Being a dedicated
reader of science fiction in my youth, the idea of a cyborg is
familiar to me--part human, part machine--but futuristic. With the
rest of America and a good number of people around the world, I
watched "The 6 Million Dollar Man". It was diverting fiction.
I've had a few
hospitalizations over the years until one day I realized that without
one of those hospitalizations I would have died. I chalked up that
miracle to the wonders of science, extending my life beyond a natural
boundary.
Later I was put on
a daily regimen of medicines and I was held more closely in the
thrall of medical science. I knew that, if I had lived in the time of
Christ or even Newton, my daily activities would have been much
curtailed.
Finally, a cardiac
pacemaker was suggested as the next step in my medical treatment,
replacing my atria. The battery, the wires-the pulse of life was to
be provided by a non-living object. Another step in my
evolution--Call Me Cyborg!
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