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After having a hole drilled in my molar and being service denied at LWTC I decided to have my tooth repaired with a dentist in Vancouver, Canada. I had heard that the Canadian health care service is more affordable. And since my cousin was living in Vancouver at that time I asked him for a […]

I consider the experience at the Lake Washington Technical College quite unusual and strange. It’s an experience which placed me in a very uncomfortable and agonizing position. The reason for visiting this institution had been that the LWTC dental clinic offers dental services for a lower fee. And that is of special interest to those […]

I encountered the next unusual experiences with physicians, medical clinics and practices here in Washington State. Sometimes I experienced incorrect information given to me, an above average waiting period and even a denial of treatment for some obscure reason. Some medical attention was carelessly executed therefore contributing to additional discomfort and becoming temporarily sick after […]

My second life-threatening event happened in 1985. Though the physicians in Düsseldorf had explained to me that operating on the Fallopian tubes would also increase the risk of a future ectopic pregnancy, I had hoped for a normal pregnancy. My wish for having my own child had been so strong that I was willing not […]

After I had been married for a few years and my wish to conceive a child didn’t materialize, I decided to undergo the in vitro fertilization procedure to become pregnant. That was in the year of 1984. At that time this technology was still very young and only a few University Clinics in Germany offered […]

At the emergency operation in 1976 I was not only diagnosed with a tubal pregnancy that had caused the bleeding, the surgeons discovered even a medical phenomenon on me. Attached to one of my ovaries was a “rotted twin”. These were the exact words that the surgeon used to explain this medical finding. Additionally he […]

My first life-threatening event that I’m conscious of happened when I visited a physician’s practice in Giessen, Germany in 1976. As I mentioned before I’ll dig deep into my experience chest. At that time I was experiencing an unusual prolonged period. Therefore I decided to consult a gynaecologist. He was an elderly man, but that […]

We all encounter unusual experiences, which we either love to remember or to forget. Some need to be told so that others are able to make better informed decisions. And at other times, we need to tell those stories so that others can help and support us. Firstly, I want to talk about my experiences […]