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![Read Olivia's eJourney about how she is inspiring people with epilepsy](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2024-04/Olivia%20Chaponis%20eJourney%20Web%20Banner.png?itok=33j3Eirk)
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Friday, April 26, 2024
Inspiring Others With Epilepsy Like Me
My name is Liv. I was diagnosed with epilepsy around 10 years old, and it has been quite a journey. I have been diagnosed with generalized epilepsy...
![Sophia is sharing her journey with epilepsy during college](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2024-04/Sophia%20Goldberg%20eJourney%20Banner.png?itok=zfOHPeS0)
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
You Are Stronger Than You Know
My first seizure was unexpected. I was 20, and it was my junior year of college. After numerous doctors and tests , I was diagnosed with generalized...
![Read Evelyn's story about how she manages her life with epilepsy and seizures](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-12/EvelynOdangoeJourneyWebBanner_1200x630.jpg?itok=NtjxQSef)
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Accepting the "New" Me
I was diagnosed with focal onset and generalized epilepsy with uncontrolled seizures in July of 2023 after having a seizure at work. The subsequent...
![Read Selene's story about how making connections with people who experience epilepsy or seizures helped her on her journey](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-09/SeleneL%C3%A1szl%C3%B3eJourneyWebBanner_1200x630.jpg?itok=a1tiDzV6)
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Making Connections That Count
I started taking mixed martial arts (MMA) classes at the end of May in 2023, and during class, my coach noticed I was having "staring spells" during...
![Alice is sharing her journey about living with epilepsy and seizures](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-07/Alice%20Gallagher_1200x630_eJourneyWebBanner.jpg?itok=caJEb_GH)
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My Life With Seizures
I started having focal onset aware seizures in childhood. The feeling was similar to when your stomach flips on a roller coaster but rushed up to my...
![Corina is sharing her eJourney about how epilepsy does not define the person that she is](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-01/Corina%20Fields%201200x630%20eJourney%20Banner.jpg?itok=V9icat2T)
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Don’t Stop Being Yourself
I was diagnosed with generalized epilepsy in 2010 after having a seizure that caused me to fall back on a hot, uncovered pipe. I was hospitalized for...
![After many years and multiple tests and medications, Ellowyn has not let her journey with epilepsy define her](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-01/eJourney%20Banner%20Ellowyn%20Kennedy_1200x630%C2%A0.jpg?itok=oEdldbrw)
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Your Epilepsy Journey Does Not Define Who You Are
In May 2015, I had my first electroencephalography (EEG) and was diagnosed with epilepsy. I was eight years old at the time. I had developed...
![Jennifer is sharing her eJourney to spread awareness about epilepsy](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-12/Jennifer%20Thul%201200x630%20eJourney%20Banner.jpg?itok=n8fWfW87)
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Spreading Awareness Through Sharing My Story
My epilepsy journey is not one I chose or one I could have ever imagined, but it is the path that was chosen for me. Epilepsy is like a shadow, it...
![Chelle is sharing her eJourney as an epilepsy lifestyle advocate](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-10/Chelle%20eJourney%20Banner%201200x630.jpg?itok=Cnk3RxsU)
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Monday, October 31, 2022
Sharing My Journey as an Epilepsy Lifestyle Advocate
Four years ago, my life changed forever. I was working as an emergency room nurse during a night shift when I suddenly felt a little lightheaded and...
![Tori is sharing her eJourney about how epilepsy changed her life, but she keeps fighting to pursue her dreams](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-06/Tori%20Woods%20eJourney%20Banner%201200x630.jpg?itok=8VUFgNLP)
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Epilepsy Changed My Life, but I Won’t Stop Fighting
When I was 18 years old and in the first half of my freshman year of college, I got a concussion that changed my life. It was a minor one, but...