Category Archives: Beginnings
Central Focus, Visual Proof
Chapter 22 – 2003 Central Focus, Visual Proof Nearly finished with my studies at MATC, I prepared to transfer into UW-Madison. This was a monumental time which both excited me and scared the heck out of me. But, there was … Continue reading
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For the First Time in a Long Time…
Chapter 21 2003 For the First Time in a Long Time… How can I begin to explain how a touch of returned freedom, long absent from my life, lifted me from dark to light. With just a few hours that … Continue reading
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Next Step
What’s all this TDU stuff about? 1. What does TDU stand for? Tongue Display Unit 2. What does it do? A person without a working vestibular system cannot sense where they are in space. What the TDU does is relay … Continue reading
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The Final Diagnosis
Chapter 7 THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS Up to this point from previous blogs you already know what happened: The fall, the drive to the clinic, the bouncing and blurry, the feeling of outer space, and a place of fear unlike … Continue reading
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How it all Started – 1995 -1997
Chapter Six How it all Started It was in 1995 and 1996 when I started experiencing complications with my menstrual cycles. The pain was so bad I couldn’t get out of bed for the first two to three days. I … Continue reading
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Pills, Hope, and a Frightening Discovery
Chapter Five Pills, Hope and a Frightening Discovery I looked to the meclizine in hope it would take everything away. I faithfully took each pill as instructed in anticipation that my sense of knowing where I was in space would … Continue reading
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Phone Call and Drive to Hell
Chapter Three Phone Call and Drive to Hell “Something is terribly wrong! I can’t stand up! I can’t see! What’s wrong with me?” The receptionist listened as I described what was going on and placed me through to triage where … Continue reading
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Subject Zero 