Fran Geall, pictured with her fiance Stacey, had her memory wiped by a rare brain infection. (PA Real Life) A brilliant marine biologist has told how she woke up an “entirely different person” with no memory of her previous life because of a rare condition that causes the body to attack its own brain cells. Fran Geall, 25, from Falmouth, Cornwall, who has a masters degree, was struck down with the auto-immune condition encephalitis, which wiped all recollection of her £50,000 (approx. $66,000) five- year university education. As well as forgetting her time in academia, Geall said she no longer knew some of her closest relatives and friends – including her niece and her partner’s family, explaining: “With people I’m told I’ve known for years, it can be like meeting them for the first time, which is really sad. I also feel like I’m meeting myself again, because I have absolutely no idea who I was before all this was.” “People say there’s a new Fran, that I’m a different person and they’re having to accept that. I’m not so sure if I like the new Fran, though,” she said. “All I want is to get back to the old me, who achieved so much and built so many loving relationships.” JUDGE DENIES REQUEST TO EXTEND ORDER TO KEEP TEXAS GIRL, 9, ON LIFE SUPPORT As “old Fran,” she completed an undergraduate degree in marine biology, before being awarded a Master of Science in sustainable agriculture from Plymouth University. Keen to work… [Read full story]
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