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Right Temporal Lobe Brain Surgery to stop seizures.
Thu, 11/13/2008 - 15:10Hello, My name is Lee. My Daughter, who is 36, started having seizures abou 3 years ago. She has been on many medications, but they do not control her seizures. That is when the Doctors considered her for brain surgery. First, the Doctors tested her on everything to see if she is a good candidate for surgery. Well, it turns out that she is a good candidate. My Daughter's name is Lori. All of her seizures are coming from the right temporal lobe. They have given her a 65% chance of being seizure free. The problem is this... my Daughter is really scared that it will effect her memory even more, or worse, effect her emotions. I would like to get feed back from anyone that has had this surgery. I would like to know the pro's and con's of your experience. I would greatly appreciate this. I am very concerned for my Daughter.
Thank You!!
Concerned Mom!
Re: Right Temporal Lobe Brain Surgery to stop seizures.
Submitted by ahardway on Sat, 2008-11-15 - 11:24
Hi Lee. My name is Anna and I am 27 years old. Just like your daughter my seizures statred 3 years ago as well right after I turned 24. Just like your daughter my seizures were caused by an unknown source and my medications are not working. Last year I was considered for surgery and I just recently had surgery done to my Left Temporal Lobe. I was told the same thing that was told to your daughter. i am a perfect canditate because of my age and basic health. I just had my surgery last week (November 4th) and so far I am doing ok. I am still in a litte bit of recovery and I have a huge hole in my head with my stitches and should be getting them off next week. I have been told that my surgery was very successfull and since i was always considered a "perfect" candidate my recovery will be perfect. If you want to you can send me an e-mail or send me a freind request and you can tell me about your daughter and i will keep you posted on my recovery. Best of luck! You can even have your daughter keep in touch with me since we are only 11 years apart.
e-mail ahardway81@msn.com.
Hi Lee. My name is Anna and I am 27 years old. Just like your daughter my seizures statred 3 years ago as well right after I turned 24. Just like your daughter my seizures were caused by an unknown source and my medications are not working. Last year I was considered for surgery and I just recently had surgery done to my Left Temporal Lobe. I was told the same thing that was told to your daughter. i am a perfect canditate because of my age and basic health. I just had my surgery last week (November 4th) and so far I am doing ok. I am still in a litte bit of recovery and I have a huge hole in my head with my stitches and should be getting them off next week. I have been told that my surgery was very successfull and since i was always considered a "perfect" candidate my recovery will be perfect. If you want to you can send me an e-mail or send me a freind request and you can tell me about your daughter and i will keep you posted on my recovery. Best of luck! You can even have your daughter keep in touch with me since we are only 11 years apart.
e-mail ahardway81@msn.com.