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Topic: Surgery and Devices

Anyone heard from Ackling17?

10/2006 | 0 Comments

I'm interested on Ackling17 and if he was eligible to have surgery and then decided to go for it- I've been through all the TLE surgery testing myself...
CORPUS CALOSOTOMY

10/2006 | 1 Comments

Hello...my daughter who is 10 has had seziures since she was 10 months old when she had bacterial meningitis. As a result of the meningitis she had a...
wada test?

10/2006 | 0 Comments

Whats a wada? I was told I will need to have to have this done before they find out if they can perform surgery. Can any one tell me how they made out...
Need you to be my son's voice.

09/2006 | 0 Comments

My 13yo developmentally disabled son had a right temporal lobectomy on Sept. 18. They resected 5 cm. He doesn't communicate how he feels, especially...
Seizures/Medical History/Epilepsy

09/2006 | 0 Comments

My name is TomIIWatkins. I had Brain Surgey on 9-28-78. I was dianosed with a Seizure Disorder on 8-28-78 and Epilepsy on 8/96. When I was born I only...
new to my.epilepsy veteran to to Epilepsy

09/2006 | 1 Comments

I currently take 200mg lamictal, 500mg Zonegran, 2000mg depakote ER daily, and 1 250mg tablet of depakote ER every other night. Seizures are petite...
what does it take?

09/2006 | 3 Comments

What does it take to be a candiate for a frontal lobectomy? I'm sure people are getting sick of me asking but I have seriously considered the thought...
frontal lobe surgery

09/2006 | 2 Comments

Now I know that I am not having surgery but I have considered it. However it's my frontal lobe that's affected and that's what controls all your...
Tomorrow is the day...

09/2006 | 1 Comments

I go in for surgery tomorrow. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone here. The support, the stories, the fact that I know i'm not the only one...
Right Frontal Lobectomy

09/2006 | 8 Comments

My 6 year old son had a right frontal lobectomy on September 23, 2005 for intractable seizures. He didn't start having seizures until Sept. 1, 2005 so...
Progesterone Cream

09/2006 | 0 Comments

Eternal Woman Progesterone Cream features natural progesterone USP from soy. Our Progesterone Cream is guaranteed to contain 500 mg of progesterone...
Home From The Hospital TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

09/2006 | 7 Comments

Had my surgery Weds out of the hosptial today(Sunday). Doctors told me I did as well as I could possbiliy done. They removed a 6mm tumor or imflamtion...
vns implant

09/2006 | 8 Comments

ok, here's the deal, and i'm super freaked out about it so i hope at least one other person has experience with this so i will feel better. For 15...
Vegus Nerve Stimulator for violinist

09/2006 | 6 Comments

Hi, I'm a musician with epilepsy. I'm 24 and play the violin and viola and am hoping to have a professional career. I've had complex partial seizures...
considering surgery for 3 yr. old son

08/2006 | 2 Comments

The neurologist called last night to say they discussed my son's case at surgery conference last week and want to proceed to the next step which is...
Surgery in a week. PLZ help.

08/2006 | 10 Comments

I am having surgery to remove a 7-8 mm tumor or lesion in my right Temporal lobe next Weds. I have had an increbidly positive attitude about the...
preparation for surgery

08/2006 | 2 Comments

My 27 year old daughter has intractable epilepsy and is a candidate for surgery. There is a lot to learn, for her and our family, in approaching this...
Right Temporal Lobe Outlook Questions

08/2006 | 5 Comments

So the Doctors say I'll be okay if I decide to have surgery- maybe a small blindspot if they cut up an optic nerve. Questions to those who have had...

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