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Should I get surgery? What are the options?
Sun, 04/24/2011 - 21:55I have had "E" for about 20 years and while the medication works to stop Tonic Clonic seizures none of the medication I have taken has done anything to stop the Simple Partial and Complex Partial ones I get about once a fortnight. I can't work drive and I'm cutting myself off from people cause things are really affecting my life. I want to go out without being afraid I'll get a seizure.
Problem is I have little money obviously and I don't know if I have to pay for it all. Australia has a good Public health care system but I don't know whether it extends to this and whether I should look into it. Any info would be good.
Re: Should I get surgery? What are the options?
Submitted by RTL on Mon, 2011-04-25 - 22:11
I can't comment on the economics of it all but I did have surgery at the age of 41 and have detailed my experiences here:
http://users.eastlink.ca/~kehoe/surgery/
Kevin
I can't comment on the economics of it all but I did have surgery at the age of 41 and have detailed my experiences here:
http://users.eastlink.ca/~kehoe/surgery/
Kevin