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Wednesday, June 26, 2024
My Son Is an Epilepsy Warrior
My son, the second of four boys, was a very healthy child who led a very typical life. He was active in school, had a lot of friends, and he was...
Monday, June 24, 2024
Never Stop Advocating for Yourself
In December 2010, at 7 years old, I suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm. With a 20% chance of survival, I defied the odds and had my aneurysm clipped...
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Never Give Up
I was in my 40s when epilepsy became part of my life, and I never expected it to go in that direction. For a while, I had absence seizures, with...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Don’t Be Afraid To Talk About Epilepsy
I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2018 at the age of 52. The type of seizures that I experience are focal impaired awareness seizures. What I was...
Wednesday, June 05, 2024
I Am an Epilepsy Warrior
My first seizure took place at the young age of 3 while in my father’s arms. Before my official diagnosis of epilepsy, I found myself constantly...
Thursday, May 30, 2024
I Want to Inspire Others With Epilepsy
I first started having night terrors at the age of 6 and was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 7. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, and I was...
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Sharing Matthew’s Epilepsy Journey
My journey with epilepsy began in May of 2020. My son, Matthew, who was three years old at the time, was diagnosed with epilepsy at the height of the...
Thursday, May 09, 2024
Overcoming Epilepsy as a Student Athlete
I began experiencing signs of epilepsy during my first year of high school in the middle of the golf season. I love to golf and played in the Junior...
Friday, May 03, 2024
Sharing My Journey With Seizures
I have been dealing with epilepsy for seven years. My first seizure happened when I was 35. It was on Christmas Day in 2016. My mother found me face...
Friday, April 26, 2024
Inspiring Others With Epilepsy Like Me
My name is Liv. I was diagnosed with epilepsy around 10 years old, and it has been quite a journey. I have been diagnosed with generalized epilepsy...