Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Carys provides comfort

Day 5 of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™

Carys Ann is 24 years old and has been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. She has scarring on her hippocampus which has a big impact on her emotions. Her site, https://carysann25.wordpress.com is meant to inform people of the daily struggles epilepsy causes. It is also meant to provide comfort to others affected by epilepsy.

Carys reminds us “We can battle this together and educate society!”

From Carys

Living with epilepsy has provided me with good life experiences that continue to challenge me daily. It’s not about hating epilepsy, it is about learning to accept it and thanking it for providing us with its daily challenges and hurdles.

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Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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