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right temporal lobectomy
Tue, 02/01/2005 - 09:38Topic: Surgery and Devices
Has anyone in this group had or knows someone who has had a right temporal lobectomy?John
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RE: right temporal lobectomy
Submitted by jdurrua on Fri, 2004-05-07 - 09:27
I have great news everyoneJust went to the Dr yesterdayThe type of epilepsy I have and after 4 months of poking and proding Wada,eeg,pet,10daystay,mri,etc.they say I am an excelent canidate for Surgery!80-90% chance of cure and only a 10% chance the drugs will help I am going to meet the surgon the first week in JuneI could not be happier with the doctor Orrin Devinsky, MDThanks for all your help everyone.... I will keep you informedJohn
RE: RE: right temporal lobectomy
Submitted by wbprince on Mon, 2004-07-26 - 22:59
hi my name is billy and i had right temporal lobectomy surgery in june 1998 went till jan 99 had one well they put me on lamitcal just 200 mg a day went 5 years without one and now i have had 5 in the last 6 month i know that isnt so bad but i dont understand why but the bad thing about it is the aura feeling are never the same now the one i had in 99 i heard a bell sound that no one else heard then the one i had 6 months ago was like popping of the ears before the surgery the feeling were feeling of fear if someone can try to get me to understand why they came back after 5 years dr dont know they know everything till i ask them a question then they dont know
RE: right temporal lobectomy
Submitted by kat_nz on Thu, 2004-05-06 - 03:48
Hi John,I don't know, I remeber all the tests being done. And them saying that the EEG showed that all my seizures came from the right hand side of the brain. And consequently getting the letter through the mail saying I'd been accepted for the brain surgery.Kate