I developed "chemical" meningitis after brain surgery (it's non-infectious). Some of the blood I lost during surgery got into my brain and spinal cord and caused inflammation of my brain and nerve roots of my spinal cord. I ended up with a high fever, headache, nausea, difficulty with vision and hearing, brain swelling, and dizziness. I also began having severe leg pain and difficulty walking. Steroids have helped my brain swelling but so far I am still having difficulty walking 12 days after my surgery.

I awoke at 3 am with a terrific fever. The bedding was saturated with sweat. I was very confused and couldn't hold a conversation. I was violently sick, constantly for three whole days. Vomit looked like cooked coffee grains. I wandered about in a confused state. Holding my neck up was very painful. Almost at a point of collapse. Seizures began a few days later, sometimes one following another, and appeared, so I'm told that I looked dead and hardly had a pulse. Since then my memory is poor and my character has changed. I get easily agitated and aggressive, which was not me. I have always been a quiet and passive person.