Today, we begin March, or Brain Injury Awareness Month. Because of this, I would like to dedicate all, or most of my blog posts to sharing information about TBI or other brain injuries. A brain injury is not something that just happened to me, this is something that we all should be aware of. There … Continue reading National Brain Injury Awareness Month
Tag: epilepsy
Neurologists want the public to take epilepsy more seriously If this doesn't scare me into paying more attention when I take my medicines, I don't know what will. I have only switched the morning dose with the nightly dose twice, and only missed one dose in over three years, but I still have to be … Continue reading We have to take epilepsy seriously
A little after 8:30 a.m. today, I finally woke up and took my medicine. I took all five pills, but after I was done I realized I had taken the wrong five, again. I took the dose I'm supposed to take at night. This is just great, was the first thing I thought, now that … Continue reading The wrong five pills
I took a break from going to the gym for two weeks, it was only supposed to be one, for my vacation to Disney World, but it ended up being two weeks. My parents got sick the week before, I didn’t want to ask them to drive me there while they were sick, and I … Continue reading Tired, really tired
I was so focused on my interview today that I almost forgot that today is February 8. Today not only marks my 10 months seizure free, but it’s also International Epilepsy Day, both of which I almost forgot. It feels very random that my 10 months seizure free would fall on this day that we … Continue reading 10 months! #epilepsyday
I read this article about the new dietary guidelines, later I read another article about how nutrition is important during brain injury rehabilitation. As I read, the author said your brain needs nutrients to heal and I didn't think much of that at first, I hadn't really thought a lot about that. But, then … Continue reading Food to remember
Do people feel sorry for me? Do people think I can't do anything? I can't drink, but that's about it, I'm still the same person. I was invited to brunch today, which turned into lunch, and then I found out they have plans of going to the beach after, but nobody told me. I wasn't … Continue reading Don’t worry about me, I just won’t move because I have epilepsy
It has been 42 hours since I missed my nightly dose of 4 Keppra and 1 Vimpat. These are the two medicines that have been doing a great job of helping me control my epilepsy. I spent 24 hours without taking Vimpat and 42 without Keppra. Nothing happened during the day I spent without Keppra … Continue reading I didn’t mean to, but I proved myself wrong
YES, it’s been 9 months since my last seizure, 9 MONTHS! I’m only 3 months away from making it a year without seizures. Nine months is a lot; babies are born in this amount of time. I’ve completed a whole school year without seizures. That’s 3 less months than the 12 months that make a … Continue reading Look at me world, controlling my epilepsy
Last night I was having trouble concentrating because I was so happy I couldn't think about how to express my happiness. Today, even though I'm still very happy, I can concentrate more and I hope I can put this happiness into words. But I don’t just want to put it into words, I want to … Continue reading I can do this
People have different ideas of what epilepsy is and how you control it or how to control a seizure. The truth is, you can't control someone having a seizure, and you shouldn't try. But there are different types of epilepsy, and different kinds of seizures. There are some you don't notice, the are the one's … Continue reading This doesn’t change us
I made it! When the clock hit 8 last night and I took my medicines it was official, I made it 7 months seizure free. I was going to say it was my greatest achievement but that's not true, I think just waking up from a comma is my greatest achievement, and everything after that. … Continue reading Now it’s official!
I have been waiting all week for November 8th. If you remember, October 8 marked my 6 months seizure free, so November 8 marks 7 months seizure free. It won’t be official until tonight, but I’m pretty sure I will make it. If I haven’t had a seizure for 6 months, I don’t think I’ll … Continue reading The celebration continues, 7 months seizure free!!!!!!!!!
I am 6 months, going on 7, seizure free; but that doesn't change the fact that I have epilepsy, and this is a very scary thing. It's the ongoing fear that you can have a seizure. Today, at around 5 pm, I was really tired and I didn't know why. I had just finished tutoring … Continue reading I fear the seizures
So, I had seen something about finding links between music and epilepsy. I didn't really think much about it, but then I started reading about it. Now it looks like they're really on to something. Apparently, music is perceived in the same place in the brain where seizures begin. Through studies, neurologists have learned that … Continue reading Music therapy for epilepsy?
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