Hi Millie,
You asked why I continued to play tennis if they brought on seizures! Well, in simple words, I've always been a tennis bum! My father taught me, my brother and my sister the game when we where kids in the 60s and 70s. Here we are now at 51, 49, and 46 all continuing to play the game we love! In all reality, its my social life! Able to be with others not just the running around or execution of the game. But it always gave me the opertunity to be with others on equal ground! Off court my experiances in life wheren't the same because of my epilepsy and learning disability. On the court, we where the same! Very often I was better. If I had a seizure, who cares!!! Tennis brought me through my tuffest times in life. It got my mind off my life and into the game! Playing competitively gave me something to look forward to each week! Playing in different leagues and on different teams as well as social tennis got me through so much! If it wasen't for that, with few friends most my life, tennis carried me through what was basicly a very fustrating life! So, you ask why did I play tennis if it brought on seizures? Well, in all reality, tennis is was kept me alive, gave me something to look forward to each day, each week every single year since being a child! So, I never cared or worried about having seizures on a tennis court! I would rather have a seizure on court than not be able to be out with others in the game I've loved all my life! The people I meet, talk with, know, are the people who know me the most (smile)! Off court I was different, on court, I was no different if not better and happier! That's why I kept playing tennis, seizures or no seizures (giant smile)! And now, I can drive my car rather than bicycle to places so much farther away rather than having to bicycle to and from (big smile)! Take care, keep a smile on your face!
Steve
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
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> Steve,
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> I don't understand why you continued to play tennis
> if you knew that breathing hard would bring on a sz.
>
> Millie
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> I've had epilepsy since 1975. In all those years I never noticed any type
> > of trigger from foods! My triggers I knew very very well. I was very
> > light sensitive so everything in that area brought on seizures for me. As
> > well as stress and not enough sleep each day. Breathing hard usually
> > brought on seizures for me also. So, I knew when I was doing any of those
> > things, LOOK OUT! Oh my gosh I can't tell you how many seizures I had
> > while playing tennis (big smile) over the years with so any different
> > people. Sometimes they came, sometimes they didn't. Its just when
> > involved in one of those triggers, I knew very well that I was increasing
> > the chance of a seizure. But hey, I learned my seizures come, my seizures
> > go as I live my normal life (smile)! Take care, keep a smile on your
> > face!
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
> >>
> >> Once you know and understand your triggers, you definitely realize that
> >> the seizure you have this week may be
> >> triggered by something altogether different. Then again too it can be
> >> that for this particular seizure you
> >> need several triggers to set it into motion. It depends where abouts
> >> your seizure threshold is at. I can
> >> have a seizure today by just going into a store and the lighting effect
> >> and hassle and bustle, tomorrows
> >> seizure can be triggered by something altogether different.
> >> For different people different things and each seizure different.
> >> Julie
> >>
> >> Julie Hope
> >> epilepsyhealth@
> >> http://www.2betrhea
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tammy Wolfgram" <tammy@>
> >> To: <epilepsy@yahoogroup
> >> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:38 AM
> >> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Miracle in progress I hope
> >>
> >>
> >> HI Laura,
> >>
> >> I just wanted to say that possible triggers are not triggers for all
> >> people. If you suspect that certain foods or additives are triggers
> >> for you, test them by eliminating one at a time for a period and
> >> seeing what happens. The length of time necessary is partly dependent
> >> on how frequently you normally have seizures. For example, if you
> >> normally have several seizures a day, you will be able to tell more
> >> quickly than if you usually only have a seizure a week or a couple in
> >> a month. If you are not sure which foods or additives to test, keep a
> >> food/seizure diary to see if you notice any patterns.
> >>
> >> Food and food additives are not triggers for everyone, so I don't
> >> think it's warranted for everyone to do this. You probably have a
> >> better idea of what triggers you have than anyone else can.
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >> Tammy
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> makes messages much easier to read when they arrive in our inboxes.
> >>
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