I had my testing done at UCSF. I was averaging 20-30 seizures aweek.
Spent a week in the telemetry unit and didn't have a one. LOL After 8
days they got what they wanted. :}
One of the best feelings of the testing is the person that comes in a
lubes the electrodes as they itch something firece. I had a "sitter" a
person that will activate the cameras if I had a seizure, very nice
people and loved to talk.
You'll most likely have med students come in and talk to you. I gave
them all my, "Your not god" talk, boy they got out of there in a hurry.
All in all, they pinned my seizures to my right hippocampus and took it
out in 1999.
Relax and take a few good movies.

Chris

I had that done in December at Vancouver General Hospital. I was in the unit
for 7 days - on the 6th day (2nd day with no meds), I had 8 seizures. They
only needed to see 3 or 4. Apparently some people are in there for 3 weeks
without having any - others have enough on the first day. Having that many
seizures in one day really took alot out of me - I'd never had more than 2.
I still don't feel quite up to speed, 2 months later.
In my case, the testing was successful and the surgery is scheduled for
March 3rd - they are removing a piece of my right temporal lobe.
Boredom (and having to stay in bed) was the worst part, but having my
portable MP3 player was a lifesaver. Music makes the time go by so much
faster! I mostly read books and watched TV to keep busy. I lucked out
because TV costs $13.50 per day, but after I paid for one day, they forgot
to de-activate it. When she discovered the mistake on my last day, the tech
said I'd have to pay and I said fine, send me a bill - I don't keep that
kind of cash on me. So she said never mind, as long as I didn't tell anyone.
(I guess she'd have been in trouble.) I considered it a Christmas present
from the hospital.

Howdy!

I had mine done at the University of  Rochester (NY) Medical Center.

They call it "Long Term Monitoring" here.

The first one wasn't precise enough so they did it again. The second one was
"Invasive Monitoring" where they place the electrodes directly on the
surface of the brain instead of on the scalp.

Do they provide monitors for you or do you have to provide your own? When I
had mine done there had to be another person around all the time just to
make sure that all of my obvious seizures got flagged on the videotape &
eeg.

I had a button that I pushed whenever I felt a seizure coming on. This
marked the eeg and videotape. If I had a seizure without any forewarning,
the person in the room with me pushed the button.