[epilepsy] Re: EEG Result

Saturday, March 28, 2009

[epilepsy] Re: EEG Result

Well Steve, my Neuro did advise 30% of all epileptics return normal EEGs.
What's frustrating is that she ordered 2 EEGs in 3 months time and at $252 each [as I'm self pay] - damn! LOL.

She said the more EEGs one takes, eventually they will show something.

Now this absence sz I had 1 week ago [1 week after the last EEG], well I called and told my Neuro's Nurse, yet no one calls me back.
I don't understand this.
Since I haven't been diagnosed yet, wouldn't they be concerned?

I do have an April 8th appointment...and trust me, Steve, my cup is ALWAYS half full...so if I admit I'm a little addled, that's okay.

Thanks for your support. :)

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--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "no_seizures_since_surgery" <stephenpales@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Pat,
>
> Remember, an EEG with normal results isn't telling you that you don't have epilepsy. Its simply telling you that during the test, you didn't have areas in brains causing spikes of electrical activity in your brain which would be seen on the graphs. That's all its telling you. If extra electrical activity was shown (during the test) it would be able to tell where in the brain it was happening simply because all the different wires pasted to your brain is detecting from different areas in the brain! In my 33 1/2 years of epilepsy, was always shown as normal. The only time activity was found was when during a 4 day VEEG it appeared allot then.
>
> Come on now Pat, don't get all stressed out about it now, that you should have done during the EEG since stress brings on seizures (smile)! Take care Pat, keep a smile on your face!
>
> Steve
>
> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "pat040394" <ltpat228@> wrote:
> >
> > It was normal.
> >
> > Had an absence petit mal last Sunday but noooooooooo, the friggin EEG taken 1 week earlier was normal!
> >
> > I've had it, man - just about had it.
> >
> > All these tests and still no diagnosis.
> >
>

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