Georgia Lee

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Georgia friend was warned by medical personnel, you might not remember him on the first

Georgia Lee still can go to not remind you of the University.

For a while, the 23-year-old also nothing more than her friend could.

Georgia lost five years of her memory when she got encephalitis at 22. It is can be caused a potentially life-threatening swelling of The Brain when certain viruses spread through The Body .

"I had a constant headache for about Two Weeks at one point on my forehead," Gemma told beat Radio 1 News.

"worked No pills. Then, One Day , I messaged my friend absolutely no sense at all. "

If the Georgia father her checked later, he realized that something was wrong and she was hospitalized.

At first, paramedics thought she had meningitis, but after suffering a seizure, she was diagnosed with encephalitis.

The encephalitis society estimates that every year, it comes affects approximately 500,000 people Worldwide , with about 6,000 of these cases in England.

reconnect with your friend was part of the 23-year-old recovery

As she was in the hospital, and asked how old she was, Georgia , said she was 17 because she couldn't remember, what is past that age.

Georgia says she still feels younger than 23 and your memory never fully returned with the sixth form and graduating a total blank.

your recovery, including re-learn everyday tasks that would take Most People for granted, as always, Public Transport or visiting friends.

"very Normal things, such as Getting On the bus on My Own , walk to the shops, or over to someone's house the big steps for me, now," she says.

she also had her license back, she has no memory of doing it when she was 18.

And it affected their relationships. To begin with, to get Georgia had reacquainted with your friend.

"I had to know him to learn all over again how all of my Uni-friends," she says.

"He was a bit nervous to start with. Then he took it a bit-for-bit. He would tell me about our past and Show Me pictures of Everything .

Georgia is also a new food, learned How To drive "-I eat Everything I used to hate'

Georgia encephalitis caused by the herpes virus, but the formation of a cold sore on your lips, it went in her throat before they get to your brain.

side effects may not have recovered vary, but along with the loss of memory, which Georgia lost her sense of taste and smell - also the.

"I have no sense of smell at all. I can really taste food of spicy and sweet, but that's about it. Recently, I ordered a pizza with anchovies, pineapple and cucumber in a restaurant.

"basically, all I can taste is the food I used to hate. "

If you can't something, Georgia includes Everything in either Hot Sauce or tomato ketchup to strengthen the taste.

"My friends already have their dream-jobs"

encephalitis has some of Georgia in the past, but she is now concerned about the effect it could have on their future.

"I try and have a positive Outlook, but I tend to find you to consider much easier, the negative," she says, adding that the job search is not a reminder of her studies at the University of a real challenge.

"If I can't really say anything to you, about my sixth form or my degree, then what can I offer you for the job?"

It is also a fight again with her friends, which she is now in different places in your life where.

"many of my friends already have their dream jobs, have houses with their partners, all that," she says.

"I just have the feeling it will be a very long time, until I can do and move and win the confidence in myself. "

But Georgia is optimistic about their future and remain positive, as their recovery continues.

"I wish I remembered my University. But I always think, I'm happy that it's gone only five years, not my whole life. "

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