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I believe I will win

Fri, 08/04/2017 - 20:11
Hello all, thanks for the chance to share my story and I hope it convinces just 1 person to keep fighting the day to day struggle we all face. I'm 35 years old now and didn't have my first seizure until I was 28 in 2009. It was just 3 months before my wedding and I was working my dream job as a ASE Master Certified Tech working high performance at a GM dealership. I got to work on and drive home brand new Corvettes and Camaro's everyday. I don't want to go into too much detail but on a morning drive into work I picked up a coworker and then on the way to the shop I just started seizing behind the wheel and drove thru a group of 6 cars stopped at a stop light while accelerating a supercharged Corvette. I hit the first vehicle with such force that I pushed it first onto the curb making it start to roll over. Before it hit the ground it ran into a wood power line that caused the wire to come down on the underside of the vehicle. No one is sure if the impact caught the fuel tank on fire or the live power line but, nevertheless the vehicle was engulfed in fire. I regained awareness just in time to see a completely innocent man burn to death on his way into work while I walked away with just some cuts and bruises. Still to this day I see those images every night and have struggled to find a way to forgive myself. Since that day I've had at least 2-3 seizures a month. I lost my dream job and everything that came with it. I still married the girl of my dreams but it was as hard on her as it was on me. Early this year she finally asked for a divorce because she had agreed to marry a strong independent man and ended up with a guy she had to drive everywhere and would just randomly start shaking and passing out. It's been a tough road but with all that said I ask anyone facing the difficulties of epilepsy to never give up. There is always hope and tomorrow might be the day they find a way to stop them from happening ever again. Never blame yourself for things that are completely out of your control and live happy knowing people are out there fighting for you. Thanks for giving me a place to put my heart on the table.

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God bless your soul. You are

Submitted by Epilepsy_Warrior on Sun, 2017-08-13 - 04:21
God bless your soul. You are a very brave man and I just know God has some wonderful things in store for such a warm hearted person like yourself! <3

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