Comments on: The Truth About It http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/ NaBloPoME, all month long! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: loralee http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-207 loralee Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:31:22 +0000 http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-207 I can pull it up now. Yay! (I still can't from my computer but it's fine on the laptop. So...Problem on my end not yours!) My sister has epilepsy. Well, she has a "Seizure" disorder. It isn't true epilepsy. She has brain damage and it caused very erratic behavior all her life. It has gotten very, very bad. It isn't well controlled with meds any more (Unlike most forms of epilepsy). She had an implant surgically put in that shocks her and prevents a lot of her seizures. It has really helped (AND helped her depression. They said that makes sense since it is a mild form of shock therapy in a way. These seizures of hers started and incoherent babble and rapid eye movement and progressed to huge, grand mals. I am very used to them but it scares people to death. I've learned if I just stay calm, so will they. MM is right...It's just the way it is. I can pull it up now. Yay! (I still can’t from my computer but it’s fine on the laptop. So…Problem on my end not yours!)

My sister has epilepsy. Well, she has a “Seizure” disorder. It isn’t true epilepsy. She has brain damage and it caused very erratic behavior all her life. It has gotten very, very bad. It isn’t well controlled with meds any more (Unlike most forms of epilepsy). She had an implant surgically put in that shocks her and prevents a lot of her seizures. It has really helped (AND helped her depression. They said that makes sense since it is a mild form of shock therapy in a way.

These seizures of hers started and incoherent babble and rapid eye movement and progressed to huge, grand mals. I am very used to them but it scares people to death. I’ve learned if I just stay calm, so will they.

MM is right…It’s just the way it is.

]]> By: Erika http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-206 Erika Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:01:12 +0000 http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-206 Testing. Heard an ugly rumor that some can't comment, it's all lies I tell you, lies. Testing. Heard an ugly rumor that some can’t comment, it’s all lies I tell you, lies.

]]> By: Masked Mom http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-205 Masked Mom Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:47:02 +0000 http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-205 My Baby Brother has seizures that are currently uncontrolled--they've been tinkering with his meds for it seems like years now. Looked at surgery but he wasn't a good candidate because the scar tissue they believe is causing them is too small and inaccesible to risk it. It's funny about the at peace thing--even though he's not my child, I've been there for lots and lots of seizures and you do come to a point where you realize it's just the way it is. And Jacob knowing how much you love him? I think it's something they get at a deep level even when they don't consciously seem aware of it. My Baby Brother has seizures that are currently uncontrolled–they’ve been tinkering with his meds for it seems like years now. Looked at surgery but he wasn’t a good candidate because the scar tissue they believe is causing them is too small and inaccesible to risk it. It’s funny about the at peace thing–even though he’s not my child, I’ve been there for lots and lots of seizures and you do come to a point where you realize it’s just the way it is.

And Jacob knowing how much you love him? I think it’s something they get at a deep level even when they don’t consciously seem aware of it.

]]> By: little miss http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-204 little miss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:26:03 +0000 http://www.dryink.org/2007/10/24/the-truth-about-it/#comment-204 Some day he will get it, part of me feels that he already does- even if you don't see it. Some day he will get it, part of me feels that he already does- even if you don’t see it.

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