Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] Advice for my son.



Hi Melloney!  Welcome to the group.  My name is Tristin.  I'm 25 years old, and I have temporal lobe epilepsy.  I remember what life with epilepsy was like as a teenager.  It's not easy, and it draws on your emotions, confidence, and self esteem sometimes.  I know what your son is going through.  In his case, I would just be truthful.  It sounds like his seizures are under control with his meds.  If I were him, I would just be open and honest.  I wouldn't make the topic of "epilepsy" a whole conversation with a future employer, but I would bluntly say or write what needs to be said... just that he has epilepsy.  If your son has to fill out some health questions, like I said, I would keep it as brief and blunt as possible..... maybe just the word "epilepsy" or "seizures."  I wouldn't go into a whole lot of detail in writing.  When/if the employer asks about his seizures/epilepsy, I would then explain the issue with a little more
detail.... Briefly describe what epilepsy and describe his seizures, if one were to happen, and let them know that his seizures are currently under control.
 
Hope this helps,
Tristin Seagraves :)

--- On Mon, 6/29/09, melloney.garner <melloney.garner@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:

From: melloney.garner <melloney.garner@yahoo.co.nz>
Subject: [epilepsy] Advice for my son.
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 9:08 PM

Hi, I'm a new member and I'm looking for some advice for my son. He is 15 years old and has had epilepsy for the las 18 months (seizures and absence seizures). He has good control now with his medication and hasnt had a seizure in 6 months.
He has been looking for a after-school job and never knows what to say in the application form "health" questions. He knows he should mention his epilepsy but doesn't want to scare off a prospective employer.
What should he write?

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

__._,_.___
Just a friendly reminder: Please remember to sign your post and remember to clean up messages when you reply to them.  This is especially important if you are on digest.  This not only helps out the list owner but, it makes messages much easier to read when they arrive in our inboxes.

Recent Activity
Visit Your Group
Dog Groups

on Yahoo! Groups

Share pictures &

stories about dogs.

Y! Groups blog

The place to go

to stay informed

on Groups news!

Yahoo! Groups

Mom Power

Just for moms

Join the discussion

.

__,_._,___

No comments:

Post a Comment