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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...
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...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Shedding Light on the Struggles of Living With Epilepsy
I remember the first time I had an absence seizure . I was in my fifth-grade math class when I decided to raise my hand to answer a question asked by...
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...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
I Am 1 in 26
In 1970, I became one of the 26 individuals who developed epilepsy in their lifetime. At the time, my diagnosis was verbal auditory agnosia, which...
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...
Friday, February 17, 2023
Managing My Life with Epilepsy
I was nine years old when I had my first seizure. It was a snowy, cold winter day, and I was playing a hockey game at Norwich University with my team...
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...
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...
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...