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Watching Labyrinth with Brian Froud’s commentary track. Highly reommended. Good listen. And of course, a good excuse to watch Labyrinth. I have always loved that movie. Love the music. the visuals, everything. I think they’re making a sequel? Doing something. Not sure if it’s still on. I hope they don’t mess it up. I guess we’ll see, if they manage to finish it before the clock runs out.
\n26\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nHello everybody. I had a little trip to the emergency room today. (TLDR at end of post)
\nI had another blackout. On my way to the goats. Apparently Jeanette found me on the ground in the middle of the road lead into their driveway.
\nShe isn’t usually down there a lot, so it was pretty fortunate that she found me. I’m not sure if I was completely passed out or not. Last time it happened at the playround I had that video of myself saying good morning to Jeanette, so I wasn’t unconscious then. But I don’t know if I was this time, or in a trance or whateve.r
\nIn any case, when I came back to myself I was in an ambulance with a couple of medics talking to me and asking questions.
\nI’m always really desoriented when I come back after one of those spells. Not sure where or when I am or what I was doing. And it was even more confusing this time, with a couple of strangers talking to me
\nNot sure how much sense I made, I just remember being very confused and not knowing where I was and trying stay calm and cope with the situation. No memroy of seeing Jeanette at all.
\nI got to the hospital and was seen to be odctors and nurses. My memory of the day slowly coming back. Remembering walking to the goats. Crossing the road and then getting that deja vue-ish feeling I always get before the blackouts. Good thing it didn’t hit just 30 second earlier I guess. I might have fallen over in the middle of the actual road. And it swerves right where I cross, if I had been lying in the middle of the road I’m not sure if an oncoming car would have seen me around the bend. Well, they probably would. But you never know.
\nAlso lucky that Jeanette happened to be down in the entrance\/driveway. Picking greens for the bunnies I think. Good thing it was her who had found. She could tell the medics about my previous blackouts. Who knows, if some stranger had found me, maybe they would have grabbed my wallet and ran. Probably not, but you never know.
\nAnyway. As I came more and more back to myself in he hospital bed they asked me more questions and had me do little things, like touch my nose with one hand and then with the other, thing like that. I guess to show I was mentally functioning. And they took blood tests. An ekg. Blood pressure. And all that stuff came back normal, not showing any problems.
\nSo they wheeled me off to have my brain scanned. And that also came back normal. Yes, I actually have a doctor’s word for the fact that my brain looks normal. I know i’m as shocked as you all. Normal brian, me? Whoda thunk it.
\nBut yup. None of the tests could explain why I had blacked out.
\nThe doctor told me she would refer me to a neurological examination. To check for epilepsy. I asked her if she thought that was what I had, but she said she didn’t know. She wanted to rule it out. I got the impression that if it’s not epilepsy then there might not be anything they can about it, i may have to just live with having these attacks, since they couldn’t see any cause? I don’t know if there aren’t more tests they could do.
\nBut anyway, I’m finding myself in the peculiar situation of really hoping I have epilepsy. So I can have a diagnosis and hopefully get meds to stop the seizures. That would be really good. Much better than not knowing what’s going on and possibly having to live with it or go through more tests.
\nBut that’s all they could do today. The neurological tests will be another day, I’ll get called in for that. Since I was feeling fine and back to myself again, they let me go back home. I had to wait about an hour to get a transport home, which was pretty boring. But it gave me time to lie in the bed and think about things. And listen to other patients talking to doctors and nurses.
\nI called my parents to let them know what was going on too. And called Jeanette to tell her I was okay. It must have been pretty frightening to find me lying there in the middle of the road. She asked if I was hurting, but I wasn’t. She said she thought my backpack had cushioned my fall. I guess I fell backwards. Good thing I didn’t crack my head on the asphalt or anything.
\nNow I’m home and just trying to relax. Going to cook up some soup. Probably tke a day or two to just relax.
\nNot a fun day. But it could have gone a lot worse. And on the bright side, I was finally forced to tell a doctor about the blackouts. I knwow it is really stupid and irresponsible of me to have gone so long without getting it looked at. But now something is being done, let’s just hope I get it sorted out. That would be a relief.
\nOne of the weirdest moments of my life probably, coming to myself in an ambulance with strangers talking to me.
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\nTLDR
\nHad a blackout attack on my way to the goats, Jeanette found me lying in the street in their driveway. I was taken to the hospital and had a brain scan and other tests done, they showed nothing that could explain what happened. I will be called in for neurological exam at a later dat to test for epilepsy.
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\n27\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nThank you everyone for all the kind and thoughtful comments. I wanted to reply to more of them, but I am super super tired.
\nBut I am thankful to know so many good people who care about me. Also hankful for the hospital staff today. Everyone was so sweet and helpful, considerate of my initial confusion and my vision issues and everything. I found it quite moving actually, all these people doing their best to help others. I know it’s their job and all, but there was just a lot of compassion and care, towards me and the other patients I could hear.
\nIt’s easy to start thinking that the world is full of awful people, but if you add it all up there are probably more good people than bad. Right? I hope. Or maybe it’s just that people are just complicated. Most probably aren’t just good or bad.
\nAnyway, that’s neither here nor there.
\nI’m still kind of amused that they said my brain looks normal.
\nOh yeah, and the main nurse I spent most time with, she thought it was really cute that I take care of goats. I was asking if they had seen my camera, and she said maybe it was in my back pack. So she picked it up to look. And she commented on how heavy the backpack was. I told her, well it’s full of snacks for goats. And she thought that was just lovely. And the camera was in my backpack and she noted on how there was a big microphone attached to it, and I told her about my facebook page. And then a little later she was guiding me by arm out to the toilet, because I needed to take a leak. And she asked “So are they little goats or?” and I told her they were dwarf goats which made her go “awww”. She was really sweet.
\nBut it wasn’t a fun day of course. And I missed the goats. But I will probably take a day or two before I head out again. Today took a lot out of me mentally.
\nBut at least something’s happening and hopefully it will lead to answers that will improve things. In the long run hopefully today will be a good thing, and it certainly could have gone a lot worse.
\nThank you again, everyone. You are the Ludo to my Sarah. Frrrriiieeenddd.
\nWell, I’m probably more the Ludo.
\n27\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nHey everybody. Thank you all again for all the lovely comments yesterday. Got a bunch on the goat page too. It is so sweet to feel how many people care about me. I struggle to care about myself even a little, so it’s nice that others make up the slack!
\nThank you so much.
\nI am feeling fine today. At least I am not waking up in an ambulance with strangers asking if I know where I am. So already there, today is better than yesterday!
\nI may… have ordred pizza and cake. I’m not proud of it. But I felt that I deserved it. And by deserve I mean “want”. I wants it. My precious.
\nBack on diet tomorrow, that’s for sure. Unless I pass out and end up in another hospital bed. Then all bets are off.
\nNow i’m just going to wait to be called in for the neurological exams. And hopefully we can get some answers.
\nI am still not completely over the fact that they said I have a normal brain. I think maybe they should get their brain scanner serviced. It may be out of order.
\nAnyway. Just relaxing and spoiling myself today. Thank you everyone for the love.
\n28\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nI was reading up on Weezer and found out that they have performed under the name Goat Punishment in the past.
\nSo now I am anti Weezer.
\nAlso because of the music they have released the last decade or so.
\n(ok ok I’m still a Weezer fan. Just start making better music again, and keep your hands off the goats).
\n28\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nHello, hi, how am I?
\nI’m fine. I had hoped to do some exercise today. But my legs are knackered. I have mentioned before how I have to stretch a lot, even if I just walk a little, otherwise my legs get super tight and sore. I don’t know if it’s because of all the biking or my legs are just weak or whatever. But i constantly have to stretch or I’ll be in pain.
\nAnd of course on Monday I did not get to stretch after my 25ish minute walk to the goats. Because I ended up unconscious in an ambulance.
\nSo I’m still paying for that. Hurting legs. I probably could have a little biking today, but it wouldn’t have been fun. So I’m taking another day to relax. And then I’ll try to get back to the real world. For better or worse.
\nGot a delivery of Pepsi and cucumber today. Going to try to hit the cucumbers hard for better dieting. Starting.. TOMORROW. Yes, definitely.
\nThe temperatures are rising too. My apartment is a little cold-ish in the morning, but here around 6-7 pm when the sun is hitting the windows, it gets pretty hot.
\nStill haven’t got my ventilation system looked at. No call from the housing super yet. I may have to start thinking about chasing that down, since I was expecting a call last week. But I’ve had other things on my mind this week of course.
\nHope you’re all doing well out there. One day a day, onwards and warts on.
\n29\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nGood goat times today. Back in the goat saddle, as it were.
\nI was a little hesitant to go out. My legs still hurting. Also the whole thing about how the last time I went there I ended up in an ambulance. You know, that thing.
\nBut everything went fine today. And it was so good to get back to my happy place. Bloody gorgeous day too. Sunshine and mostly blue skies, temperatures sneaking up towrds 18C\/64F, which is summery for Denmark. Absolutely lovely. It felt really good. The sun, the goats, the feathers, visiting kids. And no passing out. I’d call that succesful.
\nHad a chat with Jeanette too of course. I apologised for giving her such a fright on Monday. It was interesting to hear her side of it, though. She had been going out to the driveway with some garbage and spotted what she thought was cloth lying in the road. She figured someone had dropped it and now she’d have to clean it up. Until she realised it was a person lying in the road. And the of course she found out that it was me.
\nI wasn’t completely unconscious, she said I groaned a little when shaken. But completely unreachable.
\nThe ambulance got there 7 minutes after she made the call, so that was pretty good service. Apparently I put up some resistance when they tried taking my jacket off of me, had to get it off so they could put.. medical stuff on me. But I guess my tranced self is a modest guy. Funny. I kind of wish I could have seen it all. It’s weird to think of myself in that state.
\nOh and Jeanette saved my treatbag. The little bag I use for raisins for the goats. It was the only thing missing after that whole ordeal. I figured it had probably fallen out of my pocket or been thrown away during my ‘rescue’. But turns out Jeanette had gotten a hold of it, so I got that back. It’s a good little bag, I’m glad to have it. And glad nothing went missing, camera, wallet, phone, keys, everything.
\nBut anyway yes, thank you to Jeanette for her prompt reaction and helping in getting me help. I am so glad she was the one who found me. Also so she could tell them who I was and about the blackouts I’d experienced previously. I do have ID in my wallet, but I guess they’re tucked away too much, because the paramedics weren’t able to find them when they were trying to find my social security number.
\nAlright. I need some soup now. Keep my strength up.
\n30\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nTriple goat score. Laid out under a beautiful blue sky.
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\n30\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nBella looks like she’s holding in a sneeze. Or maybe just trying to get away from the clingy humans. Hey I missed you too, girl.
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\n30\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nLove my SkyGirl and the way she looks at me.
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\n30\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nGot myself an appointment at the neurological clinic.
\nI have to wait a month. But hopefully that won’t be too bad. What are the chances I can go a whole months without another passing out? Not good. Let’s just hope if it happens then it happens at home without consequences.
\nMy parents will help with transport, and I’ll have to look at it all and see what I need to prepare. Mostly info about medical history and medication I’m taking, I think.
\nAnd I’m still hoping they’ll determine that I have epilepsy, because that’s a known quantity and hopefully medicatable. I guess I don’t have a brain tumor, the brain scan at the emergency room would have shown that, right? I’m still a little disappointed that they said my brain looks normal. Feels like an insult. Your human standards don’t apply to me, I am the goat man!
\nAlright alright.
\nSo a month until that. I have gotten notice from the dentist that it’s time to make an appointment there too. And it’s been a month since I started taking the blood pressure meds, so I need to take readings of my blood pressure and get those sent to the doctor.
\nAnd I need to get the ventilation system looked at, still not word from the housing super.
\nI am pretty tired of everything. Being a low capacity battery in a high voltage usb-c world is tricky sometimes.
\nMaybe I should build a ballroom. Just in case.
\nAlright. I’ll shut up now. Better give this well-functioning brain some rst.
\n30\/4 2026<\/a>
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\nAs per tradition
\nJonathan Coulton – First Of May.
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