“While I was aware of three workers that had disclosed their gender issues during their time in high altitude astronomy, I was not aware of how many more were staying silent about it.” IssuesSilentGenderAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescope Author:Steven Magee
“High altitude astronomy was the only field that I worked in where workers had changed gender during their time there. Two males became females and one female that had been previously attracted to males later became attracted to females. I had not heard of this in other fields that I had worked in.” ChangedWorkersGenderAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescope Author:Steven Magee
“We would see the effects of cosmic rays in images from the telescope electronic camera’s.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeRaysMaunaKeaCosmicTmtCameraElectronic Author:Steven Magee
“I am on the right side of the #WeAreMaunaKea protests.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtRightProtestsSideWearemaunakea Author:Steven Magee
“Developing the diagnosis and treatment for Magee’s Disease has turned me into a world leading expert on High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD).” DiseaseAstronomyOshaTreatmentAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtDiagnosisMagee S Author:Steven Magee
“Routine preventative 5 year interval Colonoscopies should be mandatory for all very high altitude workers, regardless of their age.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeRoutineMaunaKeaTmtMandatoryPreventativeColonoscopies Author:Steven Magee
“My job was called “Summit Lead” when on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea. A few of us would rotate through this position during the weekdays, as we only worked part time on the summit. One of the other “Summit Lead’s” died from fatal gastrointestinal disease. He had spent far more time on the summit than I ever did and had accumulated much larger biologically toxic exposures.” DiseaseAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSummitLeadGastrointestinal Author:Steven Magee
“In 2018 at the age of 48, many years after the onset of of various gastrointestinal problems while working at very high altitude atop Mauna Kea, I had a colonoscopy that removed a 5mm polyp from the sigmoid colon.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtGastrointestinalColonColonoscopySigmoid Author:Steven Magee
“While working extreme night shifts, I would take digestive supplements to offset gastrointestinal problems that would develop at the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSupplementsShiftsGastrointestinalDigestive Author:Steven Magee
“I bought salvation from a man on the street. He said, "Go down to the beach and let the waves wash your feet.” SpiritualityReligiousSuicideAddictionSurrealDetroit Author:Gabriel Rheaume