Well, where to begin...

I was born in the 60s.  This in itself is not remarkable, except for the fact that lots of mothers were being prescribed lots of drugs to make the trials and tribulations of being pregnant more tolerable.  One such drug was Benedictine and I know my mother took this for nausea.  There is no known link between this drug and birth defects, but there you have it.  In fact, there is no known link between anything my mother took and the particular defects I was born with.  However, it is a little odd that I seem to have some really weird ones while my sister, who is three years younger, has none.  This much I know. 

I remember a big box of tape in my mom's closet.  Surgical tape, you know the white kind that won't come off without a good soaking.  Apparently, some wag told my mom that I had nerve damage from a forceps delivery.  How he came to this conclusion, I have no idea; he also had the bright idea that if my face was taped into position, it would stay or heal (like a dog?).  Yeah, that worked...

I remember going to the hospital for nerve conduction tests before I started school.  Electrodes were attached and a current of electricity flowed and nothing but a weird tingly sensation happened.  Hmmm...no nerve to stimulate?  Perhaps.   I think I got a pink peppermint from someone at the hospital.  I love pink peppermints.