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Last month Wolfgang had a weird little neurological episode which might have been a minor stroke, or might just have been a migraine, when he suffered from acute dysphasia and couldn't remember basic words like "arm", "Thomas" and "Mama Mia". He spent half a week in hospital and was checked out thoroughly, with the reassuring conclusion that it was probably just a migraine. Today we found out that it was definitely at the migraine, because he was actually at the neurologist's for a follow-up apppointment when he had another attack.

I found out when he came home and told me. The dialogue ran as follows:

W: "You know that thingy, a few weeks ago, when I was in...."

Me: Hospital?

W: Yes, when I couldn't....

Me: Speak?

W: Well, I'm having another one.

Me: A stroke?

W: No.

Me: A migraine?

W: Yes. At the, at the...

Me: Doctor's?

W: Yes. It's definitely a...a....

Me: Migraine.

W: Yes. He gave me some, some, some...

Me: Aspirin?

W: Yes.

The telephone rings

Me: It's Thomas.

W: Who's Thomas?

Me: The guy you go sailing with.

W: I don't know anyone called Thomas.

Me: Yes, you do, he taught you to sail.

W: He's not called... called....

Me: Thomas.

W: I'm going to, going to...

Me: Bed?

Half an hour later he was normally coherent again, but it was weird while it lasted. If i were Thomas, I'd be worried, though - both times it happened, Wolfgang's brain expunged him from the universe.