Weird, random health stuff

My mind has been on health lately and that has reminded me of a few odd things that have happened to me--for some reason these all involve my eyes in one way or another. Perhaps in future posts I'll work my way from top to bottom. =)
Patriotic Eye: Apparently I cough too hard--doctors have said "don't cough so hard" to me several times. Twice I dislocated (dislodged???) cartilage in my rib cage. That hurt like the dickens, especially when I coughed! LOL. But the coolest side-effect came when a capillary in my left eye ruptured slightly. The outside half of the eye was blood red, while the other half remained white. So I had a patriotic eye--it was red, white and blue! {USA, USA, USA}

Raccoon eyes: I've heard this can happen to women who fall asleep with their eye makeup on. I found another way. I had a stomach virus and in the middle of the night I...well, I'll just say my dinner retraced its steps. Apparently I do that too hard also--capillaries around both eyes burst ever so slightly and it looked like I was wearing red goggles.

Chicken Disease: In really low light my left eye dilates a little larger than the right. While working late one night I caught a co-worker staring at my eyes. She was the first person to notice. After that I experimented in low light, looking through one eye and then the other. I discovered she was right, things were a little brighter through my right eye. It only happens in very weak light. I asked an ophthalmologist about it. After an intense exam he asked if I had ever been around chickens. I said no, I thought he was joking. But he went on to explain there was scarring in the eye that had to be the result of an untreated case of "X" (can't remember what he called the bacteria--just that I couldn't pronounce it). He said "X" left a distinctive scarring pattern. I thought that was impossible because I had never been around chickens. Except later I remembered I HAD. My aunt who made the great Xmas cookies had chickens. During several visits she asked me to help her son collect eggs. I must have wiped my eye during the chore. I had a chicken disease!!!

PS - I remember having an eye infection, but it was NOT untreated. My parents had me hold hot teabags on the eye every morning! LOL