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This Just In… A Jettison to Right Now…

Really?  Another Addition to my DisABILITY Resume??? Pretty much all I could say this past Monday was, WTF…             This past Monday, July 8, 2013, I learned the results of an EEG I had the week prior to investigate why … Continue reading

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“Hello Mitch? This is Cheryl… I think we did something bad…. “

          Our previous experiments with the residual effect had been resulting in a limited amount of relief at a time, a few minutes or more.   The findings from the first 20 minute trial resulted in the first of extended residual … Continue reading

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Something’s Different…

            After discovering such a dramatic difference in how my vision and balance cooperated I removed the helmet.  When I could finally find words, I turned to Mitch and whispered, “Mitch, something’s different.  I don’t know what’s happened but something … 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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I Did It Without Thinking About It!

One morning I got up from bed, went downstairs, started coffee and sat at the kitchen table waiting for the first warm cup of the day.  I gazed out the window searching for signs indicating spring was on its way.  … 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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What if….

With the results from the initial trials in, we pondered how, for that small amount of time after using the TDU, the changes in my ability to maintain a balanced position were occurring.  No one knew, but I was certainly … Continue reading

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Stay Tuned….

It’s been a little over week since my last post.  However, please know I remain active with my Blog.  I am working on developing and adding sections to share and capture who I am and why this endeavor is so … Continue reading

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The Work Begins and Subject Zero is Born

After that first a-maze-ment and monumental day in that tiny lab, I went home and resumed my studies at Madison Area Technical School, now Madison College.  Amid my school work, my tests, classes and exhaustion, I couldn’t stop wondering how … Continue reading

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The Maze

The moment had arrived!  It was time to see what this sensory substitution stuff was all about.  Mitch showed me to a seat in front of a computer screen and a metal box with a knob sticking out of the … Continue reading

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