Wow, incredible story. Thanks for sharing Udhay. My friend has the colour kind and Salinas's description of it sounds exactly like hers, except I don't think she assigns numbers to traits.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:28 PM, John Sundman <[email protected]> wrote: > My 27-year old daughter has bilateral trigeminal neuralgia. > > She was given that diagnosis tentatively by an emergency room doctor in > the small hospital here on Martha’s Vineyard, who said she should go to > Boston to see a specialist. This was last January. > > We took her to a neurology clinic. The resident doctor concurred in the > diagnosis, ordered an MRI, made an appointment for my daughter with a > neurosurgeon. The attending physician, (i.e. the resident’s boss) came into > the exam room, did his own exam and said “you don’t have trigeminal > neuralgia” —his conclusion based, evidently, on my daughter’s age — about > 30 years younger than the typical person with that condition. > > But the resident was correct, and several weeks later my daughter had > microvascular decompression therapy on the left side of her head. A second > operation is scheduled for October. > > The resident was Joel Salinas. > > Shortly after my daughter’s surgery, Dr. Salinas completed his residency > and became a full-fledged doctor. Then this article appeared in the > newspaper. Suddenly everybody wants him to be their doctor. Alas, he must > turn most of them away. But not my daughter. He is her neurologist. > > This article is all true. Salinas is awesome. We got lucky. > > jrs > > > > > On Jul 15, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Fascinating. This is the first time I am hearing about mirror-touch > > synesthesia (as opposed to the seeing colours kind). > > > > Udhay > > > > > http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/is-mirror-touch-synesthesia-a-superpower-or-a-curse > > > > This Doctor Knows Exactly How You Feel > > A rare condition causes Joel Salinas to experience other people's > emotions > > and sensations. Is mirror-touch synesthesia a superpower or a curse? > > ERIKA HAYASAKI JUL 13, 2015 > > >
