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rebjay

Sat, 01/06/2007 - 18:10
hiya,like loads of others i have been reading this forum for a while without posting. I am a 34 year old female and had a seizure in 1996 which i mainly put down to an excess of red wine at the office christmas party the night before! by the time i saw the neurologist i was three months pregnant with my second child so the doc decided against any meds. I have been having seizures ( about one biggie a month ) for about a year now, my eeg and mri are normal. although i am on keppra and lamictal which are constantly under review by my lovely helpful epilepsy nurse i am finding out more and more about what i can claim,side effects and alsorts the hospital have not told me. I thought i was going loopy when i had these weird deja vue feelings, they only lasted a few seconds at a time but were driving me mad not being able to put my finger on what i was remembering,nobody asked me about stress related seizures which make sense in my case, free bus/tram/leisure card passes which my mum found out about by accident and loss of short term memory ( pharmacist asked me for dob of youngest child yesterday and couldnt remember, how bad is that )and my, previously good spelling has gone downhill, never been particularly great at maths but now adding numbers is often a complete blank!!! and that awful forgetting the name of the object/person you are talking about!!! thats why this forum is so great, not just the support and comfort in knowing there is emotional help out there and terrific support but finding out,through word of mouth,all the stuff the hospital and, in my case very arrogant neuro, dont bother telling you about. hope to post on here a bit more now as know will feel very comfortable and welcome. thanks cathy x

Comments

Re: rebjay

Submitted by txrhb1 on Mon, 2007-01-08 - 11:56
HI Cathy, and welcome to the forum ! I'm glad you decided to post, as it's always wonderful to meet new people to share and even laugh with. I think you'll find this a very caring and supportive site. Try out the chatroom - we have lots of fun, but also provide lots of support in there. Hope to meet you in there one evening ! ((( hugs ))), Barbie *************************************** "We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other." -lucian de crescenzo

Re: Re: rebjay

Submitted by spiz on Tue, 2007-01-09 - 02:23
Cathy, Hello! I'm glad you have joined us. You'll find the forum to be a supportive place full of caring and helpful people. The chat room is a good place to kick back and grab a laugh or two and to ask any questions you may have also. Welcome! -Spiz

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