what causes your seizures as my doctor doesnt' knwo what brings on mine. I just know if I have less sleep that I get bad migraines and I have silent seizures.
From: Steve <stephenpales@yahoo.com>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Change in memory
Hi Doris,
That is a question that when I'm feeling really down, I ask myself. Was surgery worth it? My answer is a giant YES! Yes my memory is worse, yes it gets king of frustrating at times also. BUT, I can drive, I can go when and where I choose. I can do things I couldn't do in the past because of seizures. I'm now not limited on how much time I spend on my computer, or time on tv, how many hours I am near bright lights also. And, I'm needing 1-2 hours less sleep each day. Not being scared of seizures being triggered by so many different things even gets my daily life away from thinking epilepsy 24/7 though it's remember because of instances regulary with memory all the time. I'm so different since surgery, weird because I'm venturing out of the woodwork more.
Last week or a few weeks ago I was really getting down on myself allot more than usual, but that only lasted a week or so. But by what I said here, you can easily see I typed allot more positive than negative. Its been 4 3/4 years since surgery and I'm still seizure free!
Oh also, It was 91 degrees and very humid in the Chicago suburbs on Wednesday. I took the day off work, went with a friend into the forest preserves and hiked with her from trail to trail totally hiking 13 miles! If I hadn't had surgery, I wouldn't have lasted that long without a seizure. And yes, I am still young, I'm only 53 years young (smile).
So, so glad I had the surgery! Take care, keep a smile on your face!
Steve
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "DorisY" <dorisellen@...> wrote:
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> If you knew a possible side-effect of brain surgery is the difficulty it causes with memory, especially current memory, would you have still had the surgery? I find that this was not explained or even mentioned when I had left temporal about 12 years ago now. The apprehension concerning how much more this will affect memory is a super big thing I think about so often. I wonder if the same side effect still happens with those getting this surgery now. Post surgery, my day seizures completely stopped however nocturnal ones began and I still get these and take Lamictal. Just wonderning what you think and how you may be dealing with this. Thanks.
> Doris
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