Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am totally bionic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The amount of surgeries I've had are absolutely minimal compared to the reconstructive surgeries I've had. Probably 300.
I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.
I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong.
My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.
At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon.
I had two surgeries during the early part of 2012, and I was advised to restrict my work load.
Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?
By the time I'm 75 and I have a new hip, and my eyes are laser cleaned of cataracts, I wont think I'm a bionic man. I think that's just how technology works. The posthuman future of humanity will not announce itself; it will just creep up on us.
I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me.