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Driving with Epilepsy
Wed, 04/12/2006 - 21:55As Im sitting,thinking about my drs. visit in the morning,How can acar accident from aseizure
from 20 years ago come back and almost kill me
with abacteria infecion all over again?People if your seizures are not under control,please dont
drive.I was seizure free,never knew what nothing but little pet-mal then I had acomplex partial
one day while driving and my face had to have 9 hrs of
reconstructive surgery.and now last August,I got deathly ill from cellulitiss behind the wire that they put in my face.Now I fight to keep this bacteria out of my blood.
Terri
Comments
Re: Re: Driving with Epilepsy
Submitted by terrij on Sun, 2006-04-16 - 19:31
NaBox,
Thank you,I was really feeling frustrated and scared about my drs. visit when I wrote this the other night.I to have had brain
surgery to stop my seizures and 6months after surgery I was able to apply for my license again.And even then I had problems driving because I was scared to death something could go wrong.The dr. said at
this time I dont have to take anything for the bacteria infection.Im glad
you were not hurt in your accident.I went into aculvert ditch and my
face went into the dash board.And just like you,I had no aura before
my seizure I just woke up in an ambulance.Terri
Re: Driving with Epilepsy
Submitted by sunnflowerz on Sun, 2006-04-16 - 20:51
Hello,
I am a "newbie" who has Partial-Complex or Complex-Partial or whatever they choose to call it Epilepsy.I decided not to drive
after a family was killed by a man who had Epilepsy.It was just
my own decision and YES ! it does make me mad,but I must be at peace with myself.When in doubt,just don't do it...(I have seizures around my monthly cycle).
Re: Driving with Epilepsy
Submitted by NaBox on Sun, 2006-04-16 - 15:14
NaBox I stopped driving in 1984. I had a car wreck. I hit to empty parked cars. I did not have an aura prior to my seizure. I chose to stop driving. It has been 22 years and of course I have changed meds and had 2 brain surgeries. For 5 years I have only had my seizures while asleep. I now have nocturnal epilepsy. I have chosen to start driving again. I feel the public is safe. I am not like the alcoholic, drug addict, or elderly who should not drive. I do think of the publics safety. I not only feel, I know the public is safe after I get my driver's license.