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After a series of health problems starting with back surgery in September 2014, involving additional surgery to correct that surgery in February 2015; I developed a series of seizures after a meningitis/pneumonia infection.  I had a blood transfusion at the time to correct my anemia.  Maybe that was the origin of the infection. Now I'll need a fairly long rehabilitation to get back to a healthier state. The strangest thing I find about all this is that I was so anxious and in pain that I wanted to die.  It just felt like the right time. I don't remember most of my delusions and hallucinations.  I don't remember biting one of the nurses or believing setting EEG wires into my scalp as a hair style. The delusion of flying through a long thin tube, passing through the history of my life until I was suddenly cut short was the scariest roller coaster I've ever taken. The next almost as bad delusion was flying through an infinitely long numerical ...

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I never heard of true mirrors until recently.  I find this video fascinating but hard to follow! It's from a science blog called Physics Girl. Here's the link: Physics Girl Another video from YouTube: I copied the instructions on how to make your own mirror: I haven't tried to make one myself yet.   Broken glass from dropping the mirrors can be dangerous. A homemade mirror will show a line down the center where the two mirrors touch.  For a perfect model I saw them selling for over $200! So much money for two mirrors attached together!

"The Neapolitan Mastiff or Neo, comes from Italy, where once it was used as a gladiator dog in the bloody spectacles of the Coliseum. They were also used as war dogs by the Roman legion. Today, they are generally protectors of the home. Distinctive in appearance, the la rgest males can t op 200 lbs and are covered in loose, wrinkly skin with hanging jowls."    From  Top 10 Lists - Listverse

I'm having another spine operation to correct a "lump" which developed on the incision site from my first operation.  The "lump" is a pseudomeningocele. From Wikipedia: "A pseudomeningocele is an abnormal collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that communicates with the CSF space around the brain or spinal cord. In a pseudomeningocele, the fluid has no surrounding membrane but is contained in a cavity within the soft tissues." Anyway, while having my pre-op blood work they found that I have anemia.  It was a surprise to me because I have no symptoms. I thought the treatment would be easy. Take iron tablets 3 times a day.  But after spending a day on and off the toilet with painful black tar-like stools; I decided to stop taking the medication.  Maybe after my operation next week I might try 1 tablet a day. I found the chart above with some strange causes for anemia.  I can believe some of them but there are others that are just too muc...