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Sun, 05/30/2004 - 05:27Topic: Family & Friends
Hi, I was first taken in a seizure 30-Jan-00 but never knew what it was, no doc has diagnozed me as having epilepsy. Yet I started taking my medicine 02-Sept-03 (Carbamazipine & Phernobabitone) I have recorded great success nonethelesss. Nowadays it all starts with things like stress at work and I would become uncontrollable and easily irritable. I rarely convulse. I may need advise from members on how best I can have my situation addressed. Expert medical attention still far away from being a reality in my third country ZAMBIA
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RE: Advise Sort
Submitted by cmushibwe on Wed, 2004-04-28 - 07:11
Tibet2,Sorry for the long silence. The server was down and I could not access the internet. Still the browser has compatibility errors.Concerning the forum, this is a local program targeting the community I live in and depending on need I may have to take time off my daily schedule to educate people in need anywhere. I will have "experts" from the City's general hospital (psychiatry unit) presenting different aspects of epilepsy and give the medical view of the illness. It is held more in myths here than science.On the time of the event, I am not sure as I have moved to another city on a working visit. I will resume preparations as I get back.Chadi hope your weekend has been lovely.
RE: Advise Sort
Submitted by cmushibwe on Wed, 2004-04-28 - 07:11
Tibet2,Sorry for the long silence. The server was down and I could not access the internet. Still the browser has compatibility errors.Concerning the forum, this is a local program targeting the community I live in and depending on need I may have to take time off my daily schedule to educate people in need anywhere. I will have "experts" from the City's general hospital (psychiatry unit) presenting different aspects of epilepsy and give the medical view of the illness. It is held more in myths here than science.On the time of the event, I am not sure as I have moved to another city on a working visit. I will resume preparations as I get back.Chadi hope your weekend has been lovely.
RE: Advise Sort
Submitted by tibet2 on Sun, 2004-04-18 - 11:54
hi chad, it sounds beautiful in zambia. it's lovely here as well - but different than the savannah. here the weather rolls in from the sea. the clouds pile up on the hills that rise steeply in the east. it can be very dramatic and to those who are new here, it looks like a huge rain storm is coming. most often there is no rain, it is only the "fog" catching on the hills. my very little city is just one of many cities, large and small, that ring the san francisco bay. you can't tell where one city begins and the next ends. six million people live here. at night when you are in the hills you can look across the bay and the lights twinkle as far as you can see to the south. the dark part in the west beyond san francisco is the pacific ocean. i live just across the bay from san francisco. i think the problem with the site might be computer incompatibility. i'm not sure. but that's a possibility. the artist and i have the same system - apples - and most of the rest of the world is on PCs. here's the address again. http://inside_out_graphics2.tripod.com/juderouslin/index.htmlis HOPE an international program? i know you are enthusiastic to get the program underway and it is hard to wait once you have a great idea. will you have "experts" presenting different aspects of epilepsy? i hope your weekend has been lovely.