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VNS Surgery

If you (or your loved one) have had a vagus nerve stimulator implanted, what happened after it?

no more seizures
5% (11 votes)
helped control seizures a lot
34% (76 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (78 votes)
didn’t help at all
17% (37 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 224

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2bfree
2bfree
Heads Up
Created by 2bfree|1093 Views|3 Posts
Latest Postat03/09/2007 - 4:30am|3 Comments
2space...
2space...
my personal experiences
Created by 2space...|751 Views|4 Posts
Latest Postat08/24/2006 - 2:50pm|1 Comment
ever since i was little, i've experienced what they call, i guess, partial seizures, and/or chronic partial seizures. i did'nt even discover what was going on with me til about 4 yrs ago, when i had a convulsion seizure, and further got evaluated. ever since...
4mygirl2
4mygirl2
My Sweet Girl
Created by 4mygirl2|745 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat07/08/2006 - 3:53pm|1 Comment
child with mitochondrial disorder & seizure disorder.Has mutiple issues.On a journey for answers ,treatment & wishing for a cure.
aaob72
aaob72
The Carpet Inspector
Created by aaob72|600 Views|2 Posts
Latest Postat10/07/2006 - 7:28am|0 Comments
30 years living and laughing with the big E. 42 years young but still right height weight and fit. Loves outdoors and adventures. Into all sports, coffee and things that are bad for me. Live in three storey house with balcony :-) Like to travel and live my...
Abbygirl
Abbygirl
Abby's Journey
Created by Abbygirl|919 Views|14 Posts
Latest Postat08/06/2007 - 2:05pm|7 Comments
This is the journey of Abigail Nicole Thornsberry's life with epilepsy. The obstacles of daily life for Abigail, her parents, and her siblings dealing with Abigail's epilepsy since birth and her recent diagnosis of Lennox Gastaut Syndrome.
ac420ec
ac420ec
Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Created by ac420ec|1477 Views|9 Posts
Latest Postat01/04/2008 - 6:43am|2 Comments
AD
AD
My Epilepsy - AD's Blog
Created by AD|612 Views|3 Posts
Latest Postat09/06/2006 - 11:19am|1 Comment
admin
admin
admin's blog
Created by admin|619 Views|3 Posts
Latest Postat11/19/2007 - 2:01pm|0 Comments
Adriang
Adriang
They`re coming to takeme away ha ha....
Created by Adriang|519 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat05/10/2007 - 12:14pm|2 Comments
43 yr old male living with epilepsy and surviving on Tegretol
Aimee788
Aimee788
My story...or whatever.
Created by Aimee788|817 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat04/10/2006 - 11:53am|4 Comments
hi i'm Aimee and i've had seizures for almost 17 years. I just learned about this website and i think it rox. Anyway, hope you don't get too bored. Laterz.
AJR
AJR
... and I thought I had it tough.
Created by AJR|670 Views|7 Posts
Latest Postat10/03/2007 - 7:54am|2 Comments
Reading some peoples' experiences here, makes me realise my situation is not so bad after all. I had a cerebral abcess at the age of 11. and surgery to remove it resulted in my suffering from seizures. I still have 5 holes in my head where they drilled to...
allsta...
allsta...
all star pitcher
Created by allsta...|559 Views|12 Posts
Latest Postat02/24/2007 - 8:35am|0 Comments
im still here
always...
always...
Just my thoughts for today...
Created by always...|695 Views|27 Posts
Latest Postat11/30/2007 - 11:43am|0 Comments
What ever is on my mind at the moment
ameh04
ameh04
THE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT ME!
Created by ameh04|530 Views|5 Posts
Latest Postat06/14/2007 - 7:21am|3 Comments
MY NAME IS ASHLEY-MONIQUE HALSELL, I AM A BRITE AND LOVING YOUNG WOMAN WITH EPILEPSY. I HAVE A TWIN SISTER NAME ARIYANNA WHOM DOES NOT HAVE EPILEPSY. I AM IN MY SENIOR YEAR AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND IN MY SENIOR YEAR AT ORLANDO CULINARY ACADEMY. I AM...
amyp
amyp
amyp's blog
Created by amyp|438 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat11/12/2007 - 3:25pm|0 Comments
andy m
andy m
andy m
Created by andy m|2422 Views|93 Posts
Latest Postat06/27/2007 - 10:14am|0 Comments
The first few pages cover my general life history and how I arrived at this point. Now it's a mixture of old writing, journals, poems etc and newer writing that I hope will help or at least make others understand that despite being seizure free for just over...
angel15
angel15
needing some help
Created by angel15|1115 Views|2 Posts
Latest Postat04/08/2006 - 9:46am|5 Comments
hey everyone. i have a project due in my computer apps class. we're suppose to come up with something that isn't on the market yet. i was tryin to think of something that had to do with epilepsy and seizures. something that would help out with them or something....
angels...
angels...
Allie's Epilepsy
Created by angels...|455 Views|5 Posts
Latest Postat12/10/2007 - 5:06pm|0 Comments
This is my life with epilepsy. Things that have happened whether I like it or not. This blog is dedicated to the memory of my father who passed away on my birthday in 2006.
Angie m
Angie m
Angie m's blog
Created by Angie m|420 Views|3 Posts
Latest Postat06/03/2007 - 8:36pm|7 Comments
angie342
angie342
Angie
Created by angie342|519 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat08/17/2006 - 8:49am|1 Comment
call this a kind of journal if you will just because its nice to share things with someone.
Anym0use
Anym0use
Anymouse's Lair
Created by Anym0use|730 Views|2 Posts
Latest Postat08/12/2006 - 6:25am|4 Comments
Who knows? I'm totally lost with this and other problems, so who knows what might show up here?
aquila316
aquila316
Aquila316"s Blog "Thoughts, Feelings, and Emotions"
Created by aquila316|844 Views|15 Posts
Latest Postat10/13/2007 - 6:49am|3 Comments
I went without seizure meds for WAY too long. I am still paying the price...the last 4 seizures did severe muscle and Kidney damage, and I'm lucky I didn't fracture my skull. I will ALWAYS take my sz meds from now on, and make sure I follow up with a neurologist....
Ashley...
Ashley...
Ashley
Created by Ashley...|311 Views|2 Posts
Latest Postat08/24/2007 - 1:16am|0 Comments
When i was 18 months old i suffers a convulsion & i had a high tempture and the quacks dident know if it was menigites that i had anyway my mum said the gave me a lumber puncture and this i think caused scaring on my left & possible right Tempole lobe....
BadBob
BadBob
Bad Bob The Fool’s Errand
Created by BadBob|955 Views|7 Posts
Latest Postat08/17/2007 - 4:27pm|0 Comments
Bob Sutton—Old Fool with a Big Heart From the start, Bob had ideas that pointed him in directions that veered from the ordinary. Born in 1952, he first wanted to be an astronaut. Discouraged about the long wait before he could soar through space, he...
bah23462
bah23462
I am Ignorant about my own epilepsy
Created by bah23462|464 Views|13 Posts
Latest Postat08/03/2007 - 8:51am|3 Comments
I was just diagnosed with epilepsy in the beginning of last year. I know very little about epilepsy. I thought epilepsy was when a person passes out. But that is not the case. Recently, I would wake up in the middle of the night and I can feel like my soul...
banffgirl
banffgirl
banffgirl's blog
Created by banffgirl|3632 Views|117 Posts
Latest Postat04/26/2008 - 9:39pm|6 Comments
barbar...
barbar...
BarbMc in Houston
Created by barbar...|466 Views|4 Posts
Latest Postat07/31/2007 - 8:58am|0 Comments
I've had the big E for 40 yrs. Very few siezures per year,often going for up 2 yrs between szs. I had a sz in 1991...stayed sz-free until June 2003 (all while on carbatrol. On June 7, 2003 I felt waht wassdlike a lighting bolt run thr the left side of my body....
bardc
bardc
Me and my Shadow
Created by bardc|470 Views|4 Posts
Latest Postat02/18/2008 - 2:01pm|2 Comments
Well this blog is about a little boy and how he develops into a young adult and is told by doctors that he is cured and that he no longer has to take medicine or have annual check ups. Then one day during mid-life a double whammy hits in the middle of the night!
battlt
battlt
" seize the Day" living with epilepsy
Created by battlt|2261 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat08/11/2006 - 6:00am|27 Comments
my expierinences , frustrations, trials and tribulations (yes there are some) , and lastly opinions on trying to live with epilepsy.
beachc...
beachc...
all mine
Created by beachc...|2416 Views|91 Posts
Latest Postat04/30/2008 - 3:41pm|4 Comments
the very frist time i came on this site i thought i would only use it the once. but this site has become my life line for when i cant talk to anyone in person or wen somet else goes wrong in my life or wen i just need support or a general chat. the people...
beasley83
beasley83
Dayna's Life Story
Created by beasley83|265 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat03/21/2008 - 8:27pm|3 Comments
I will provide you with info not only about my life and how it has been affected with seizures, but my successes also in life.
Beccag...
Beccag...
Life , Love and the pursuit of happiness.
Created by Beccag...|479 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat11/08/2007 - 10:20am|0 Comments
Mother,Wife Daughter,Friend and prisoner of my own body.
Beckie
Beckie
Beckie's blog
Created by Beckie|790 Views|9 Posts
Latest Postat11/27/2006 - 12:31pm|3 Comments
Grand mal
Bedge
Bedge
My worst enemy, my brain
Created by Bedge|860 Views|7 Posts
Latest Postat11/23/2006 - 5:20am|1 Comment
The feeble fumblings of a flippant friend.
beebeeyes
beebeeyes
My Son!!
Created by beebeeyes|610 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat07/01/2006 - 8:22pm|3 Comments
My sons newly diagnois!!
BeHappy
BeHappy
Be Happy!
Created by BeHappy|582 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat11/07/2006 - 8:24am|7 Comments
Belinda
Belinda
Belinda's story about life and E
Created by Belinda|736 Views|19 Posts
Latest Postat10/22/2007 - 4:55am|0 Comments
Here is how it was for me when I was growing up, and later on in life with epilepsy. How I was treated how ppl reacted.
belove...
belove...
A Mothers Heart
Created by belove...|516 Views|3 Posts
Latest Postat02/18/2007 - 10:07am|3 Comments
This blog will contain how I feel being a mother of a child who has Epilepsy. The changes that I see my daughter going through and how I am dealing with it all. I feel that sometimes people forget what the parents are dealing with. Here you can write me back...
beth t
beth t
living a selah
Created by beth t|374 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat07/18/2007 - 4:45pm|0 Comments
I had a right temporal lobectomy in 1983. Went fine- seizure free until car accident 1987. Brain damage, memory loss, visual memory loss, seizure returned. I'm unable to work due to memory loss, despite a Master's in Social Work. A "selah" is a pause- that's...
Better...
Better...
Better Days
Created by Better...|329 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat05/29/2007 - 1:35pm|3 Comments
bjkmom
bjkmom
bjk
Created by bjkmom|519 Views|3 Posts
Latest Postat04/13/2008 - 5:48am|0 Comments
Since all this started 15 months ago nothing about my now 6 1/2 is the same. We now have a new attitude and new behaviors. Brennan has complex partial seizures while sleeping. We was started off on Tegretol and when it was decided that it alone was doing...
blavery
blavery
Barbara's Blog
Created by blavery|386 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat03/25/2008 - 9:29am|0 Comments
My Blog
blueyes73
blueyes73
blueyes73's blog
Created by blueyes73|375 Views|2 Posts
Latest Postat11/15/2006 - 7:02pm|0 Comments
Been dealing with grand-mal seizures since I was 14, I'm now 33 and it still controls my life. Any relations out there to this? How do u cope? Email me at: blueyes73@comcast.net
Bmcrimmon
Bmcrimmon
When I knew something was wrong!
Created by Bmcrimmon|633 Views|4 Posts
Latest Postat12/21/2005 - 7:52am|2 Comments
I was just a fifth grader and not aware of epilepsy at the time that I began to notice that something was a little different about me. It was just about a week before school was to let out for the summer-time and I was helping a friend of mine carry a TV...
bontracy
bontracy
HELP! Possible in utero seizures.
Created by bontracy|828 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat08/27/2007 - 7:55am|0 Comments
boudica
boudica
boudica's blog
Created by boudica|454 Views|9 Posts
Latest Postat11/15/2006 - 1:01pm|0 Comments
I am a classical musician (clarinetist) in my late twenties, and have been living with epilepsy since I was 13. Boudica was an ancient Celtic Warrior-Queen, and she is my "user-name-sake" because it has truly been a battle to get through school, and to work...
boychi...
boychi...
Hoping to meet other Parents with newly diagnosed teens w/E or seizure disorder
Created by boychi...|912 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat12/29/2005 - 6:58pm|6 Comments
Trying to get some feedback from other parents who are dealing with epilepsy in their teens. I would love some direction!
bradser
bradser
bradsers mum
Created by bradser|453 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat07/20/2006 - 6:12am|1 Comment
brat4life
brat4life
~Brats World~
Created by brat4life|607 Views|1 Post
Latest Postat01/02/2007 - 11:20am|0 Comments
Just a bit about my world over the rainbow.
Breath...
Breath...
Our Journey
Created by Breath...|377 Views|2 Posts
Latest Postat09/07/2007 - 3:20pm|3 Comments
The journey of a mother and father trying to find out what is wrong with there son... and then handling the results appropriately.