Marrying a man who have epilepsy?

Some people will say that 4 months is a short time,,,For many yes it can be. for others it can be a lifetime.Planning a future together and laying out a future together is a challange. What he has coming up is not going to be easy. Yes staying healthy is one thing that needs to be done. Your health is like his so that also means you need to stay healthy.Family issues can cause problems. Your parents seem to know the stigma associated with epilepsy. They probably only know abiut grand mal seizures since that ia basically the only seizure they have seen on TV or have heard about. They fail to understand that epilepsy doesn't rub off. They need to know that Anybody at any age can get epilepsy. Including your parents and family. Epilepsy does not discriminate. Young people, old people, rich or poor all of them can get epilepsy. If they researched epilepsy they would see a lot of famous people that had epilepsy. It is rare but yes epilepsy can be passed thru the parents. No one in my family had it. When my cousin got it we were asked about my epilepsy. There are many causes of epilepsy. Can your parents tell if someone hit their head hard enough to cause scar tissue? Of can they tell if there was a brain cell that was deformed during the life os a person ot the fetus of that person. Do your parents know what starts a seizzure. Whould they accept your boyfriend if he had a heart condition? Or diabetese? Or was blind? He is no different then any of the others. He just happenes to have a blind disability (disaese) that only shows up for a short period of time and then disappears. Medications can control seizures and many people grow out of it. Surgery can be successful and has been for many. For some of us we can still have a seizure but with the newer medication they are shorter. I can have one while drinking coffee and talking to your parents and they wouldn't know I had one. My GP had seen me in them before since I had a few in his office. He also wanted to know why I kept staying with the same group of neurologists. I had one in his office a few months ago and asked him what he thought the delay was in my answer to his question. He said he thought i was looking for the right word to use. No it was a seizure. He said he was glad I had stayed with Doc. So it is yalls decission to make and yours to teach. Unless they learn they will be treating people like we were treated back in the days of Ceasar. Yup back then it was "the falling sickness"You might want to teach your family about epilepsy or have them call the 24/7 help line if they have questions.. That number is 1-800-332-1000Take it slowly but it is going to take time after the surgery and that will be trying. you might want to read some of the questions and the responses in the surgry and devices section.I hope this helps Joe

Been married twice, no issues as far as that.Not to insult your parents, but they are being very narrow minded.

Been married twice, no issues as far as that.Not to insult your parents, but they are being very narrow minded.