On October 2, we thanked the 1000 of you who visited Living Well With Epilepsy over the past year. Since then (a month ago!!) I have had an additional 1000 visits to this site! This is especially important since November is Epilepsy Awareness Month.
As I mentioned before, my goal was always to help fill a gap in communication on epilepsy. And in a year (and a month), the site has gone from obscurity to a resource for folks all over the globe.
This month there were no visits from Mississippi and Idaho, and only one visit from West Virginia and South Dakota. So c’mon people tell your friends and family to check out the site. One place to start is with Epilepsy By the Numbers.
And next time you visit, let me know what you think. Suggest a topic that is important to you. I welcome your feedback and ideas so leave a comment or send an email and let me know how YOU are living well with epilepsy.
Thanks for your visiting!
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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