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Have any Es ever been arrested
Fri, 05/05/2006 - 10:59Several years ago in Austin, Texas I went to an outdoor musical festival with my cousin an his friends he introduced me to. I broke away from my cousin and his group to grab a bite. After I finished I stood near a water fountain with a policeman maybe three feet to the side of me and then the seizure kicked in. I can remember the cop saying, "He's had to much to drink." As I came completely out of my seizure I found myself in the back of a police car and luckily my cousin with me. The police began to apologize and I told them there was no need to. I explained to the cops they were doing their job and that know if I was drunk or high.
I did point out that I had a Medic Alert Bracelet. Luckily my cousin had seen me have a seizure prior to the music festival so he knew that I made an odd moan sound during the seizure. How he heard that sound I will never know.
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Re: Have any Es ever been arrested
Submitted by aquila316 on Fri, 2006-05-05 - 12:29
I had a Grand Mal during a punk concert and woke up with almost every bouncer in the whole place getting ready to throw me out. The first thing I heard when I started to regain conciousness was my boyfirend trying to explain (yes, I too had on a medi-alert bracelet) that I've had seizures my whole life, and that I was not on drugs at the time.
Re: Have any Es ever been arrested
Submitted by dundee on Fri, 2006-05-05 - 15:03
busted outside of philadelphia.trial starts in may so im quiet till then but it seems nobody cares within our commonwelth so far
Re: Have any Es ever been arrested
Submitted by andy m on Fri, 2006-05-05 - 12:11
Hi there, Read my blog entry called starting to turn the corner. Not the same kind of thing as yours but looking back it was funny and it turned my life round in a strange way. Andy.