I was in a car crash right before my wedding — I don't remember the special day at all
I do…or did I?
A woman got into a traumatic car accident before her wedding, which caused her to leave her special day with only a few scattered memories.
'She doesn't know it yet but after her final wedding dress fitting, a car will spin out on the highway, erasing her wedding day memories in an instant,' Kristen Parker, 34, captioned a TikTok video (@tandkaythespectrumway).
It turns out that the bride-to-be was driving home from the final fitting of her wedding dress when a spinning car collided with hers on the highway.
'I remember thinking we missed the car and that everything is fine,' Parker, from Vancouver, Canada, told Newsweek. 'But I looked over and the whole right side of my car was busted up and mangled.'
Kristen was taken to the hospital, where her neck and stomach were evaluated, and then sent home after she was cleared by medical professionals.
'The emergency doctor saw me and didn't take it seriously,' she told the outlet. 'They asked if I hit my head, and I said I didn't remember.'
'So they didn't check my brain,' she added.
So, the next day, the woman attended her bachelorette party and continued as scheduled with her $50,000 wedding to her partner Troy and honeymoon — mostly due to all the money they spent.
However, as Parker continued to show signs of memory loss and disorientation, she continued to insist that something was wrong.
'I've been gaslit by my medical team for almost a year-and-a-half,' she claimed, noting that she believes doctors may have dismissed her in part because of her autistic diagnosis.
Eventually, the 34-year-old was diagnosed with a concussion, stroke, and brain atrophy. She's also lost the ability to sing due to throat blockages from the accident.
Her symptoms not only made it hard to finalize her wedding planning, but she also barely remembered the joys of the special day.
'The morning of, there was literally no one setting up the wedding,' Kristen said. 'I didn't remember to get that going.'
She got ready on her own, as her lovely bridesmaids jumped into action and set everything up — something a wedding planner normally would've done. Then they got on with the ceremony and festivities.
'Everything's kind of a blur,' Kristen said. 'I just knew I was marrying my man that day, and that was it.'
Her memories of the special day remain limited, but fortunately, their videographer gave them all the raw footage that was captured.
'It was the first time seeing it,' she said.
'I don't remember my wedding, and that's why I post videos — just so I can try to look back on it.'
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