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surgery at 40
Tue, 12/07/2004 - 01:55Topic: Surgery and Devices
I was diagnosed with grand mal seizures at the age of 13. I was really scared about the hole situation at hand, i have heard that there are surgerys that can help, but not sure if it is right for me...I have been seizure free for almost 5yrs now. I also found out that the medication that i take causes weight gain and liver damage. If there is anyone out there that has had any of the surgerys that they perform on seizure's can you please write back...... thanks 4 your time
Hi fairylove, I will give
Submitted by solis on Sat, 2006-11-04 - 02:01
Hi fairylove, I will give you pages to confirm my statement, but the bottom line is only a small % of those with uncontrolled E qualify for surgery testing, and a smaller % of them qualify for surgery. Surgery is only effective for epilepsy that located on one just side of the brain (ie..'partial' as opposed to 'generalized' seizures). Grand Mal (now called Tonic Clonic) is a generalized seizure so surgery isn't an option. http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/surgery.html Typically, you were able to get on medication that controlled your seizures (far more common with generalized seizure types than with partials). Given that you are controlled, and can be checked constantly for liver damage, the risk of surgery would make no sense anyway. Here is a site on the various AEDs, so you can search out one that will not metabolize the liver. http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_medicines.html ~sol