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| == Ariadne's Blog == | == Ariadne's Blog == | ||
| '''[[Findthelostring.com#Blog_entries|<-- Full listing]]''' ([http://www.findthelostring.com direct link]) | '''[[Findthelostring.com#Blog_entries|<-- Full listing]]''' ([http://www.findthelostring.com direct link]) | ||
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| === How I Got Here (Part I) ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1023 link]) === | === How I Got Here (Part I) ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1023 link]) === | ||
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| - | :This is the story of how I became a "medical mystery"... | + | :[[Image:heyitsmymri.jpg]] |
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| + | :''This is the story of how I became a "medical mystery"...'' | ||
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| :After I woke up on February 12, I spent a week in the hospital. | :After I woke up on February 12, I spent a week in the hospital. | ||
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| :I got a lot of attention from the doctors. Apparently, my kind of amnesia is extremely rare. So rare, in fact, the doctors thought I might be faking. | :I got a lot of attention from the doctors. Apparently, my kind of amnesia is extremely rare. So rare, in fact, the doctors thought I might be faking. | ||
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| :Of course, they didn’t actually accuse me of faking. They were too nice for that. But they did keep asking me the same questions, basically interrogating me. I could tell they were trying to get me to slip up. | :Of course, they didn’t actually accuse me of faking. They were too nice for that. But they did keep asking me the same questions, basically interrogating me. I could tell they were trying to get me to slip up. | ||
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| :Well, I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t believe a story this weird either – if it wasn’t happening to me. | :Well, I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t believe a story this weird either – if it wasn’t happening to me. | ||
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| :The doctors decided I wasn’t faking it. So they started doing tests. Lots and lots of tests. I was poked, scanned and jabbed for three days straight. They wired me up, ran toxicology reports, and measured me in a hundred different ways. | :The doctors decided I wasn’t faking it. So they started doing tests. Lots and lots of tests. I was poked, scanned and jabbed for three days straight. They wired me up, ran toxicology reports, and measured me in a hundred different ways. | ||
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| :When they weren’t testing me, they were watching me. I would wake up, and there would be a pair of doctors just hovering over me. It was actually kind of creepy. | :When they weren’t testing me, they were watching me. I would wake up, and there would be a pair of doctors just hovering over me. It was actually kind of creepy. | ||
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| :After six days of tests and observations, the doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with me. | :After six days of tests and observations, the doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with me. | ||
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| :So they just plain gave up. | :So they just plain gave up. | ||
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| :According to the MRI scan, my brain’s perfectly fine. No trauma, no damage, no tumors, no sharp objects lodged in odd places. There’s no physical reason I should have completely forgotten who I am and where I came from. | :According to the MRI scan, my brain’s perfectly fine. No trauma, no damage, no tumors, no sharp objects lodged in odd places. There’s no physical reason I should have completely forgotten who I am and where I came from. | ||
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| :As for my body, it’s more than fine. My cardio stamina and muscle endurance were basically off the charts. It sounds ridiculous, but they say that my body’s primed for Olympic-level competition. They actually contacted local trainers and national coaches to see if maybe I’d gone missing from a team. Unfortunately, none of them had any idea who I am. | :As for my body, it’s more than fine. My cardio stamina and muscle endurance were basically off the charts. It sounds ridiculous, but they say that my body’s primed for Olympic-level competition. They actually contacted local trainers and national coaches to see if maybe I’d gone missing from a team. Unfortunately, none of them had any idea who I am. | ||
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| :Meanwhile the doctors started calling me Ariadne – because of where I woke up. You know, Greek mythology. I guess it could have been worse. They called have called me Minotaur. Grrrrrrowl………! | :Meanwhile the doctors started calling me Ariadne – because of where I woke up. You know, Greek mythology. I guess it could have been worse. They called have called me Minotaur. Grrrrrrowl………! | ||
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| :In the end, it all boiled down to this: Since there’s apparently nothing wrong with me, doctors can’t cure me. Not to mention, I don’t have any money or health insurance, so the hospital wasn’t too keen on my hanging around and getting all those expensive tests. | :In the end, it all boiled down to this: Since there’s apparently nothing wrong with me, doctors can’t cure me. Not to mention, I don’t have any money or health insurance, so the hospital wasn’t too keen on my hanging around and getting all those expensive tests. | ||
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| :The discharged me from the hospital, and I had no place to go. | :The discharged me from the hospital, and I had no place to go. | ||
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| :I would have been totally lost, if I hadn’t met Kai. | :I would have been totally lost, if I hadn’t met Kai. | ||
| </blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 5 March 2008
Ariadne's Blog
<-- Full listing (direct link)
How I Got Here (Part I) (link)
3/3/08 12:09am
- This is the story of how I became a "medical mystery"...
- After I woke up on February 12, I spent a week in the hospital.
- I got a lot of attention from the doctors. Apparently, my kind of amnesia is extremely rare. So rare, in fact, the doctors thought I might be faking.
- Of course, they didn’t actually accuse me of faking. They were too nice for that. But they did keep asking me the same questions, basically interrogating me. I could tell they were trying to get me to slip up.
- Well, I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t believe a story this weird either – if it wasn’t happening to me.
- The doctors decided I wasn’t faking it. So they started doing tests. Lots and lots of tests. I was poked, scanned and jabbed for three days straight. They wired me up, ran toxicology reports, and measured me in a hundred different ways.
- When they weren’t testing me, they were watching me. I would wake up, and there would be a pair of doctors just hovering over me. It was actually kind of creepy.
- After six days of tests and observations, the doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with me.
- So they just plain gave up.
- According to the MRI scan, my brain’s perfectly fine. No trauma, no damage, no tumors, no sharp objects lodged in odd places. There’s no physical reason I should have completely forgotten who I am and where I came from.
- As for my body, it’s more than fine. My cardio stamina and muscle endurance were basically off the charts. It sounds ridiculous, but they say that my body’s primed for Olympic-level competition. They actually contacted local trainers and national coaches to see if maybe I’d gone missing from a team. Unfortunately, none of them had any idea who I am.
- Meanwhile the doctors started calling me Ariadne – because of where I woke up. You know, Greek mythology. I guess it could have been worse. They called have called me Minotaur. Grrrrrrowl………!
- In the end, it all boiled down to this: Since there’s apparently nothing wrong with me, doctors can’t cure me. Not to mention, I don’t have any money or health insurance, so the hospital wasn’t too keen on my hanging around and getting all those expensive tests.
- The discharged me from the hospital, and I had no place to go.
- I would have been totally lost, if I hadn’t met Kai.
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