TTSOML #205: Emergency Room In Penticton, Canada

When I was there, I tried to give another name and birthdate. I didn't want problems. I wasn't using illegal documents for forgery or fraud, and anyone can use another name. So they treated me, and called the police at the same time.

For migraine, they said they gave ergotamine. I'd never heard of it before. They also gave someone "gravel" first and another thing which I don't remember the name of. When they gave me the first two things, which produces no reaction, it was when they said they were adding the gravel, I believe, that my stomach began to burn. Every part of my body, inside, where I'd had the very severe pain for months, and shocks and aches, felt like it was on fire. I felt hot acid had been poured over my insides, or that salt was poured over open wounds. It was painful and I wanted it to stop and the doctor or nurse said it was odd because it shouldn't hurt at all.

I believe the reason it hurt was because whatever it was, when it came into contact with what was basically my "burning" or electrocuted or whatever flesh, it caused pain. My body was NOT normal.

Then came the ergotamine and it WORKED. It was the first and only time in my life that something worked to kill the migraine but left me awake too. I got up to use the bathroom, and when I looked into the toilet, I saw a large clump of blanched off-white flesh in the toilet. It had come out of my body. I was alarmed and didn't flush and asked the nurse to look. She did and when she came back I asked her if she saw it. She said yes and asked me if I had miscarried recently or could I be pregnant. I said no. I hadn't had sex since my pregnancy with my son. It had been about 2 years since I'd had sex of any kind. She said she didn't know what it was then.

I thought to myself that it was part of my insides that was being burned, that just came out. It wasn't bloody at all. It was blanched-white. And it was flesh.

This had also happened one time at the orchard, when all the symptoms were happening. I didn't have a witness then though.

I thought maybe it came out then, because the gravel loosened it up or had something to do with it. I didn't know.

My son was with me the whole time, in ER.

After migraine was gone, a woman in uniform approached. I thought she was a hospital security guard.

She asked me my name and when I lied, not knowing I was lying to an officer, she said she was arresting me for lying to an officer or perverting the course of justice or something. I panicked, and because I'd read about political asylum, even though I didn't want to make the claim, I did, simply because I knew it was the only way I could keep myself out of jail. If I said I lied and concealed my identity for such purposes, it was unlawful to charge someone with crime.

I told her I didn't know she was an officer and I'd been waiting to go to the right authorities to make my claim but until then, used an alias. I told her I wanted her to call an immigration officer immediately. I basically cried, "political asylum!"

So she smirked and probably thought I was nuts, but, since my claim was partly true anyway, and I knew it was the best option at that moment, it was better for her to think I was nuts, than a criminal.