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has anyone else recovered from epilepsy?
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 02:15Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
hi name is dagveg from nsw australia ,age 57. had epilepsy when i was 15. went from boarding school to n london epileptic institute, came to aussie 1969. made total recovery 1985 . now wifes carer.
& in red cross.
was wondering if there was anyone else who might have recovered? still have problems with pasat memories at times and making others understand what it was all about
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Re: Re: Dave If I inadvertently
Submitted by terrij on Thu, 2006-01-12 - 11:01
Hey dave,
glad to hear you have done well.I guess "recover" is different for
everyone.Ive not had acomplex partial seizure in 11years.But because
Im prone to seizures I have to take Topamax 200mg,ativan and lexapro
and each year the state of Fla(where I live )sends papers for my dr
to fill so I can hold on to my drivers license for another year.And
acouple of years ago I had surrender my license for 6months because I
was so stressed from my mother passing,that my dr made me surrender
my license in fear of seizures.So true recovery for me I guess would
be is to know that Im completely free and that monster could never
stick its ugly head back up again.terrij
Re: Re: I think this "discussion" is
Submitted by txrhb1 on Tue, 2006-01-10 - 15:19
Hey Dave,
thanks so much for the good wishes. I remain optimistic that at some point in time, my seizures will be controlled to a better degree. Stories like yours are such a huge inspiration to me, and I thank you for sharing. I'll keep in touch, and you do the same. Hope to see you in chat soon.
((( hugs ))),
Barbie
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Re: Dave If I inadvertently
Submitted by daveg on Tue, 2006-01-10 - 23:42
hi solis: apologies gracefully accepted and rest assured no hard feelings ok. wil look forward to having another chat real soon with you. am i the oldest in this group at 57 yrs? main problem i had when at interviews was treying to convince bosses that i was not a risk to them and ,like you and others, convincing them that i had recovered from epilepsy. no need for me to write a blog now !!! again ,good luck with your book,let me have a signed copy (joke). aand dont worry , we are still on friendly terms. best wishes dave gough