i've always wanted to be a lefty;;

In a normal kid's life, they get these annual check-ups with their doctor each year, right? And the doctor checks their reflexes, gives shots, blablabla.

I am so not normal, especially since that isn't what I'd call my annual physical or check-up or whatever it's called.

My mom and dad take me to UCLA hospital where I wait in the children's section for like an hour. Then an assistant guy (he's nice - he remembers me every year xD) comes out and takes me to the room I'm stationed in.

First comes the team of facial doctors (ehh, forget what they're called). They kinda remind me of House's team of doctors, cause there's the main guy, the people who are just in this for the medical purposes and aren't afraid of shifting my nose from side to side or poking my cheek, and the one doctor who realizes I'm a human and that I feel awkward sitting there like that.

Then (random order - this is the stuff I remember, though) the other doctors come. There's the orthodontist/dentist, who checks my teeth and stuff, the optometrist, who tells me that when I look up my eyes cross, the speech doctor who talks to me about drama class (yeah, I don't know either), the skin doctor person who talks about my birthmarks, the hearing person, and then my main doctor doctor, who is nice and has known me since I was a baby.

Then, after two hours, I'm free to go.

(I do get shots though, obviously. I go to a local doctor who's my doctor for like when I get sick. The team of doctors sends my medical files to everyone. Funfun.)

And do you know why this takes place?

Because I was born with hypertelorism. If you look at the picture on that page and freak out thinking I looked like that at one point, I didn't. My case was mild. Think, like, Jackie Kennedy or Jackie O or whatever everyone calls her. We both had mild cases, but I had surgery.

Want the simple explanation? I was born without cartilage in my nose, causing the nose to be flat and space out my eyes and shit. Whatever. I am still normal.

But that's one of the reasons I'm so insecure. Growing up, kids would make fun of me cause my face looked "different" and my nose was flat and this one kid "gave me a hug" by wrapping his hands around my neck and choking me.

Yeah.