I'm a boomer. Raised in the south. Did not get vaccines for measles, chicken pox, mumps. I don't think they were available yet. I got all three. Chickenpox and mumps sucked, but the measles almost killed me. I ended up with intense tinnitus, kidney damage, and a heart murmur, and I suspect the rheumatoid…
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I'm just like you, but it's my left ear that is essentially useless. I wear a hearing aid in my right. I use closed captions and subtitles for TV and movies. I, too, could have wound up in much worse condition. I don't like to mope and think of what I can't do; I can still do an awful lot!
I was a German-measles (rubella) baby, too. I was left permanently severely hearing impaired, I have retinal scarring (but fortunately, my vision is fine). I have diabetes. I had fertility problems and needed assistance to conceive. I have had weight problems for most of my life despite having a small appetite and…
My grandmother came from a giant Irish family, fourteen kids in all. Only three made it to adulthood because of measles, polio or influenza.
Allow me to add my story:
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I don't think you know what Social Anxiety Disorder is.
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great article. Very well researched and obviously a lot of effort went into it.
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Beta cloth was not used until after Apollo 1. Apollo 1 suits were nylon.
If only I had the time to watch them all.
I mostly know Charles Starkweather as Johnny Bartlett's role model in The Frighteners.
That is both a horrible, and wonderful joke, all at the same time. Bravo good sir and/or ma'am. Bravo.
Would the Post-Pratt-Peak be known as a Pratt-Fall?