[FRIAM] Nick's Recovery

[cody dooderson]

Nick have you checked your oxygen?

Cody Smith


On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 9:54 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> But a lesser known cause is *Charles Bonnet syndrome* (*pronounced* bo-nay),
> named after the Swiss scientist who first described the condition in 1760
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> I'm not trying to be a PITA.  Let me know.
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> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 9:48 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I think it’s the hat.  But could be wrong.  If so, google hallucinations.
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>> Nicholas Thompson
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>> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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>> Clark University
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>> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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>> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly
>> *Sent:* Monday, December 7, 2020 5:57 PM
>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Nick's Recovery
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>> Isn't it Charles Bonnet (BO-nay)?
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>> Frank C. Wimberly
>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>> Santa Fe, NM 87505
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>> 505 670-9918
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>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 4:40 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
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>> Nick -
>>
>> I don't know about this syndrome by name (Charles Bonnet), but am
>> familiar with "sundowner's syndrome", having "walked two old men to their
>> graves over a decade (each) with Alzheimer's" and observing their agitation
>> (better and/or worse) as the quality of light shifts just before/after
>> sundown.   I am also acutely aware, myself, of the experience of twilight
>> reducing visual acuity to the point that I am irritated and mildly confused
>> because I think I *should* be able to distinguish various things (writing,
>> diagrams, threaded fasteners, etc.) and I am unable to.
>>
>> I have known people who had slow developing cataracts who felt a profound
>> loss of cognitive ability from the creeping loss of vision which they
>> didn't appreciate until they had cataract surgery and the majority of the
>> loss (vison and by correlation their sense of cognitive inhibition?)
>>
>> I am, for one, waiting with bated brethe to know if you are in fact
>> suffering/recovering from something and whether you have reason to believe
>> (up to and including testing) it to be the "evil COVID"!   And again, by
>> correlation, if there is anything anyone here can do to help (except maybe
>> not write you long missives and expect you to read and respond?)
>>
>> *[NST===>tx I would instantly ping this list if I got a symptom that
>> seemed to confound the Dr.  <===nst] *
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>> - Steve
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>> On 12/7/20 3:35 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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>> Do you know about Charles Barret syndrome [*Quod Googlet*}. It is caused
>> by declining vision but can become dramatic when we spend a lot time in
>> dimly lit rooms.  Gives a new angle on what we mean by exerience
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>>
>> Nicholas Thompson
>>
>> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
>>
>> Clark University
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>> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On
>> Behalf Of Steve Smith
>> Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2020 1:51 PM
>> To: friam at redfish.com
>> Subject: [FRIAM] Nick's Recovery
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>> > Thanks, frank Perhaps feeling better today.  The effect of the disease
>> are increasingly psychological.  I just don't uuant to talk to anybody.
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>> thanks for checking in with "proof of life". ..
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>> know that we are all pulling/praying/meditating/hoping for you to have
>> both a smooth recovery and perhaps some meaningful fever-dreams while you
>> are at it.
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