< Treatment Timeline I was born with a cleft lip and palate, which means I was a patient from the moment I opened my eyes. As a baby, I obviously had no idea what was going on and it was up to my parents to make treatment decisions. As I got older, I started to understand more, and appointments became a little more intimidating. I can remember at five years old being in a room full of clever people (a cleft team check-up) and shying behind my mum’s arms, whilst the doctors wo