Trish ,
Thanks. Sounds like some procedure -- but sounds like it is necessary to
know if surgery would be good for you.
Millie
> Millie,
> It is a piece of some clear material that has EEG leads on it and they
> place it on your brain where ever your seizures come from.then they put a
> small hole on top of your head to put the leads through and the leads go
> to a machine that the doctor can manipulate the leads to see what happens
> if anything to your body IE like i was talking to my friend as he did
> somethings to the leads and I was looking away from him and boom I was
> looking at him without even realizing what had happened.he also made my
> big toe move and my throat to gag shut.lots of other stuff to see if I was
> a good candidate for surgery. That is how he realized that to much of my
> left side would be compromised.
> in.and taken out. but I believe they also do it awake during surgery to
> make sure they don't interrupt the parts that the patient needs.
>
>
>
> Trish (jiminycricketblue)
>
> --- On Sun, 8/2/09, mylmy@bnin.net <mylmy@bnin.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: mylmy@bnin.net <mylmy@bnin.net>
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] brain surgery
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
> Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 6:44 PM
>
>
>
>
> Trish,
>
> Wow! What a time you have had!
>
> Quite a few have mentioned that they had a grid installed (I think)
> in their head or brain. Can you tell me what that is? Do they put
> you out to do it?
>
> Millie
>
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