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
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Here it is, my work of art in celebration of my 10 months seizure free. I decided that this month I would put a little bit more work into it, so I brought out my acrylic paint. I am still not very comfortable using paint, but it's so much fun. There is paint all over … Continue reading Still celebrating
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
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
1/9/2013 Yesterday I woke up in a hospital. I didn’t understand what happened until they told me. Then I understand I had a seizure and that why I dint remember and why I was in the hospital. I was writing, is stopped making sense to me and I went into a seizure. Wow, it's hard … Continue reading That time I had multiple seizures
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 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?
That's right, I made it 6 months without having a seizure. I have been scared I may have one, tonight I got a little dizzy after dinner and I got scared, but it wasn't a seizure; I just got dizzy. I can't believe I finally made it 6 months. I had only been able to … Continue reading 6 MONTHS SEIZURES FREE!!!!!
I have been conscious during my last two seizures and since then I've wanted to explain what I feel during the seizures, I just didn't know how to explain this or if my descriptions would make sense to anybody. But today I found an article, which describes what happens and what people may feel during … Continue reading If I can’t speak, I’m tired, everything hurts and I don’t understand why; it means I had a seizure
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