Epilepsy Blog Relay: Lily on living with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Lily was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in her 40s. She shares her journey from diagnosis to a treatment that works for her.… Read More
Tips on creating 504 and IEP plans for your child with epilepsy
Audra offers some tips on creating a 504 and an IEP plan to safeguard your child with epilepsy at school.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Story of a mother and son with epilepsy and autism spectrum
Audra, who writes Our Life With Autism, shares the life and adventures of mother and son with epilepsy and autism spectrum.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Elaine uses poetry to cope with adversity and a life with TLE
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! Elaine’s Story I was diagnosed with epilepsy at age four. At that time, early 1960s, one of the few medications available for epilepsy was phenobarbital. Concerned about negative side effects for … Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Déjà Vu and temporal lobe epilepsy in real life
At 29, I began to experience mysterious episodes of déjà vu followed by nausea and exhaustion. It took doctors 5 yrs and a tonic clonic seizure to diagnose these episodes as epilepsy.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: One woman has four tonic clonic seizures on her daughters graduation day
I suffered a series of tonic clonic seizures on the day my daughter graduated from college, which also happened to be my birthday. … Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: My Grandmother and PCDH19 Epilepsy
Francesca’s Story: I have a type of epilepsy that was inherited from my mother’s mother. My grandmother was born with PCDH19 epilepsy.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Colleen takes on cerebral palsy and epilepsy with a smile
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