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The Wada Test

Wed, 03/06/2013 - 10:51
Can any of you explain your experience through the Wada test for me?  What was it like having half of your brain put to sleep?  Did you even realize it?  Do you speak with the doctor while the brain is sleeping?  How much did the catheter hurt or bother you?  Can others sit in t he room with you?  What kind of questions are asked?  If there is anything else you'd like to share, please do!

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Re: The Wada Test

Submitted by Fawn1981 on Thu, 2013-03-07 - 13:46

I am very excited as well Steve!!  All that I have spoken with have had good outcomes and are so happy that they chose to have the surgery!  I'll probably be more nervous the night before, but getting info from all of you is making me feel much better on what to expect.  I'm going to a neuro-psychologist tomorrow for some memory testing.  I'm pretty sure I'll do pretty bad, my memory whether due to my meds or just epilepsy in general is not always great.  Then it's onto speaking with my Neuro and setting up a date for the Wada!  I would love to get this all done before the summer (my position is the busiest in the summer), but it doesn't look like it.  So I'll probably be getting the surgery around Sept./Oct.  I wish you the best of luck in yours!

 

Fawn

I am very excited as well Steve!!  All that I have spoken with have had good outcomes and are so happy that they chose to have the surgery!  I'll probably be more nervous the night before, but getting info from all of you is making me feel much better on what to expect.  I'm going to a neuro-psychologist tomorrow for some memory testing.  I'm pretty sure I'll do pretty bad, my memory whether due to my meds or just epilepsy in general is not always great.  Then it's onto speaking with my Neuro and setting up a date for the Wada!  I would love to get this all done before the summer (my position is the busiest in the summer), but it doesn't look like it.  So I'll probably be getting the surgery around Sept./Oct.  I wish you the best of luck in yours!

 

Fawn

Re: The Wada Test

Submitted by ralphjunior on Mon, 2013-06-10 - 12:29
i'm about 100% positive that i can't lie down for 90 minutes without sleeping.  are you allowed to sleep?  i normally fall asleep while getting an MRI and EEG.  (i've been better since i started using the CPAP, but there is absolutely no way i'll make it.)

Re: The Wada Test

Submitted by survivor1956 on Thu, 2013-04-11 - 14:37
I had the Wada test in Jan. 2013. I was nervous about this test more than any of the others. It did not hurt. What I remember is they put one side asleep then had me look at pictures , they then asked me is this a picture you saw. I would answer yes or no. They told me to raise my right arm when right brain was put to sleep. They were testing to see which side of my brain all my functions were such as hearing, speaking, seeing, following directions.. The way I felt when one side was asleep I was not all there guess I wasn't, had half my brain asleep. After all the test they found I had hippocampal sclerosis on my right temperal lobe. They found the focal area. I had mri laser guided surgery Feb. 8th 2013 at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Florida. Tomorrow will be 9weeks since surgery I have been completely seizure free feeling great. This kind of surgery is less invasive. I had my surgery on Friday went home next day Sat. Morning. Cut the size of a pencil had two stables within a week headache was gone felt a little weak. I have been feeling stronger everyday. Anyone thinking about having surgery talk to your doctor about this surgery. I was the second epilepsy patient at Mayo Clinic in Florida to have it.

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