Hi Maria,

 I also began having s/p seizures after radiation of a meningioma.  I was diagnosed in 2002. As the others have replied.. I to have the aura and then a flushing beginning in the groin area and then moves upwards on my left side.. sometimes I have a metal taste in my mouth.  I am now having c/p seizures.. seems the radiation caused scaring.. and is continuing. I have never heard of a s/p described like yours.. I would check with your MD... Hope you get some answers.

 Shawn

 Maria ,

        I have had Epilepsy since 2002 from an attack of ensephylitis (viral) ,but during the time of diagnosis they thought that I had menengitis at first. During the begining, my seizures were constantly getting worse and medications were not controlling my situation at all for 3 years. As 2004 was coming around I had talked with a group of neurologists from two different hospitals who were very concerned about my health. Being that I had alot of lesions from the initial attack and accumulating more damage from more seizures. After a few EEG's and MRI's they had discovered I needed my right temporalobe operated on. In one specific area I was consantly having gran-mal seizures.

       After I had the operation, I was having APOS (acute post-operative seizures) the gran-mals, which were in the specific area they operated on... and also was having the same simple-partial seizures that you are having. Well I have seizures pretty darn close ,but not quite as long with maybe a little twist. My simple-partials that I have are effecting the left side of my body being that the opposite side was operated on. These seizures never existed before the operation and they started shortly after.

       All of my seizures start with an aura , this one starts with an aura that I explain as a light headed sensation from the neck up. Then a few seconds later it starts, the whole left side of my body from head to toe starts to tingle like pins and needles ( like you feel when a body part falls asleep) and I explain also as if you were in the shower and only half of your body is getting showered on. The difference in mine might be...a few seconds later my hearing changes as if you were in the dentist on laughing gas. It is all distorted with an intense echoe and my body is still numb tingling like crazy. I sit down safely, just in case my seizure gets worse since I never know what could happen next. Except mine last anywhere from 30 seconds to 1-2 minutes long at most and maybe, but rare to last much longer than that though. I could get up and move around if I need to but I try not to. I feel a little dizzy sometimes, I have these just about once or twice a day.  Now you have got me worried... really worried, because yours being that they last as long they do. They are to be considered a status seizure, I assume that your doctor would label them as. Typically though a status-seizure is any seizure that will last over a certain amount of time, that depends on what type of seizure it is, or if it is a cluster non-stop many different seizures. I have had many status seizures but mine are status gran-mals, that have lasted from 15 minutes to 5 1/2 hours long. Status complex-seizures too and all the status seizures that I have never were as much of a problem before my operation either. They all just started to happen rescently over the past few years since the operation. I know it can be tough after going through everything that you have gone through. Maria .... I hope and I will pray for you that the doctors can solve this problem that you are having right now. It is going to be taken care of don't let it bring you down.

You hang in there and take care. Oh and I forgot to mention I had one those while I wrote this!!!

  Love, Johnny