Would like to send you another welcome to you too Mischa. Is a good group here.
Sometimes drs are to quick to diagnose and or it just never hurts to get that 2nd opinion. I was on a
shoe-box of meds until got a second opinion and then just went to Carbamazepime (tegretol generic) and
divalproex sodium.Both of these have worked wonders for me and have been on for years now. Yes have the odd
breakthrough but that is normal I guess.
Am so happy for you .. words can't tell. You can do anything you want to do if you really want to achieve it
and you are living proof. Take care and keep smiling.
Julie
Julie Hope
epilepsyhealth@sasktel.net
http://www.2betrhealth.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mischa" <mischa25@aol.com>
To: <epilepsy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:26 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Mischa
Hi Millie, thank you for your welcome letter. I am studying my general education and in the process of
obtaining my AA. I want to transfer to get a history degree and work at the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington DC as a historian. And fortunately no, I am not in a wheelchair. I am so glad my mom didn't listen
to that doctor.
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "Millie Myers" <mylmy@...> wrote:
>
> Mischa,
>
> Welcome to our group. What are you studying in college?
> Are you in a wheel chair?
>
> Aren't we glad for second opinions?
>
> Millie
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mischa
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:50 PM
> Subject: [epilepsy] Hello
>
>
>
> My name is Mischa Kennedy. I am 20 years old and I am a college student. have cerebral palsy (left side
> hemiplegia), right side open-lipped schizencephaly and focal seizures. Schizencephaly is a rare brain
> disorder that causes splits or clefts in the brain. This is what causes my seizures. Most people who have
> this condition are unable to live without constant care. I was diagnosed at nine months old. The doctor who
> diagnosed me suggested to my mother that I be institutionalized because I would never be able to live a
> normal life. Fortunately, my mom went and got a second opinion from a different neurologist, who said I was
> a "miracle case". I stopped having seizures at 6 years old after taking Tegretol. I was seizure-free until I
> was 14. I had two seizures in April and July of 2005. I was put on Topamax, which had weird side effects. I
> couldn't think of words to put in sentences. So, I was taken off the Topamax and I was put on Carbatrol,
> which works very well. I have had two se
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>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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