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Risk of left temporal lobe surgery

Sun, 08/23/2009 - 23:43

Topic: Surgery and Devices

I am 30 and have had epilepsy for about 7 years over that time things havent improved, they have gradually got worse. I recently went to see my neuro and i was very surprised that the first thing he mentioned was surgery. However he did say that because it is my left temporal lobe, the surgery would be too risky. He mentioned that my memory and my speech could be effected. So he said that i have to just keep persevering till i find a medication that works!! Im not sure if it is the fact that i live in New Zealand and things like that are extremely expensive and the public health system here isnt very good.

I have been reading peoples stories about the success that they have had with temporal lobe surgery and i would like to be able to think that it can work for me too.

If anybody else has been given these warnings but been able to go ahead with the surgery, it would be good to know how you did it.

Thanks

Comments

My brother had a seizure

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2014-11-28 - 09:12

My brother had a seizure today On 28 nov 2014.....last seizure he had was in April 2014...he has tonic clonic seizures....he is 23 years old .He is been suffering from epilepsy from childhood when he had a high fever.can you please guide me that is surgery an option for tonic clonic seizures and what are the chances of sucess .Please reply

I had grand mal, petimal,and

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2015-05-02 - 04:50

I had grand mal, petimal,and partial seizures. I had them from age 9 to 23. I started having so many grand mal seizures my body could not take it. I would have 1 right after another and have have up to 10. Finally my neurologist did a brain map. Found my seizures were coming from the my left temporal lobe, and the next month he and another neurologist removed tubers which were causing the seizures. This was January 10th,1997. Its been 18 years. I have thankfully been seizure free. I had a fifty fifty of losing my memory, and I do forget words. But Hey..I'm Well! I have fibromyalgia ad well..so it is that to..that makes me forget things.. I could never be more thankful.

Hi my son is 5 and has just

Submitted by dan.pearce31@gmail.com on Wed, 2015-05-13 - 07:33

Hi my son is 5 and has just been told that they have found scar tissue in his left temporal lobe. He can't talk properly, has learn disabilitys and has up to 8 seizures a day. He is on lamotrigine and epilim and now that want to try more meds as nothing is working. Do you think I should ask for surgery? Any advice would be great full x

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