I was once hit in the face by a volleyball. The hitter was a tall powerful person who really knew how to spike the ball – and I was in his way. My contact lens popped out and I had a massive red eye and a shiner as well. I went to my ophthalmologist the next morning. He examined me and announced that it would be fine in 10 days. Sure enough, ten days later the redness and swelling were gone.

I saw the doctor at a function a few weeks later and asked him how he knew that I’d be all cleared up in ten days. He said, “It’s always ten days.”