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Hi from Australia!!!

Sun, 11/05/2006 - 07:24
Hi everyone ... My name is Allie and I am 26 and have complex/simple partial epilepsy with absence seizures, myoclonic jerks and have temporal lobe epilepsy ... I've been epileptic since I was 11 but had seizures when I was 2 months old from a meningital infection. I live in Sydney with my supportive boyfriend ... well ... that's it for now!! Talk soon! Allie M.

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Re: Hi from Australia!!!

Submitted by Bedge on Sun, 2006-11-05 - 07:32
Hi Allie, I'm 25, and also in Sydney (with a supportive boyfriend to!) and I am getting diagnosed with TLE. Nice to meet you! xxx ------------------------------ Peace, Love, Mung Beans

Re: Re: Hi from Australia!!!

Submitted by angelsfromheaven_au on Sun, 2006-11-05 - 07:56
cool :) ... nice to meet u 2 - Visit the Australia & NZ Epilepsy Support Group Website @ - http://www.stixdesigns.com.au/epilepsy-support/

Re: Hi from Australia!!!

Submitted by cmb037 on Wed, 2006-11-08 - 11:25
hey im claire nice to meet u allie, seems u have about the same epilepsy as me, hope ur coping! i also have a supportive boyfriend who has stopped my head hitting the floor more times than i can count lol. I live in scotland wayway far away... Iv had epilepsy for about 5 years now, im 20. took me three years to get diagnosed however! Doctors in Scotland can be very slow on the uptake apparently! Claire x

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