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Life goes on.
Sun, 03/18/2007 - 17:46Lets see,I have epilepsy,no big deal,right?
Well it is to mee sim[ly because I had it as a child was taken off my dialantin when I was a teen and now when I turned 48 in 2000,the seizures returned.I have to say I was lucky.I was able to Join the USAF in 1971,( idid not tell anyone about the big E)I was married for the first time when I was 21 divorced when I was 26.Relocated to my home town in '78.Got several jobs that were dead enders,was a security guard and was introduced to a great person in Sept'79 March of 1980 we married and have been so since.In the year 2000 my seizures started back up again.Or at least I became more aware of them. From 1980 untill 1995 I was a corrections officer hence my badge216 identification,I was proud to be a C/O.In '95 I ended up taking a disability retirement from the sherriffs dept.
I tried to hold down some other jobs that did not last.I was even a real estate sales person.unfortunaly I was told not to drive by my docs.So the realestate license was sent bact to the state of Ohio.Now I just spend time at home.