No Thanks, I Don’t Want Surgery for My Weird Eye Condition

why I’m embracing the “flaw”

not my eye (Photo by paul morris on Unsplash)

I went to a new eye doctor a few months ago and I’m still thinking about a question she asked me:

“Have you considered surgery to correct it?”

Which of the following eye conditions of mine do you think she was referring to?

• cotton-eyed joe
• queer eye
• third eye blind
• eye of the tiger
• ptosis

If you guess ptosis, you’re correct and I’m impressed!

If you guessed ptosis and you know what it is, I’m even more impressed. (You’re probably a doctor and/or have it yourself.)

For the uninitiated, here’s the super complex definition. See if you can keep up:

ptosis: a drooping upper eyelid

It’s pronounced toe-sis; the p is silent because it’s pfun like that.

The magic is brought to the lucky afflicted person by a dysfunction in the muscles that raise the eyelid or its nerve supply. It can be caused by injury, aging, or a variety of diseases. Or, it can be…