Category Archives: Tongue Display Unit
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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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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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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The Lull
Because of the “coming down” reaction I experienced and that we were now testing the device in a standing position, changes to the research protocol were required. That meant a lull in using the TDU… It took a long … 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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Excitement!
Yuri and I looked at each other and smiled. I stretched to the very tip of my toes to hug him as hard as I could. I cried, Yuri held, I think he had some tears too along with … Continue reading
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Subject Zero 