The Open University showed enormous empathy when I was struggling to function.
Unbeknownst to me I had exhausted my personal store of vitamin B12 and folic acid.
I was losing my ability to focus and often had to re-read previously read text more than once.
I feared narrowing of the main arteries in my brain, and began to despair.
I was fortunate.
Despite surviving a previous atypical stroke, my brain and body were simply short of 2 chemicals: vitamin B12 and folic acid.
A metabolic disorder.
I cast around for an explanation. I began to compare and contrast my current diet with my childhood diet.
My childhood diet was full of root vegetables, peas, beans and other nutrient dense goodies.
I have now returned to my childhood diet. I feel amazing.
My weight ballooned by 8st in 6 years!
I spent long hours in bed reserving my energy for critical activity only.
I changed the layout of my bedroom. This process took many months of careful financial planning.
I now have so much more than I did before. I am rich with an abundance of blessings.
I am so grateful to the Open University.
Had the student mentoring team not been paying attention, I might have struggled on, clueless, as to my short-term memory loss issues.
As it is, I know that there is someone watching over me. Therefore, I can proceed with confidence.