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DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE HIPPOCAMPAL SEIZURES
Thu, 07/17/2008 - 10:31Hi everyone, I've had surgery for my seizures coming from my right temporal lobe , But now they are coming from my hippocampus. Which they told me before but they can't operate. Sorry im not good at explain. is there any one else with the same problem.
victoria
Re: DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE HIPPOCAMPAL SEIZURES
Submitted by lisam11463 on Tue, 2008-08-05 - 15:01
"Changing the misconceptions society has about epilepsy, by educating one person at a time"....Lisa-Marie Kinsman Author of "Free at Last, My Lifetime Battle to Overcome Epilepsy".
Hi Vicki,
What hospital did you have your surgery done at?
I had left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy for 31 years myself. I went through all of the pre-surgery tests...MRI, CAT scan, Video EEG, Neuropsychological testing, etc. December 15, 1994, while I was fully awake, my left hippocampus was removed.
My question to you, was your surgery done while you were awake so the doctors could test you and make sure they didn't remove anymore than was necessary? Why did they not remove your hippocampus?
Lisa-Marie
"Changing the misconceptions society has about epilepsy, by educating one person at a time"....Lisa-Marie Kinsman Author of "Free at Last, My Lifetime Battle to Overcome Epilepsy".
Hi Vicki,
What hospital did you have your surgery done at?
I had left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy for 31 years myself. I went through all of the pre-surgery tests...MRI, CAT scan, Video EEG, Neuropsychological testing, etc. December 15, 1994, while I was fully awake, my left hippocampus was removed.
My question to you, was your surgery done while you were awake so the doctors could test you and make sure they didn't remove anymore than was necessary? Why did they not remove your hippocampus?
Lisa-Marie