right temporal lobectomy

I believe that left temporal lobectomies are more common, but we do have one story on the epilepsy.com website about a right temporal lobectomy. It's athttp://www.epilepsy.com/stories/ps_1064879773.html The fellow in this story did have some surgical complications but the operation stopped his seizures, so you may be interested in reading it. Not all brains are "wired" the same way, however, so anyone considering epilepsy surgery will be tested to find out what areas can be operated on without causing serious loss of function. Some people (especially those who are lefthanded) have functions like speech centered in different places than most people, so the results of a right temporal lobectomy (vs. a left-sided one) will not necessarily be the same for everyone.

Hi John, how are you? Yes I've had the right lobectomy done. Just last Sept, actually. They had to do this thing called 'invasive monitoring' for a week to see where the seizures are coming from, hoping that the siezures are coming from only one side of your brain. Well, unfortanetly mine were coming from both but I had 6 on the right and 2 on the left. So since more were on the right, they were hoping that the left ones were setting off the right ones. So, we did the right side lobectomy in Sept. By the way I have petite mal type seizures. Well, I'm still having siezures, but after three months my seizures have gone from around, oh you know, 12-20 a month, and in Jan. I only had four. Last month, only four also, and, knock on wood, only one so far this month. The recovery is easy as long as you take it easy. You'll get headaches every once in awhile that you know are coming from the surgery, because it's at the very top of your head. When you apply pressure on the top of your head it feels better. But if you have any more questions or just need to talk, just write back, I'l be more than happy to chat. Good luck with everything and hope it works out for you.