My "right temporal lobe resection" is scheduled for Thursday... now I'm
starting to get nervous! I haven't been sleeping very well, and had 3
seizures last week as a result - just in case I was thinking of chickening
out, guess my brain decided to give me a reminder! ;)

I got this note below, that was sent to a bunch of people she used to write
off the group, and thought I should copy it here.   G. -->
Hi everyone:
Hilary asked me to let you all know that the surgery has been completed and

As all the people I've heard of in the past that have died of SUDEP were
young adults in their twenties, the most recent being James Hirst who
sadly died at only 21 years old just before Christmas, it made me a little
curious not just about SUDEP itself, but of the age you are at ...

I sort of jumped in here without introducing my self.
Not very good at this kinda stuff so I'll just do it best I can.
I have ahd epilespy since I was 9 months old. I went through several
bouts of Viral Meningitits and Viral Ensphilitis in a 3 month time

Hi, i am wondering if anyone can tell me about my seizures. My doc has been
getting me and my partner to log down when a seizure happens. It has come to
us that i have around 0-3 a day from 4-7 days a week. the less i have a week
the longer the seizure is.

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My son, aged 6, has just been diagnosed with Complex Partial Seizure
Disorder (through an EEG). He has been having learning problems at
school, and also had speech and language problems for many years - the
first sign that something was wrong.  The diagnosis hit us for six and

Hi, my name is Patty.  I have a 9 year old daughter who has a mass of
medical problems.  To start with she was born dead, and died three
times the day she was born.  The IV antibiotics they gave her at birth
caused her to go nearly fully deaf until age 3.  From birth to 3 every

I have been getting nose bleeds the past couple weeks (one or two a
week). I had been staying at my daughter's, so attributed them to the
dry hot air in her home, but today I got one here at my place.
Anyone have problems with gabapenten as far as getting a nosebleed??????????