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Question
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 14:45Hey, just wondering.... does anyone with epilepsy usually call someone they trust or feel safe with right after they have a seizure? As in no matter where you are or with people you know such as your friends, you only come up with one or two names to call for help. Because everytime I have a seizure, there's usually only one or two names that immediately come to me to call for help which are my two friends I trust a lot which are Lydia Fang and Cheryl Han. Even with other friends around me, I tell them to call Lydia or Cheryl. I never think of calling family members for help. I dunno why. I trust Lydia and Cheryl more than I trust family members. So, I'm wondering if anyone has similar expierences. Calling people or friends you trust the most for help after a seizure. Another example is like two days ago on Sunday, I had a seizure at a food court after church service while having lunch with my friends. Later on they told me I had asked them to call Lydia for help when I first came out of my seizure but I don't remember telling anyone to call Lydia.
Comments
Re: Question
Submitted by candysb on Wed, 2010-12-01 - 13:19
If I have a bad enough seizure that someone needs to be called I'm never in a position to even think so I have everything written down in my wallet. I wear a medic bracelet to let them know it's there. If the seizure is not that bad I don't call anyone cause they tend to go overboard with it.
Re: Question
Submitted by momof3boysinnebraska on Wed, 2010-12-01 - 22:39
Yes, I have two people that I call... my husband, thats if he is at work at the time a seizure occurs... or my mother. She has made it clear that she would like the called first, cause its easier for her to get off work rather than my husband. He works in the dept of corrections and most of the time, they cant let a person go home, until they can find someone to take his place. But those are the two people that I would call. I do have an aunt and grandma that I can call too if for some reason I cant get ahold of my husband or mother.
Re: Question
Submitted by phylisfjohnson on Thu, 2010-12-02 - 09:10
PERFECT! Now, make someone #3 as a backup! ;-) Phylis Feiner Johnson www.epilepsytalk.com
PERFECT! Now, make someone #3 as a backup! ;-) Phylis Feiner Johnson www.epilepsytalk.com