Several months after the first episode of dizziness and confusion, another strange incident occurred.
Looking back now, I believe this was the moment when I truly realized that something was seriously wrong.
The event happened after we had been out together, just like before.
My wife has always been a nervous passenger. Whenever we travel by car, she prefers to sit in the back seat rather than in the front passenger seat.
That day was no different.
When we arrived home, I parked the car and got out as usual. A few moments later, I noticed that she had not followed me.
Thinking nothing of it, I walked around to her side of the vehicle and opened the door.
What I saw immediately caught my attention.
She was lying down across the back seat.
I asked casually,
“Why are you lying down?”
Her response made no sense.
“You pushed me.”
For a moment, I was completely confused.
I had not pushed her.
Nothing unusual had happened during the drive.
The answer was so unexpected and disconnected from reality that I instantly felt something was wrong.
This was no longer simple dizziness.
This was something different.
Without wasting time, I took her to Raffles Hospital, where we had previously received medical care.
My first concern was that there might be a problem involving her brain.
We were referred to a neurosurgical specialist.
As part of the consultation, the doctor performed several basic neurological assessments:
- Memory testing
- Cognitive evaluation
- Simple mathematical calculations
- Visual field examination
- General neurological screening
To our surprise, she passed every test.
Everything appeared normal.
Yet I still felt uneasy.
Something inside me said that we were missing something important.
I told the doctor that despite the normal examination, I wanted to be absolutely certain there was no underlying problem.
The doctor agreed to arrange a brain MRI.
On January 20, 2024, my wife underwent the scan.
When the results came back, we were told that there were no significant abnormalities.
The MRI was considered essentially normal.
Most people would probably have felt relieved.
I did not.
The episode in the car had been too unusual to dismiss.
Wanting a second opinion, I obtained a copy of the MRI images from Raffles Hospital and consulted another doctor at a different hospital.
After reviewing the scans and examining my wife, the second physician suggested that she may have experienced a minor ischemic event, possibly a small stroke or transient vascular episode.
As a precaution, he prescribed Glyprin and Lipitor and asked us to return for follow-up after one month.
We went home with the medication.
Unfortunately, after taking the tablets for only a few days, my wife began complaining that she felt short of breath.
Concerned about the reaction, she stopped taking the medication.
At the time, we still did not know what was really happening.
And for a while, life appeared to return to normal.
There were no major incidents.
No dramatic symptoms.
No reason to suspect what was coming next.
Then, approximately two weeks later, on the evening of February 3, 2024, everything changed.
What happened that night would ultimately lead to the discovery that transformed our lives forever.
In the next chapter, I will share the events of February 3, 2024, and how we finally began to uncover the truth behind the mysterious symptoms that had been appearing for months.
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