Originally Posted by Dix:
“But at age 5 you don't know, and only feel the pain of the needle, and being scared of it. I didn't know I was born with a handicap until I was an adult, and no one ever knew I had it. It was discovered by chance during an exploratory op, when they found it via my DNA in London. It did explain my early years development, but I was lucky in many respects re education, and it hasn't held me back because of that.
My old boss had Polio in one of his hands, but he had learned to do things one handedly, and we also helped him when he needed help, so I'm not ignorant re diseases, and deformities in others, and have a lot of compassion for people, and do what I can for them.”
To be honest I was always more scared of our headmistress, Mrs Thornton.
The vaccinations were always done in her office and she’d personally supervise every one.
Any child who cried got a rap on the knuckles with her ever present wooden-ruler;
….I think she learned her trade in a Victorian workhouse.