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DCB752
DCB752

Benign Occipital Childhood Epilepsy

I think my son might have Benign Occipital Childhood Epilepsy. I don't know because I am not a doctor and our Pediatric Neurologist told us this morning that he was in over his head with my son. SO now we are taking matters in our own hands. Does anyone know of a Doctor that is in the USA that specializes in this form of epilepsy. Or just a Doctor that is good with medication, treatment and returning phone calls. We are desperate. Also does anyone know of a treatment for BOCE that has been successful in their child. My son is 2 years old. I appreciate any response. S.

By DCB752 at Mon, 09/11/2006 - 6:23am | 368 views | 4 comments

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Hi. Is it me again. You are probably not going to get a specific response on BOCE because when I was new to this, there was not too many of us out there- it is a less common form. Most of the kids seem to have Benign Rolandic Childhood Epilepsy. When I posted on the same subject, I did not get a response. I always read the parents threads and think I may have helped one or two other families whose doctors also were not aware of BOCE. You need to go to a Epilepsy specialist versus a general pediatric neurologist. What area are you in the country? We see a specialist in the Chicago area. Had your doctor heard of BOCE? I will contact my doctor's office and ask them for a recommendation for someone in your area but we need to find a way to communicate. I hope your child does fit the diagnosis because as frightening as it all is (and believe me I know), there is a light at the of this dark tunnel. It is a good prognosis. Am going to add you as a buddy to my list. When you log on and you see your name under the Online Users, click on your own name. Then it will indicate whether you approve me as a buddy. Once you do that, respond to this thread and you can tell me a time to meet you on-line. I will try to help you through this process. It really sounds like it has been incredibly stressful for you and finding the right doctor will change your life. It did for us. When we first met with our specialist, he spent an hour and a half with us. The next meeting 45 minutes. You need someone who will answer your questions and help you feel grounded. As to all the meds your son is on, that is another reason you need the right doctor. Your new doctor hopefully can find the meds.

ekoorb

Hi, Thank you so much for your help. I live in Winston-Salem, NC. Our current doctor is an epilepsy specialist, however he is very over worked with patients. He is also heavily involved in research and teaching at Wake Forest University. He has never returned one of our phone calls and we have never been able to get an appt. with him. We only see him in the hospital. Anyway, I would appreciate any help you can give us. We are also able to travel if needed. I don't know if my son, Beau, has BOCE or not but he sure fits what I have read so far. Serina

DCB752

I sent some IMs (instant messages) to you. Tell me a good time to talk and I will go on the computer at that time.

ekoorb

My 9 year old daughter was diagnosed with BOCE this year.  Please let me know how your children are doing...I need some hope.  Originally in March 2009 she was diagnosed with Benign Rolandic, which we were told that she would most likely grow out of.  With a second opinion and more in depth testing, she was diagnosed with BOCE.  Now, I am more devastated because the chances of growing out of it are more like 50-60%.

She is on Lamictal, under the care of a University Neurologist but we are still no where near having the seizures under control yet as there have been some side effects. 

I truly hope you have found peace and solutions for your children with BOCE. In our case, it has been very scary as when she has her seizure, it is within the first 5 to 15 minutes of falling asleep she goes cyanotic/turns blue for several minutes and also her heart rate jumps through the roof.

We also have an appt for the epileptologist in our area in January 2010, this is the earliest we could get in.  It seems that BOCE is so rare, we have no one to really turn to.

kennas...