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epileptologist referral?
Thu, 07/06/2006 - 13:36Comments
Re: epileptologist referral?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2006-07-06 - 14:10
Take care,
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Take care,
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Re: epileptologist referral?
Submitted by fzMousie on Thu, 2006-07-06 - 13:56
How awful for you. Any neurologist should know that a normal EEG means nothing. In fact, that was the first thing that my neurologist told me. He said (and I quote): We don't really care about your tests results. They don't tell me anything. It's normal for someone with this type of epilepsy to have a normal EEG. We don't care about your MRI results, because all they tell me is that there isn't a cause. He then proceeded to fire off things from my results very quickly and informed me that all my symptoms were indicative of a Simple and Complex Partial Seizure disorder. He was a very upbeat, funny guy. Unfortunately, he is in Canada. My family doctor almost brushed me off and I demanded to know that if nothing was going on, what was happening to me! That is when he sent me to the neurologist. You know you, Heidi. You know when something is not right. You have every right to demand an answer. (hugs) Unfortunately, I have no suggestions regarding whom you should demand that answer from. Perhaps you should insist on getting a referral to a new neurologist.