CBI,
Your neurologist has to do a lot of testing to see if you are a candidate
for the surgery. If you have tried all the medicine and had no success, then
it is something to consider. There are risks for anykind of surgery. I don't
know if it would be an elective, if the neurologist thought it was something
that is beneficial to you health. Where the seizures come from probably
makes a big difference in whether you are a candidate or not. Mine are in
the left temporal lobe. I don't know if can make them worse or not. It
improved the ones I had when I had the surgery done.If you talk to your
neurologist about it and they can't do it themselves, they would probably
send you to a doctor that knows something about it and if you are able to
have it done or not.It took months to get the testing overwith and when I
was in the hospital after surgery, I was there 3 days and then got to come
home. It takes some time to get back on your feet.I was glad I had it done.
I still have seizures, but not near as many.If there is anything else I can
help with, write anytime. Take care.
Tammy
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:43 PM, CBI <cbicook@yahoo.
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> There has been a lot of reference to those having surgery. Can someone(s)
> explain what makes a person a candidate to have surgery? Is it the number of
> seizures one has, the location in their brain that they begin, inability to
> gain control using medications or what? I keep reading about these
> surgery's and don't know where to start to find out if it would work for
> me. How does insurance cover these? Is it considered elective? Is it
> beyond experimental. What are the risks? Could you worsen the level and
> type of seizures you currently have? Do you need to be at a major medical
> facility to have this surgery or are more and more hospitals capable of
> performing it?
> How much time must one take or have available to complete this process and
> continue back to work?
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> I know these are a lot of questions. I'm sure there are some good WEB
> sites to explain it and I confess I have not looked at them yet. I'd like
> to get the group's opinion and recommendations on this process. Thanks.
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