Waking to Aches and Pains

I understand and largely accept that, by wading through old age, you should expect a few aches—maybe a bum knee or a stiff arm at a minimum. But those sorts of ailments are far too ordinary for me. I start with pain right from the get-go. When I first wake in the morning, my eyes hurt. I have some drops that relieve the pain fairly quickly, but I wonder: What sort of bad body engineering or lifestyle choices account for your eyes hurting?

—Mitchell Hegman