Monday, October 26, 2009

[epilepsy] Re: CBS 60 Minutes - Sunday, October 25th, 2009

 



--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "Millie Myers" <mylmy@...> wrote:
>
> Bruce,
>
> I watched 60 Minutes tonite.
>
> Their boy had been on 25 different meds and still had szs. So he had an
> operation . If they said the name -- I don't recall. It looked like a
> VNS--
> but I thought it was put in your throat or chest-- not the head. So was
> this a
> different kind of operation?
>
> Millie
>
>

Millie,

The Axelrods' daughter, Lauren, had been put on a number of different meds that all failed until recently. However, there was a young lady on the show, Stephanie, who had a Neuropace implant (also called an RNS) that eliminated her seizures. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of? It is put inside the head, in whatever location is appropriate to help the seizures...

Take care,

Meetz

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bwm78640" <bruce903@...>
> To: <epilepsy@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:17 PM
> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: CBS 60 Minutes - Sunday, October 25th, 2009
>
>
> > Bumped up...
> >
> > If you watched it, please post some feedback.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > --- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "bwm78640" <bruce903@> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello everyone, I found out about something just last night that I'd
> >> like to bring to everyone's attention. On Sunday, October 25, 2009 the
> >> CBS - 60 Minutes is supposedly going to air a segment on CURE and
> >> epilepsy. For those of you who don't know about CURE, it is the
> >> nonprofit organization, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, and
> >> you can find out more about this organization through their website, at
> >> http://www.cureepilepsy.org
> >>
> >> This will be the very first time I have ever heard of, or even seen,
> >> in-depth information about epilepsy being aired on nationwide
> >> television. Which in my opinion and how I've seen things, means that the
> >> Epilepsy Foundation of America did not have anything to do with this
> >> upcoming presentation through the media.
> >>
> >> Now since this presentation is going to be shown on the CBS show 60
> >> Minutes, I would like to give everyone a "heads up" on how I've seen 60
> >> Minutes operate. 60 Minutes is usually scheduled to come on the air on
> >> the hour, such as 7 PM Eastern Time / 6 PM Central Time. However, if
> >> there just so happens to be some kind of sports game (football, golf,
> >> etc.) that has been scheduled to air at any point before the 60 Minutes,
> >> if the sports game last longer than expected, like if a game ends up
> >> going into overtime, what's being aired on TV is going to be lasting
> >> longer than expected. For example a game was expected to end at 4 PM,
> >> but winds up going into overtime and ends at 4:15 PM; what will follow
> >> is going to be the 30 minutes CBS Evening News, followed by 30 minutes
> >> of local news. If something like this does happen, 60 Minutes is still
> >> going to show their 1 hour-long presentation, but it will be starting at
> >> 7:15 PM Eastern Time / 6:15 PM Central Time. So for those of you who
> >> would like to record that 60 Minutes show on Sunday, October 25th, you
> >> might want to set your recorder for an extended amount of time, say
> >> maybe 30 minutes or 1 hour extra, in hopes of making sure that you
> >> record the entire 60 Minutes show.
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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