I had reconstructive pectoral surgery, I had a cervical neck fusion and a scope, and the scope was the toughest.

I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

The philosopher’s school, ye men, is a surgery: you ought not to go out of it with pleasure, but with pain. For you are not in sound health when you enter.

NASA has spin-offs, and it’s a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.