ken, i am concerned about the first problem, maybe you had a mini stroke,
and should see a doctor.

Tamar Magenta Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 5/12/2004 4:44:29 PM
> Subject: as promised here is a post of 2 problems concerning me.
>
>   right to it, guy. i have been for months now been in
> a state of having difficulty compleeting a sentence. i
> know what i want to say, but i get stuck in a
> sentence, not completed trying to get the words to
> complet the thought. it is not a lack of having thr
> words for a complex thought, it is sometimes a very
> simple sentence and my mind just seems to stop.
>   i know i am getting older, but, this is not normal
> aging or at least i think not. any ideas?
>
>    and for the 2nd one. for a few weeks/months? i have
> noticed that when going from brite light to less light
> and vice versa, my eyes are very slow in adjusting to
> the change. i see darkly for a noticable time. instead
> of a couple seconds, maybe as long as 5-10 seconds i
> see darkly. i was at a dentist two days ago to get a
> broken tooth extracted. i had been under a bright
> light, not directly in my eyes, but close enough for
> my eyes to sense the brightness. after the deed was
> done and i was not facing the light, the dentist
> showed me the tooth. i knew that i was looking at a
> bloody tooth and a blood stained napkin. i say
> nothing, but, i did not see red, i saw shades of
> purple. since i said nothing but was just waiting for
> my eyes to adjust, after a short time the dentist
> threw both the tooth and napkin away. i did not see
> red the whole time. oh, i guess it was probly less
> than 10 seconds, but, i am not accustomed to my eyes
> doing this. again, any thoughts?
>    maybe i am getting hypochondiactic in my old age, i
> do know.
>
>
>
>
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