New here - same old eyes

[Guest guest]

Howdy,

I have had these " funny colored eyes " for as long as I can remember.

My right eye has one section with a darker pigment (hazel??) in its

lower half. My left eye and the top of my right eye are kind of

blue.

Just today, I discovered what this condition is called and have been

feverishly researching it... amazing!

Several years ago, I asked a med student about it and she said that

it was a sign that either I was brilliant or I was insane. Living

on the verge of both, I accepted her answer at face value - though I

suspected she was having me on ;-)

Growing up, I knew of only one other person who had this eye

thingy. He was in my 1st grade class and had the same first name.

For awhile there when I was younger, I thought that anyone who had

our first name must have different colored eyes... [maybe I'm closer

to the insane side than the brilliant].

For many years I had a gold tooth. My eye coloration, combined with

the gold tooth allowed me to have many interesting and engaging

conversations with the opposite sex. Many of those conversations

began with the highly intelligent question, " Did you know you had

different colored eyes? " ...DUH!!!! which was followed by my somewhat

snarky reply, " No one ever told me that before - I'd better see a

doctor. "

Once, I participated in a sensitivity session related to prejudice

where people were separated by the color of their eyes. Eerybody

easily self-ifentified if they were closer to blue or brown eyes. I

stood helplessly in the middle of the room as others separated into

their eye color groups. To the amazement and frustration of the

session facilitator (who could not discern what to do about my multi-

colored eyes) there was no guide as to how to deal with folks like

me in the session - so I stood in the middle by myself for the

reminder of the day - talk about prejudice and ostrasizing :-(

Anyhow, imagine my surprise and delight when I found this group.

I'll be exploring past posts for quite some time to learn more, so

forgive me if I lurk. Suffice to say for now that I'm happy to be a

member.

Newfoot