Just hoping around different epilepsy related sites, got this, wanted to share with u all..........................................
WHAT IS EPILEPSY?
It is a CONDITION or a DISORDER, not a disease.
BUT IT CAN MEAN...
People with Epilepsy are misunderstood by many.
Some are often being embarrassed in front of others.
Lack of independence by having to rely on family and friends to take you where you need to go.
Epilepsy may also limit some of the options open to you
- in getting a job, or that well deserved promotion, or sometimes even an education.
Having Epilepsy may cause you to go on a Disability allowance rather than keep on working.
Watching your life pass you by and wishing you didn't have to wake up another day with it.
Forgetting what you did, what you are doing, and often what you are supposed to do.
Knowing you have to limit and prioritize, often on a daily basis, while other people your age don't.
Feeling like an outsider to the outside world.
Looking good on the Outside, but not always feeling that way on the Inside.
Telling your children "no" to something fun they want to do because you can't drive.
Creating an idea from your heart and realizing you can’t follow it thru.
Losing control.
BUT IT CAN BE..
Knowing that Epilepsy is NOT a mental disease.
A blessing, when compared to other's "thorns in their side".
Knowing this disease will swallow you up unless you give it up to God.
Having seizures while no one knows.
Realising your limits, and that you can't do those things as others might, and then to accepts those limits which will build your character.
Remembering the joy you had doing the things you love.
Knowing that you are an individual and we are all different to the other.
Getting over the embarrassment and not letting it keep you down.
Finding out who your real friends are and being thankful for them.
Learning to look for, and appreciate the joys and blessings in your life.
Discovering yourself even if is by trial and error.
Learning to accept yourself.
Caring and sharing with others as you do understand
what they feel.
E - is for the Extra challenges that we face
P - is for the Problems, different in every case;
I - is for the Importance of a Doctor you can trust
L - is for Learning everything we must;
E - is for Everything that we need to do
P - is for the Pills that help both me & you
S - is for the Seizures we work desperately to control
Y - is for You & Me who will one day reach that goal!
You and me!
Together we can make a difference!
08-26-2011, 05:59 AM
Epilepsy 
