Living Well With Epilepsy’s, Epilepsy Blog Relay™ is an epilepsy awareness movement to designed to maximize collaboration and eliminate stigma. Thanks as always to our generous sponsors and partners!
Being diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of three means it has always been a significant part of who I am. A lot of people tell you ‘don’t let your condition define who you are’ but you can’t stop it from doing so. The simple fact is, as human beings, the experiences we have alter the way we develop. And I believe epilepsy has, in more ways than one, driven me to be the creative person I am today. … Read More
Drake Abramson was thirteen when he was diagnosed with epilepsy. Ever since, he has made it his mission and his passion to bring about substantive change in the world for people with epilepsy. For instance, he created his own nonprofit, ThinkBrave, to fund scholarships for students with health challenges within his community. … Read More
Here’s to the caregivers for people with epilepsy! Here’s to those who live with us, take us to the hospital, and love us any which way they can. And here’s to that selfless love. It gets us through all that life has thrown at us.… Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 to March 31, 2018. Follow along! Jade’s Story I was diagnosed with Epilepsy 30 years ago at the age of eight. The word burden was not part of my vocabulary all those years ago when this journey … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 to March 31, 2018. Follow along! Hi Living Well family, I feel like it’s been a while. I’m OK though. A couple of weeks ago, I sadly ended up in hospital after suffering a seizure that involved … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 to March 31, 2018. Follow along! Before you become a parent, you are continuously told “it goes by so fast”, “cherish every moment”, “Before you know it, your children will be out of the house”, and so … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 to March 31, 2018. Follow along! Today’s post comes from the writer of The World of Gorgeous Grace. Below you will find an excerpt from this piece on living with the constant fear of SUDEP. Excerpt I … Read More
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 to March 31, 2018. Follow along! Desiree writes, Brain Blips: An Epilepsy Journey, where she writes about their family and having a child with epilepsy. Excerpt from post At some point, after I met and married my … Read More