Epilepsy Blog Relay: Emily’s perspective on the SmartWatch
The SmartWatch is a new device that will monitor movement and detect any abnormal patterns in motions such as any experienced in an epileptic seizure.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Photo Book Gives a Lindsay a Voice
I created a hardcover photo book to enable Lindsay to “share her story” with others who didn’t know her or our family.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: The Embrace Watch Story
Rosalind W. Picard, Sc.D. recalls, “I’ll never forget the first time I saw the [Embrace Watch] data.” While I set out to build a wristband to measure stress in daily life, I realized that we’d built a wristband that could detect generalized tonic-clonic seizures.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Spreading the word with Thunderclap
Living Well With Epilepsy has created our very own using Thunderclap to spread the word about the Epilepsy Blog Relay™.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Silver lining playbook
Ever woken up to find three beautiful, strong men smiling down at you? Handsome paramedics (and EMTs) are truly the silver lining to seizures. … Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Jenny LaBaw on Epilepsy and Fitness
As a fitness professional, I encourage other people living with epilepsy (and their families) to focus on their health. This means sleeping well, keeping stress low, eating healthy and keeping active. … Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Staying strong no matter what
As a baseball player having so many seizures (over 40-50) and being put on all sorts of medication impacts performance. So staying strong mentally and physically is really important to me.… Read More
Leila’s Ideas: Speaking about stigma at the Mardi Gras Gala
Sometimes, in my fight to eliminate stigma and live a “normal” life, I create the perception that my life is easy and free from struggle. However, in my speech at the Epilepsy Foundation of Western/Central Pennsylvania’s (EFWCP) annual Mardi Gras Gala I showed what life with epilepsy is like–both the good and the bad parts.… Read More