Have you ever had surgery? What for?

It happened when I was just 4 years old. You see, when I was born, you couldn’t see my right eye most of the time, because it was turned in.The specialist told my parents that I would need glasses, which were strapped to my little head at the tender age of 14 months, and then he added a patch to the left side of my glasses ,to force the right eye into place as much as possible. By the time I got to 4 years old, it became apparent that I would need surgery on my right eye to remove a small portion of the muscle on the outer eye as it was too long.  The surgery was performed, and the healing began . Again, using a patch  on the left side of my glasses to force the right eye into place. When I got older, exercises were added to help me be able to use both eyes simultaneously.  I’ve worn glasses for my entire life with the exception of the first 14 months and for approximately a year and a half when I wore hard, gas permeable contact lenses around the age of 16. Unfortunately, they were really uncomfortable, so they didn’t last too long. I might be vain, but comfort always wins out in the long run.

I’ve had other surgeries, but that was my first, and other than the last, which was life-saving emergency surgery to remove a tumor in my heart, the most important.