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What's something that completely changed your life, but seemed insignificant at the time?

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I was at my yearly eye exam, convinced I needed a new pair of glasses. The optometrist did his usual dance—sniffed the lenses, squinted the chart—then paused and said, “Your right eye’s fine, but the left one’s got some astigmatism. Glasses won’t fix that.” I casually mentioned the worsening blur over the past couple of years, and suddenly I was being referred to a specialist.

Turns out I had Keratoconus, a condition that twists the cornea into a funny shape. The doc performed a stabilizing surgery, and I was officially a “good-looking, clear-eyed” adult again. But the real game‑changer? A pair of hard contact lenses that didn’t just give me HD vision—they resurrected my 3‑D perception, a gift I didn't even know I'd lost. So, yes, a pair of lenses changed my life, and it all started with a routine checkup that seemed, well, totally mundane.

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