| Remaining Injuries |
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| Injuries related to the bomb fall under the
three headings of burns, wounds from the
blast and radiation poisoning. I got all
three. My face, head, both arms and entire
upper body were burnt. I still have keloids
remaining and on rainy days and in the winter
they throb in pain. As for wounds from the
blast, the front of my head has a sunken-in
dent, there is a scar on my neck from the
beam that hit me, pain from my five ribs
that were broken, and cuts on my legs. Effects
of the radiation poisoning started to show
up about 5 or 6 years after the bomb. I continue to have fevers with no apparent cause and my blood pressure ranges from 50 to 80, about half the blood pressure of a normal person. Even now, 56 years after the fact, I get nausea and dizziness and have difficulty breathing every time the weather or the air pressure changes. Most of the other bomb survivors I knew have died of lung cancer, so I am always worried about the day when I myself will get lung cancer. I live each day in mental agony over whether or not my children and my grandchildren will also show signs of health problems. Nuclear weapons are the primary ingredient for the downfall of humankind and should be abolished completely. |