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marymm
marymm
New - WHY???????????????????????
Created by marymmat11/20/09 - 11:12 am|1 View
How did i get Epilepsy

loveti...
loveti...
New - Ugg Bailey Button Boots–Your Winter Footwear
Created by loveti...at11/20/09 - 6:01 am|1 View
Ugg Bailey Button Boots–Your Winter Footwear

nicky001
nicky001

agoods...
agoods...
New - Ten best sale cell phones(one) in Otc:A2688 TV cell phone
Created by agoods...at11/18/09 - 6:33 pm|1 View
AgoodSeller.com release the report of best sale cell phones in Otc,which includes ten popular cell phones.so if you are one dropshipper or retailer,this report may provide some help for you.

Marsha...
Marsha...
New - new roads to travel
Created by Marsha...at11/18/09 - 5:51 pm|2 Views
Fears are conqoured with knowledge.  At age 55 i was not in the mood to start having seizures.  I had things to do and places to go.  I have grandbabies to hold.  I can't be having seizures.  In the beginning no one thought they were seizures.  Some...

febril...
febril...
New - febrile seizures
Created by febril...at11/18/09 - 5:44 pm|8 Views
my son got his first seizure at 13 months he has since had seven more.

robin4902
robin4902
New - 6 months post brain surgery
Created by robin4902at11/18/09 - 3:58 pm|8 Views
epilepsy, brain surgery, temporal lobectomy

jamesr...
jamesr...
New - James Rowell
Created by jamesr...at11/18/09 - 1:24 pm|8 Views
I suffer from the above, often smash myself up when I pass out during the grand mal(I was sunbathing on a big flat roof,had a fit and nearly rolled off!) Riding bicycles is quite hazardous too. The really sad thing is that I was utterly in love with this girl-...

Rob Ja...
Rob Ja...
New - Police Officer with Epilepsy
Created by Rob Ja...at11/18/09 - 10:56 am|4 Views
Police Officer with Epilepsy

buyair...
buyair...
New - So Wonderful of Using a Video Baby Monitor
Created by buyair...at11/18/09 - 9:27 am|2 Views
So Wonderful of Using a Video Baby Monitor

jossy....
jossy....
New - My Story
Created by jossy....at11/18/09 - 8:03 am|5 Views
Describing about my neurological experiments.

bestug...
bestug...
New - Ugg Classic Cardy – this season must have
Created by bestug...at11/18/09 - 7:43 am|1 View
Ugg Classic Cardy – this season must have

engage...
engage...
New - Baby Security Monitor - Wireless Pan and Tilt
Created by engage...at11/18/09 - 5:49 am|1 View
Baby Security Monitor - Wireless Pan and Tilt

disfesk
disfesk
New - Sony VGP-BPS8|VGP-BPS8 Battery|VGP-BPS8 Charger, NO RENEWED OEM @ laptopsbattery.us
Created by disfeskat11/18/09 - 12:22 am|2 Views
sony VGP-BPS8 Battery [4400mAh,11.1V] Brand new sony VGP-BPS8 Battery & charger The Great 5200mAh Sony VGP-BPS8 Battery [5200mAh,11.1V] Brand new sony VGP-BPS8 Battery & charger   Sony VGP-BPS8 laptop battery is a high quality rechargeable...

chefmuhs
chefmuhs
New - HELLO - ME AND MY LIFE WITH EPILEPSY!!!!
Created by chefmuhsat11/17/09 - 6:30 pm|5 Views
TRYING TO COPE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN DEALT TO ME - AT THIS TIME.

silver...
silver...
New - Wholesale large capacity mp4 player
Created by silver...at11/17/09 - 10:45 am|2 Views
Wholesale large capacity mp4 player

ouisvu...
ouisvu...
New - Cheap and chic MP4 player
Created by ouisvu...at11/17/09 - 10:23 am|5 Views
Cheap and chic MP4 player player

swissc...
swissc...
New - Buy Christmas gift through internet
Created by swissc...at11/17/09 - 9:03 am|3 Views
Buy Christmas gift through internet

natali...
natali...
New - What you want to know about Ugg
Created by natali...at11/17/09 - 6:32 am|2 Views
What you want to know about Ugg

origin...
origin...
New - Care and Cleaning of your Original UGG Boots
Created by origin...at11/17/09 - 5:12 am|1 View
Care and Cleaning of your Original UGG Boots

carlyne
carlyne
New - carol did u take ur mediciiiiiiiiiiine???
Created by carlyneat11/16/09 - 1:05 am|5 Views
me epilepsy is my new good morning!

ricard...
ricard...
New - EPILEPSY SINCE BIRTH
Created by ricard...at11/16/09 - 12:35 am|13 Views
I have had epilepsy since I it was diagnosed at the age of six months.  I am now 49, and between 1968 and 1972 my mother was not careful and made sure I was taking my phenobarbital.  At the time I did not know what disease or illnes I had.  I had four...

steven...
steven...
New - PNES Shocked Everyone
Created by steven...at11/15/09 - 6:09 pm|19 Views
Arching my back on a bed being suspended by my head and toes.

Cindi74
Cindi74
New - So much to learn
Created by Cindi74at11/15/09 - 4:10 pm|5 Views
The phone call that started it all was only 2 months ago, so why do I feel like I've aged 10 years since then?

crystal82
crystal82
New - Epilepsy at 14/had surgery at 25
Created by crystal82at11/15/09 - 8:53 am|7 Views
my first brief desc. is these computers. this is a nice website but its kind of sad because staring at this computer to look things up is one of the causes for these seizures. of course as i was typing this i went into that aura-go figure...(you docs realy...

precio...
precio...
New - Trying to find out whats going on
Created by precio...at11/15/09 - 5:16 am|5 Views
i have had problems since 1992 witout any explaination

tristar
tristar
New - tristar
Created by tristarat11/14/09 - 5:25 pm|16 Views
I'm a mother of a 7 year old with epilepsy. I also have a 4 year old son who does not have epilepsy but is greatly affected by his sisters behavioral problems and erratic sleeping pattern.

morales6
morales6
New - pregnancy leading to brain surgery.
Created by morales6at11/14/09 - 1:59 pm|6 Views
just my story. pregnancy birth and hopefuly brain surgery

kjeldo...
kjeldo...
New - My will to fight before it takes!
Created by kjeldo...at11/14/09 - 11:59 am|14 Views
It’s been well over 2 years since I’ve now had this. I’m not quite sure as to how this started but my guess it that it would have began with some kind of head injury. It used to be fun for me to ride my bicycle downstairs until the day when I broke...

andrew919
andrew919
New - the story
Created by andrew919at11/14/09 - 9:00 am|9 Views
me

nina_p
nina_p
New - Complex partial seizures
Created by nina_pat11/13/09 - 3:37 pm|7 Views
My story of childhood epilepsy to adult epilepsy

annie5252
annie5252
New - annie5252
Created by annie5252at11/13/09 - 10:55 am|4 Views
I am having multiple seizures per week which consist of me having an aura of about 5 seconds where I know I am going to fall.   If I can sit down they will usually stop shortly but if I dont I will start to jerk violently.  I try to stop my fall but I...

aelaine
aelaine
New - ME
Created by aelaineat11/12/09 - 11:27 pm|4 Views
49yo female RN, mother of one beautiful daughter and 3 wonder grandkids!,  with epilepsy all my life but not dx till had first tonic clonic seizure at 19    started on meds after a round of non stop seizures  haven't had another (well except for that...

britne...
britne...
New - Brittany Newsome's Epilepsy Story
Created by britne...at11/12/09 - 9:13 pm|3 Views
All I have been through with my epilepsy

JIMBOMC
JIMBOMC
New - Jim
Created by JIMBOMCat11/11/09 - 10:30 pm|11 Views
I was in a major accident 4-2005. 4 brain surgeries. 4x6 inch plastic skull. I have one eye shutdown. Lots of metal in one arm. Everything on my body works. Had some other problems earlier, but fixed. My brain has some trouble as far as memory is concerned....

charle...
charle...
New - How I found out I had Epilepsy.
Created by charle...at11/11/09 - 9:52 am|4 Views
I had no idea i had epilepsy until I was pregnant with my second child.  Then my entire world has been overcome with doctors, hospitals and the people around me not knowing what to do.  It has been an interesting journey and it has just begun.

r.king236
r.king236
New - My Accident
Created by r.king236at11/11/09 - 8:13 am|13 Views
I  suffered a severe brain injury approx 3.5 years ago which has left me with memory loss epelipsy and other problems. My short term memory was so poor I could not remember what day it was and having started a task I would loose the thread and not know...

drowsy...
drowsy...
New - From Encephalitis to Epilepsy
Created by drowsy...at11/10/09 - 3:40 pm|9 Views
I'm a 21 year old college student. Last December (2008), I had encephalitis, spent 10 days in the hospital, and have since been diagnosed with epilepsy as a result of the damage to my brain. I have had 4 tonic-clonic seizures in the last year, and usually...

Abhishek
Abhishek
New - All Tests Normal, still getting epilepsy episodes
Created by Abhishekat11/10/09 - 6:01 am|14 Views
I am 28 year old male.

jewls
jewls
New - Jewls Story
Created by jewlsat11/10/09 - 5:21 am|4 Views
Living with Seizures

sambone16
sambone16
New - Josho Bosho
Created by sambone16at11/8/09 - 6:15 pm|10 Views
11-year old train fanatic, recently diagnosed

Gui123
Gui123
New - My story
Created by Gui123at11/8/09 - 3:52 pm|12 Views
I'm 17 years old and living with epilepsy. I like to get things off my chest and its easier to say it to people like me.

AbbyRead
AbbyRead
New - Abby Rae's story
Created by AbbyReadat11/8/09 - 3:07 pm|6 Views
Our daughter had he first seizure back in May of 2008 and has had over 30 since then..

sonya
sonya
New - Mother,Wife, Student
Created by sonyaat11/8/09 - 2:10 pm|9 Views
Want to know who is going through this with me to

baubua24
baubua24
New - My Mother suffers from absence seizures
Created by baubua24at11/7/09 - 6:09 pm|6 Views
My mother suffers from temperal-lobe epilepsy and has absence seizures.  She is just now starting to have medication problems because they're affecting her health more in a negative way than a positive.  I'm just looking for some support.

Maria7
Maria7
New - My Meningioma Story
Created by Maria7at11/7/09 - 12:48 pm|11 Views
My life has just recently been turned upside down. This is my story about my brain tumor and the dark places it is taking me too. What it has done to my family and how it has strained my relationship with my fiancé. How it has turned me upside down and...

SteveDaw
SteveDaw
New - My First time
Created by SteveDawat11/7/09 - 7:35 am|7 Views
My Life and Trying to Chop With it

amberb...
amberb...
New - My Epilepsy
Created by amberb...at11/7/09 - 6:40 am|14 Views
i am 22, i have epilepsy, and here is my story

zeus1223
zeus1223
New - The crazy spiritual journey that is a seizure.
Created by zeus1223at11/6/09 - 6:53 pm|11 Views
Trying to analyze what exactly happens during one of these things being a natural born philospher and all.

dkalra
dkalra
New - 29 years old; epilepsy since I was 8.
Created by dkalraat11/6/09 - 4:27 pm|17 Views
29 years old, first seizure at the age of 8, controlled by medication for 21 years, sudden inexplicable increase in frequency and intensity of simple partial seizures, not controlled by multiple medications, next step is surgery evaluation.


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