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Tres Chic this Tommy Turban as the Sheik of Araby

Getting my head examined...


On Aug. 5, I showed up at NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital's neurology lab in Garden City to be fitted with an EEG cap and monitor to help determine the causes of some balance and memory concerns.



"In search of the lost "CORD"


48 Hours later...



I felt honored to join the ranks of other explorers of inner spaces. Below's a shot of Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley. I enjoyed one of their joint presentations at the NYC Hayden Planetarium a few years ago.


It was one of 3 posts I did entitled "Jews in Space" (thanks, Mel Brooks for this title from your "History of the World-Part I" - see clip below). For many years these two and others have been working together to use MUSIC AS MEDICINE - which includes trying to find ways to help people with various forms of cognitive impairment.

My post included this description of the experience:


FYI - A few years ago, I saw Mickey and Dr. Adam Gazzaley at the NYC Hayden Planetarium. The show began with Dr. Gazzaley projecting onto the ceiling an animated and illuminated version of the Big Bang. Mickey followed by donning a special skull cap that measured and projected onto the ceiling his brain waves as he played his Beam - a special stringed instrument he designed (see next image). The displayed electrical signal patterns in both demonstrations were remarkably similar.




EEG Results


The test showed that my cerebellum was having irregular brain waves called "temporal sharps". They are shown as having higher and lower amplitudes that the normal waves.



Because of a previous stroke plus several TIA's that required hospitalization, I was put on an Rx and will be tested again in three months. On today's (9/19/24) video visit with the neurologist, he said that this area of my brain controls balance. Imbalance/unsteadiness have been an issue before, BUT, since two recent falls, it is more evident.


In all this, my mantra remains:


"More parts work than don't!"


Comic Intermission




Unwrapping Ideas...Following "leads"...


The following musings followed my 48 hours "under wrap"...



Tres "Sheik"






Can I Get a Witness...

Please note some of the following classics that came to me while composing this post...May they be submitted as evidence that my most important faculties are still active. 


Please present them next Monday when I sit for my 4-hour cognitive function test…


Remembering this song is “Furthur” proof of why I write…and at this turbulent time in my journey…

...why I am forever GRATEFUL…I’m not Dead…YET…













Let's Go Out Laffing...






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