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The results will be skewed by the personal bias of the doctors notes. I fell from my semi-truck when I thought I was on the bottom stair. I landed on the hard February asphalt with enough force to snap the metal buckle on my hat and cause me to experience a full body stunning. For moments I could not move. I was disoriented and required help getting up. The next year I caught a bad sinus infection and had a bout of aseptic meningitis. I recovered and the MRI showed hypervascular growth in the area of my previous impact. At the time the Doctor decided that I must have epilepsy because I had a seizure during the meningitis. Two years later I had another bout of meningitis with a seizure. I was then put on epilepsy medication. I have regularly asked if the epilepsy caused the meningitis or the other way around. I cannot do my work as a truck driver because of the epilepsy medication/diagnosis. I am only on of 8 that OHSU have seen with hypervascular growth in my brain. I am now getting yearly MRI to keep track of the growth. At least until they decide it's not worth their time to follow-up.

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