Tom York

But I started trying to work it in my favour by the end because my parents were saying, so for this last operation, you can ask for anything you like.

I was like, anything I like?

What am I, like four or something?

So I asked for Adidas red tracksuit.

Did you get it?

Yeah.

That is a hard thing to go through.

You know, will you tease?

Kids can be quite cruel.

Yeah, they were cruel.

There's always a few arseholes.

But the one point for me was the last operation went wrong and it's kind of blind.

So it looks good, but I can't really use it much.

And then after that, I went to see this amazing old surgeon.

He said, well, mate, you're never going to fly in the RAF, but at least it looks right.

And he said, I can do one more operation, which means it comes up to exactly the same level as the other and you'll look normal.

but this means you won't be able to close it properly, and you'll have to probably put a patch over your eye when you sleep.

So at that point, I decided I liked the fact that it wasn't the same, and I've liked it ever since.

And when people say stuff, I kind of thought it was like a badge of pride.

I still do.