Epilepsy Blog Relay: Alison’s post on stigma
Alison writes about stigma and epilepsy on her blog Shed Light on Epilepsy. In her recent post she encourages us to think about our epilepsy in a new way.
Alison writes about stigma and epilepsy on her blog Shed Light on Epilepsy. In her recent post she encourages us to think about our epilepsy in a new way.
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! Mahenge Epilepsy Clinic It started in the late 1950’s when Dr. Louise Jilek-Aall discovered an unusually high number of outcasts from the Wapogoro tribe in the Mahenge Mountains, Tanzania. These outcasts … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! Getting real about constipation I’ve been on medication to manage my epilepsy for more than 30 years. On Living Well With Epilepsy we have talked about some of the side effects … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from June 1 through to the 30th. Follow along and add comments to posts that inspire you! Smart Monitoring my Epilepsy Let’s get real, having a condition can make you feel bad, physically or emotionally, and sometimes both. I take three lots … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! The beginning After Colleen’s birth and being transferred to a nearby hospital’s NICU, we got the phone call that she had had two very big seizures and would need a blood … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! Kat’s Story Kathryn writes the blog, Kat’s Temporal Lobe Diaries. Kat writes, “Unfortunately I have seizures. It’s simply a part of my life, as much as every other thing.” She goes … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! Rich’s Story Symptoms of having Epilepsy were evident but not confirmed by a medical practitioner since 2002. Due to lack of epilepsy information I lived with it until the episodes exceeded. … Read More
I recently had the opportunity to speak to Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, the principal investigator on The Guinea Epilepsy Project. This is the latest in a series of global health projects Dr. Mateen has led, including The Bhutan Epilepsy Project.