Category Archives: Gravity
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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Bouncing – Crawling – Falling – Battered and Bruised
Chapter Two Bouncing – Crawling – Falling – Battered and Bruised On my butt I bounced down the stairs hanging on to the railing and sliding my other hand on the opposite wall, the only lifelines I could find. I … Continue reading
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Exclamations, Grants, Money, and Move
After our amazing discovery, the lab exploded into a flurry of electrified activity! We invited my doctor and collaborator on the project, Dr. Mark Pyle, to come and see for himself what we discovered. Within a few days, Dr. … Continue reading
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Disability is…
At the onset I thought that I would never find my way out of the incredibly life strangling emotional nightmare I was screaming in. It was controlling my every thought, movement, desire, and wishes. It took control of me… … Continue reading
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An Awakening
I reached a place where reflection, embraced by close attention, opened my eyes, and heart to understanding my life where it was. I truly had an awakening that shook into me a sudden realization of who I really am and … Continue reading
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Coping, discovering, finding a way…
Although the things I’ve described so far seem dark and unforgiving, somehow I was able to cope with what happened. I did indeed wander aimlessly through the confines of uncertainty and grief yet I still ponder what it was … Continue reading
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Subject Zero 