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Perhaps you and your buddies would care to generate a differential for us all and list the disease processes associated with transient loss of hearing amenable to treatment by way of shunt surgery.
During 1968, Collins noticed that his legs were not working as they should, first during handball games, then as he walked down stairs, his knee would almost give way. His left leg also had unusual sensations when in hot and cold water. Reluctantly he sought medical advice and the diagnosis was a cervical disc herniation, requiring two vertebrae to be fused together. The surgery was performed at the USAF Wilford Hall Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and he spent three months in a neck brace. It also removed Collins from the crew of Apollo 9 and moved Jim Lovell up to the prime crew. When the Apollo 8 mission was changed from a CSM/LM in Earth orbit, to a CSM-only flight around the Moon, both prime and backup crews for the Apollo 8 and Apollo 9 swapped places.
Now is a good time for the pro-Apollo crowd to admit that Michael Collins did not have just one spinal surgery. He had two surgeries at the same time - one the neck, one the spine - in mid July 1968.
First of all, what do you think will pop up on your computer screen were you to google "CHARLES BERRY, APOLLO" ? Once you've done that, please report back to the group as to what the good doctor seems to be best known for now.
When Dr. Charles Berry, the medical director of the American Space Agency NASA, equipped the first aid kit of Apollo 11's lunar module with Bayer Aspirin® in 1969, he praised the drug that had come onto the market exactly 70 years before, saying: "There is no doubt that Aspirin® will be used for ever as a standard remedy.As things stand today, he could will be right.The now 100-year history of the drug appears to be turning into a never-ending story and is already one of the most fascinating chapters in medical history.
I believe we have laid the Shepard problem to rest.
I would suggest his grandchildren get in touch with one of those "patch up your internet image services", but it won't do any good cuz' it's only gonna' get all the worse for Chuck. I must say, it is indeed well deserved bad publicity.
It would seem you are beginning to realize, and it is true, the REAL HISTORY OF APOLLO IS BEING WRITTEN IN THE ELECTRONIC PAGES OF FORUMS LIKE THIS VERY ONE AND FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. It is very historic indeed indeed indeed.
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Now is a good time for the pro-Apollo crowd to admit that Michael Collins did not have just one spinal surgery. He had two surgeries at the same time - one the neck, one the spine - in mid July 1968.
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by SayonaraJupiter
Now is a good time for the pro-Apollo crowd to admit that Michael Collins did not have just one spinal surgery. He had two surgeries at the same time - one the neck, one the spine - in mid July 1968.
Giving him a full year to recover before the flight. There was a back-up crew also training, just in case his progress was unsatisfactory.