I have absolutely no idea how this morning I forgot the most important thing I have to do every morning. I would kick myself if I could right now.
I didn’t realize that I screwed up until 8:00 PM, when I was taking my nightly doze of Keppra and Vimpat, my epilepsy medicine, that I forgot this morning. I didn’t take the one Vimpat I take in the morning or any of the other four I take, including the anti-depressant, Soloft.
I have to think that maybe missing one doze doesn’t do anything when you take them religiously every day but this can’t happen again. My mom is nervous, even though I already took the nightly doze.
But I’m about to get my own apartment and I do this. I can’t blame it anyone or anything else, it’s my mistake and I’m just lucky nothing happened but how could I be so stupid and carefree. Now I can’t say anything if everyone is always stressed about me taking my medicine because I asked for it.
Nothing happened but it can’t happen again and I can just see the look of disappointment in my neurologist’s eyes when I tell him in my next appointment in August. I don’t know what he’s going to tell me but he won’t be happy. That could have cost me all the progress I have made in the last three years.
And even though nothing happened, I want this to be a reminder to every epilepsy patient to take their medicine as prescribed by your doctor.
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I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write.
I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer.
I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book.
Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.
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