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Topic: Surgery and Devices

seizure surgury

11/2006 | 14 Comments

I am going to have left temporal lobe surgury in Jan. or Feb. and they are talking about possible removal of my left hippocampus. Has anyone had this...
HELP! Recovery Time

11/2006 | 5 Comments

I should be going in for my LTL surgery some time in February but I am currently more worried about the time I will miss from work than the surgery...
Need answer about brain surgery.

11/2006 | 3 Comments

Lets see, how I can say this. I really want to know about brain surgery anything about it. I was asked if I would like to have brain surgery in order...
Left temporal lobectomy

11/2006 | 2 Comments

I am into my 5th month of recovery after my brain surgery. I had my surgery on June 9, 2006. I didn't what to do a thing after my surgery including...
Left temporal lobectomy in Australia

11/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi I am new to this site and live in Australia. We don't have a support site anything quite like this and it is great to see so many topics and be...
Need answers about temporal lobectomies?

11/2006 | 4 Comments

I've just had a temporal lobectomy for focal seizures (hippocampul sclerosis). So far everything has gone well...no seizures...if you want to know...
Pressure from everyone to have Surgery

11/2006 | 2 Comments

Dear ALL- I have had roughly one partial complex seizure every month for the past 5 years that started after a slow growing benign brain tumor finally...
Epileptic Surgery

10/2006 | 7 Comments

Hi there, I just got back from my docs. visit and she put me on to a new medication "Keppra" Was taking Lamictal and Zonogram, but am now going off...
Information regarding Surgery

10/2006 | 6 Comments

Hi, I am 25 years old, I have partial complex seizures, and I was reason diagnose with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. I have been taken medicine since...
Seizure after surgery..............

10/2006 | 12 Comments

Good morning, I had my surgery on August 28, 2006. Basically almost 2 months ago. Last night, I had my first seizure since the operation. I was...
Brain Surgery is done & i'm home!!!!!!

10/2006 | 8 Comments

It's finally over. The cyst is gone. I'm healing well and things are going alright. I just had the staples removed this week and my head is healing...
Lesion issue

10/2006 | 1 Comments

I have a right temporal lobe leison and am having surgery using the lobectomy approach next Wednesday. My question is for Barbie. You said you have...
Three years old having surgery

10/2006 | 1 Comments

Hello, my name is Angel and i have a 3 years old son With intractable Partial Epilepsy. The are wanting to do surgery on his RTL where some of his...

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