I have had epilepsy for over 35 years, nighttime seizures, but I am able to ski. I go out to Utah every year and ski 5 out of the 7 I am there with my family. As long as you do not overexert yourself and drain the medication out of your blood before you take it again, skiing should not be a problem. Also, check to see if you would be able to take an extra pill on days you feel too much was done.
Ed
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From: almaxnic34 <NickyVinall@
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 3:44:18 AM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Ski ing and epilepsy
Thank-you. It is a hard decision...thoughts go to you too.
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com, "Jamie" <cnmjmaloney@ ...> wrote:
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> Oh my gosh, I am having a similar dilemma. My daughter is 8 and has been snowboarding for a couple of years. She was just diagnosed with epi and her episodes are only at night. We also owna ski boat which we havent used for over a year but she skiis too. We are thinking about if we should take her snowboarding again this year, my husband says o course we should. I worry about the lifts, I am there now with her toa ssit her if she needs help but I worry about later on. She is about to return to gumnastics but still is not allowed on the high beam or climbing.
> I kind of wish we were not into these particular sports, they are some of the more dangerous, I don' know if I would introduce them at this point if she wasn't already into them? I understand your struggle and I think you have to decide what is best for your son. Megan has a helmit for sowboarding but still I know it can be a deadly sport.
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> Good Luck with your decision,
> Jamie
> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com, "almaxnic34" <NickyVinall@ > wrote:
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> > I need some advice/ suggestions. My 6 year old son is epileptic, but currently has been controlled with Lamotigine for 6 months. He wants to learn to ski, my husband thinks that he shouldn't since it may be asking for trouble in the future. I take the view that as long as we take the appropriate precautions, it is OK to start and then review later as he gets older, since it will be a while before he is out and about too much (we don't ski).
> > I (we) try to ensure that he has a normal a life as possible, so with things like swimming at school, I go too etc.
> > Thoughts please.
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