The Appalling Fact

In 1969, intervention was practically unknown, but when I was hit over the head with the proverbial two-by-four, twice in one day, it got my attention. Doctors had been unable to do it; one had said I'd go blind in a year, another that I'd shortly have to be committed, and a third that I'd be dead within six months. So I decided to quit--going to doctors, that is.