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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / November 2006PS is there any one out
there that had a seizure and got in trouble with the law ?? tell me if you did PLEASE you wont belive my story.. thats what they said we dont buy your story of not rembering anything > there that had a seizure and got in trouble with the law ?? tell me if > you did PLEASE you wont belive my story.. thats what they said we dont > buy your story of not rembering anything Howdy! I almost got arrested once for shoplifting... I was in a store and had a seizure. Apparantly I took a little jar of baby food, stuck it in my pocket and walked out the door. (I'm a bachelor.) If you live in the USA, I would strongly suggest that you have a talk with somebody at your local chapter of the ACLU. Dave thanks very much dave will look in too it > there that had a seizure and got in trouble with the law ?? tell me if > you did PLEASE you wont belive my story.. thats what they said we dont > buy your story of not rembering anything I got on a bus once in mid-seizure when some people stopped me to ask for directions. The driver didn't know it was a seizure. I needed a letter from my 2 Doctors and the case (Transportation Fraud = not paying), was thrown out of court. G./ sounds some what like mine. but i had a car wreck and went too jail. and i dont remember any of it woke up in jail. the nurse telling me you had us really worried.. you had a really bad grand mal seizure. she goes did any one ask to take you too the hosp.. i could not even remember my home ph. real bad thing they burned me real bad on this one. i did not even know i had seizurs.. they thought i was crazy the law said BTW: For those who don't live in the USA... The ACLU is The American Civil Liberties Union. Lots of people think that they are a real pain in the arse but they love to sink their teeth into situations that fall between the cracks. They helped me out one time and I've been a member ever since! Dave > BTW: For those who don't live in the USA... > > The ACLU is The American Civil Liberties Union. > Lots of people think that they are a real pain in the arse > but they love to sink their teeth into situations that fall > between the cracks. They helped me out one time and > I've been a member ever since! > > Dave It really bugs me that the right-wing anti-ACLU propaganda has been so effective that many people dislike it and believe it is "evil", not understanding that the *ONLY* function of the ACLU is to step in when our Bill of Rights is being stepped on - and to argue (often for free) in defense of those who may be unpopular but whose rights under our constitution are being attacked. It is easy to defend the popular, but the ACLU also defends the unpopular and works to maintain our constitutional rights. Even with a meager income, I have supported this important institution for many years... BTW, I wonder if that right-wing radio windbag Rush Limbaugh ever thanked the ACLU after they defended him against illegal searches (the ACLU had often been regularly attacked by him on his show, stupidly and cavalierly, I gather...). -- David Ruether DRuether@twcny.rr.com rpn1@cornell.edu http://www.ferrario.com/ruether thanks dave im in touch with them now thanks dave im a member now thanks > there that had a seizure and got in trouble with the law ?? tell me if > you did PLEASE you wont belive my story.. thats what they said we dont > buy your story of not rembering anything I wear a bracelet identifying the fact that I am epileptic and have a VNS device, not for the paramedics, but for law enforcement. I don't trust cops farther than they can throw me, hyuk, hyuk. ? what is a vns > ? what is a vns Vagus Nerve Stimulator. See my site: The VNS From A Patient's Point Of View http://www.howdydave.com/vns.html Dave thanks dave :) >? what is a vns Sorry it took so long to get back to you... a VNS is a pacemaker-like device attached to the "Vagus nerve". It sends little electric stimuli to this one nerve at regular intervals, with the hopes of lowering seizure frequency. So far, all I can say is that I may be sleeping better. I haven't had the implant in long enough to have noticed a change in my epilepsy... but I only had my seizures about once a month, and the device isn't at full capacity yet, so it's too early to tell. I do have to be cautious now about airport screeners and CAT/MRI scans because of the device... and especially police TASERS, of course. When I went to Las Vegas last month, I just got a pat down in the airport instead of going through the screener. No big deal. I brought a doctor's note... but they didn't need that. I just went into the line with all the other people needing special medical attention. The surgery for me was no big deal... if it weren't for the fact that it was a general anesthesia, I would have walked out of there much faster, but they had to follow protocols. I scarfed down my muffin very quickly after the surgery. I have a very small scar on my neck and another on my chest, from the surgery, both about 3 inches long. If I puff my chest out really far, you can see a faint ring of the device on the left side of my chest... kinda weird. -Salami Man thanks for the info im not for sure were i stand with this yet i think iv had it longer than i know the meds dont seam to be working > thanks for the info im not for sure were i stand with this yet i think > iv had it longer than i know the meds dont seam to be working It had been a good five years since the doctors found out about my epilepsy and first started with Dilantin. It was pretty obvious for us that we had to start thinking about something else when the neurologist started writing that my epilepsy was "Intractable" on my receipt. If this device goes well, we -may- slowly work off of the Dilantin. I'll probably be on at least one medication (Topamax and some Dilantin, depending on how well this device works) for the rest of my life. thanks for the info you have been very helpful thanks for the info :)
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