeon if he thought it
would be ok for her to attend the event considering the short time
scale.
He
said he thought it might be ok but she would have to take great care
of the bottle corks in case one flew out and hit her in the eye!!
We
know they are dangerous and can fly a considerable distance, but in
fact he had a patient this last Christmas who had just had a cataract
operation and this did happen to him and caused severe damage to the
eye !
The
moral of this story is always take great care when opening a bottle
of sparkling wine; make sure the cork is pointing away from you and
anyone else.
To be really safe use a specially made sparkling wine cork extractor.
It
is not unknown for the cork to fly out just as the restraining wire
is removed.
RKS 18/04/2016
