Mar 9, 2010

In reaction to a December 9, 2009 post about a strange thread in the fantastic life of Dr. Suzanne Caadium, I received this anonymously written comment today...

"I've known this woman personally for over a decade and she is a brilliant person. A true story of success. Had a child at 15 and managed to put herself through Stanford. She is trained in psychology/psychiatry so you can imagine the devastation and internal dialogue and anguish when you realize you are schizophrenic. It's hard for those around her to admit the disease as well - though we must. She will not get better if we are blind to it."

Caadium, if you'll go along on a flight of fantasy, is close to cadium, which is a spelling variation of cadmium, which is a soft, malleable, ductile, bluish-white bivalent metal, similar in many respects to mercury and zinc, except that it forms more complex compounds.

Think of the properties of mercury. And what is Zinc, if not an essential element, without which people grow sick. Therefore, you could say Dr. Caadium is herself a kind of human compound, very complex and mercurial, yet malleable, and without which the world is a dreary, gray and unhealthy place.

3 comments:

Anjuli said...

It is always great to get the 'behind the scenes' story on things we read about in the newspapers. It changes everything, doesn't it? Amazing woman!!

Paul W. said...

This is interesting, and your cadmium reference I suppose could not be avoided, but I check in every so often looking for the lighter, more humorous, satirical pieces that you occasionally do. I have not seen them for a long time. These are your strengths, Dialog with Stone. Try to get away from the dark side and see what you can do.

Anonymous said...

This person is sick and needs help immediately so she cannot put her family thru hell any more!!!! Running from the law and your problems is not the answer Suzanne! You are not in the CIA nor any other gov group for that matter, you are a mom who left her children. Get Help....