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Had it out!
Posted May 5, 1999
I had it out! The tooth! Am happy 
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The Iron Lung and Polio
Posted May 3, 1999
This was the first 'life-support' machine developed on earth. It was designed in the 1920's (earth years) as the human inhamitants on earth faced an epidemic of the spread of a virus known as poliomyelitis. Humans, being humans, shortened this to 'polio' and then humans, being humans, lengthened this to 'infantile paralysis'. In the more severe cases it caused complete paralysis. The virus attacked and destroyed the motor nerves in the spinal column of humans. Some made complete or partial recovery and some never made it through, but there were a number who made some recovery, but who came to depend on artificial ventilation for the rest of their lives. This is where the iron lung comes into being, and for more info, check out http://members.xoom.com/lungmuseum
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Monday 3rd May
Posted May 3, 1999
Its 07.29 and I have raging toothache. My dog's just broken wind, and looks at me as if to say it's my fault. Today will be a good day.
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Wednesday 28th April 1999
Posted Apr 28, 1999
Three weeks today, I'll be under the surgeons knife, having a triple heart bypass op (my second). Collect all three and you get 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 air miles. Why do they call it air miles? If I'm going Virgin Shuttle to Mars (nr Slough), I'll need vaccuum miles surely?. Does the millenium bug me? Yep, I can't spell it.
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