Kevin,
It is only in the modern translations that it says epilepsy.
Personally, I don't think I have demons -- which they call "it"
in the King James.
Millie
> Hi Tristin,
> When I was born the drs were saying that I had petit mal seizures and they
> were thinking I will grow out of it by the time I reach 15 years old, but
> instead it turned to Partial Complex, then one Dr said, I doubt that you
> will grow out of this you will most likely be on medication the rest of
> your life. So it was then that I realized I will have to deal with this
> forever. I just don't feel too bad since my Nephew who is now about 22 has
> the same kind of seizures, and my neice who is now dead because her
> seizure caused her to suffocate, she too was born with epilepsy. Seems
> like it runs through the family. I was just the first one in the family
> that everyone was aware of.
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> Two things give me much hope though. In reading the bible two translations
> have it in Matthew 17:15 (NKJV) Lord have mercy on my son, for he is an
> epileptic...
> and is suffering...
> Jesus did heal that boy. So I have shiften much attention into bible
> study and have taken ministry very strongly. Just the thought that "Jesus
> healed an Epileptic" says to me that my problem is not something God can't
> handle.
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> That keeps me in good spirits most of the time. Back then I thought I had
> some rare disease or something and I am very surprised at the number of
> persons at present who have epilepsy.
>
> Housekat / Kevin Knight
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> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
> wrote:
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>> Hey Kevin,
>> Until my recent left temporal lobectomy (11-12-08), my seizures
>> were never under control with meds. It didn't take too long for my
>> neurologist to diagnose what kind of seizures I have, but then again, my
>> seizures got worse, and I started having different kinds of seizures
>> over time. I've always had partial seizures. At 9 years old, I started
>> having tonic clonic seizures, and when I hit puberty, I started having
>> complex partial seizures. Over the years, it's been a mixture of
>> different kinds of seizures for me.
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>> Happy 4th of July,
>> Tristin Seagraves :)
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>> --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Kevin <kevluvskats@
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>> From: Kevin <kevluvskats@
>> Subject: [epilepsy] How long did it take for your Drs to figure out what
>> kind of seizures you have?
>> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
>> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7:05 PM
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>> What kind and how long to figure out exactly what medicines are the
>> right ones for you? It took about 40 years for them to figure mine out.
>> They were back and forth on the issue of whether mine were epileptic or
>> psychological. The NYC Hospitals 17 of them total were of no help.
>> Things started getting better in 1996 when Emory University Hospital in
>> Atlanta GA reasoned that if my seizures are always at night, then they
>> can't find out anything in the day. So they pushed aside all the
>> previous medical records and had me stay overnight and realized what was
>> going on. Right Temporal lobe as they said, then they gave me Keppra and
>> Tegretol and improvement came. Then in University of Nebraska Med Ctr,
>> with EEG video monitor, EKG, MRI and Cat Scan, they figured it started
>> in the right temporal lobe but spread only as far as the frontal lobe.
>> So they changed from Tegretol to Trileptal. So Keppra and Trileptal have
>> been much better at controlling them, so now its
>> only about once every 2 months if I'm careful about the way I eat.
>> Constipation always prompts one so I'm very nervous and careful about
>> what I eat. Some Drs also claim Psychological fears also have triggered
>> them but mostly they are epileptic and only partially psychological.
>> Now things are okay. I don't like that it took soooooo long to get an
>> answer but at least they know and have given me the right meds now.
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>> Housekat / Kevin Knight
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