Each Journey Is Unique
As with many great ideas, the eJourney initiative came from a conversation with leaders in our community. Board members Camila Coelho and Cynthia Hudson suggested a new approach to telling the stories behind the fight against epilepsy. Please join Camila, Cynthia and many, many more in this brave act of standing up against epilepsy. The eJourney is yours, and we want to share it far and wide.
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Epilepsy Does Not Define You
My name is Jaylin Ruiz, I am twenty years old, and I have epilepsy. I had my first seizure at the age of 13. I honestly thought I was having multiple...
You’re Not Alone in Your Epilepsy Journey
My name is Joe Rodriguez, and I am 27 years old. I suffered from seizures very early in childhood. At that time, I thought I was just experiencing...
Making a Difference Together
Our family’s epilepsy story began in 2014 when our daughter Brynleigh started having focal onset impaired awareness seizures (complex partial seizures...
Epilepsy Changed Everything
My daughter, Stephanie Ann Kuells, was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 14 when she was a freshman in high school. She experienced her first...
Sharing My Story to Educate Others
My son was 5 years old when he witnessed my first tonic-clonic seizure. After I came to, I heard him yelling, "Mom!" I was 28 years old at the time...
Your Epilepsy Story Makes You Stronger
When I was 50 years old, I was diagnosed with epilepsy for the very first time. I had it my entire life, but somehow, I went through life without...
Sharing My Story to Overcome My Fears
My name is LaQuida Jackson, I am 36 years old, and I have epilepsy. I was born prematurely at six months and weighed 1 pound and 15 ounces. I was...
Make Connections that Count
The first time I had a seizure was the scariest experience of my life. I was standing in my kitchen, and everything was normal up until five seconds...
Put Your Health First
When I was 34 years old, during an especially exciting and fulfilling time in my life, I suddenly had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure in the middle...
Don’t Let Epilepsy Hold You Back
I was born in 1992 and have lived with epilepsy for most of my life. I was 9 years old when I first started showing signs of epilepsy, but it wasn't...