Comment by Ashley on 11 Aug 2009 at 10:00 am

I am a student doing a study on the brain. I am very interested in how you work. Will you please answer a few questions for me. I have a mission to complete. I appreciate you sharing and adding to the medical world a chance for us to learn.

1. Are you left or right handed?

2. Do you wear glasses, if so, Are you farsighted or nearsighted?

3. When did you start menstration?

4. Have you ever had a brain injury?

5. Did you believe in your illness or doubt yourself?

6. What were the conditions surrounding your birth?

7. Are you the youngest or oldest child?

8. How old were your parent at your birth?

9. What is your greatest talent?

10. Are you creative?

Thank you very much!

Ashley, Iowa

Dear Ashley,

How interesting!  I would love to understand how I work, too!  So when your’e finished writing, please share.

1. I am ambidextrous, meaning I am both right and left handed, although I tend to favor my right hand to write. It’s simply more convenient.

2. I do wear glasses, I am nearsighted, that is, I need to remove my glasses to read and type.

3. When did I start menstruation? Not sure. Around 11 years old.

4. Not sure but I did have a brain aneurism at five years old, and a tumor removed from my forehead at age two.

5. I knew something was different about me. I lost time that I couldn’t explain, and yes I had doubts, because seriously, who would want to admit they are many people in one?

6. I was nearly born in the backseat of my father’s car.  I was delivered within five minutes of entering the emergency room of a local hospital.  My mother was naive and didn’t realize that her water broke many hours earlier.  She believed she wet the bed in her sleep.

7. I am the eldest child.

8. My father was 26 and my mother 21 at the time of my birth.

9. I love to write, love to communicate with people, and I listen well.

10. Yes, I am creative, always have been, always will be.

Thank you for your thought provoking questions.

Karen