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I appreciate this excellent question: “ Did the neurologist give you any justification as to why he believes you had a seizure?”
That is indeed the crux of the problem. The answer is he may believe I had a seizure or not. I don’t think he does. He did not say. He used the DMV term “loss of awareness”. Doesn’t everybody lose awareness when they fall asleep? And do you lose your license if you fall asleep at the wheel? How on earth would he have any clue about my alleged “loss of awareness”, I suppose in my efforts to describe my problem I used some wrong words that mean one thing to me (I speak several languages that may use the work “black” differently.) and another in the American medical world. The term “black out” comes to mind. To me it means forgetting a fact or correcting something by marking through it..e.g. I tried to recall his name but just blacked out when I was supposed to say it or I want to change that part of the text so I blacked it out and will rewrite it later.

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You meant to say "blanked" out...

You need to ask for a "correction of the medical record". Then you see if your records states you said you "blacked out". Then you say "I said blanked out, like "my mind went blank and I could not remember where I was supposed to be going"....a form of forgetting, that is what blanking out is.

Emphasize the fact your doctor heard you wrong??

If a patient came to me and said they had "blacked out" - even once...maybe that is why the neurologist did what he/she did.

Are you from the US and is English your first language?

ALL patients can ask for a "correction of medical records".