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Hi Im new to it all

Sat, 09/02/2006 - 18:41
Hi Im new to having seizures. Last year I had a seizure and no one was hom. So I had no idea what happened. I woke up in my bed w bruses on my knees elbows head and my tonge was all black in the front. Couldnt for the life of me figure out what was going on. About 3-4 months later I woke up to get my boyfriend off to work and dropped to have another seizure. Im 24 yrs old and have never had this problem before. I dont remember antyything that happened before or after the seizure for like 1/2 hr. No aura nothing. Had a couple after that and it was the same thing no aura no nothing. But since december 05 i have been fine. taking this medication (carbamezapine) and all is well but im started to think im fine yeah know maybe it was just a weird thing and will never happen agian Idk. Im not going to stop taking mty meds or anything but I was just thinking. Just got a 24 hr EEG done and a MRI so and they r talking about weather or not im gonna be a surgical canidate?! I think I rather take meds everday and have seizure every once in a while then ever have to have brain surgury!! Maybe Maybe if I was having seizure everyday and it was affecting my whole life I would consider it MAYBE but thats not happening!! But oh god I dont knowIm scared!

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Re: Hi Stacy, Please know that

Submitted by Stacy Nicole on Sat, 2006-09-02 - 23:27
Thats what I was kinda thiking becuz I had lik3-4 seizures back in nov-dec-2005 and w med have been seizure free. So when they started talking about surgury canidate and stuff I knew it was about money. Im not in that bad of shape

Re: Hi Im new to it all

Submitted by scorpio on Sun, 2006-09-03 - 16:24
Why not leave it for a year and not be rushed into making a decision now? Having surgery must be a bit of a watershed and you might need a bit of time to think about it. I wondered about having it myself but have decided that, since the drug I take appears to completely control the seizures I might otherwise have, and its side-effects are tolerable, surgery is not really necessary. Anyway, if things did get worse I would restart a course of acupuncture treatment - it has been effective in the past - before I would make any decision about possible surgery. Just a thought. Chris

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