Conversation Between Elaine H and RanMan

Hi Elaine, haven't heard from you in a while.
Happy New Year, hope 2011 is seizure free, and no "wobblers"
BTW ~ How's the book comming along?

Hi Lainey!!!!

Sorry to hear that your summer is going so bad and you're so down in the dumps.
Now with the Fall comming and the kids going back to school, the job market should ease up a little and you might have a better chance to find a job.

My summer was crap too.
My 28 year old daughter ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks (one week intensive care) due to a massive pulminary ambolism which was the result of a previous injury from a fall. That worried the hell out of me.
So I basically spent the whole summer looking after her.
She's o-kay now and is getting ready to return to work in October. (she's a corrections officer for ppl under 18 yo) but is looking for something else less physical but in the same field.

TTFN
Randy

Hi Hun

Good to hear from you, hope all is good with you? I'm seizure free at last!! I just wish that I could say the rest of my life was good, I have never felt so low in my entire life as I do at the moment. I cannot get a job anywhere, and I'm just about at my wits end trying, the recession in this country is getting worse, and there are no jobs. I am sick of having no money, no challenges, no social life, and just existing instead of living, I'm spending most days in tears at the moment, and most of the time on my own. Sorry to sound so miserable, but I'm the world's worst liar!

Anyway, I hope you are well, and that you had a better Summer over there than we had here?

Cheers
Lainey
xx

Hi Laney?
How's your summer going so far?
BTW ~ How's the book comming?

Hi Lainey, havn't heard from you in a while. How's the book comming?
Had any "wobblies" lately?

I've been having these really weird auras lately. For the last couple of weeks ~ in the evenings if I'm watching TV I imagine that I see spiders running accross the floor in front of me. It really creeps me out (but I keep it to myself or my wife thinks I'm nuts.

Anyway, don't know what it's like there but here in Hamilton, Ont, Canada we are in the middle of a massive heat wave, temps. in celceus are 29, 29.31 so far.

BTW ~ is the Iceland volcanic ash affecting your weather?

TTFN Randy

Re: Your PM to me that was cut short b/c too many characters, why don't you send me an e-mail instead and that way you can say as much as you like.

Happy Birthday Elaine.

Hi There
I just typed out a really long rattling reply to you and was told it was too long, and to cut it by 727 characters, went to shrink it down a bit and it had vanished!! I have to go out in a bit, so I'll write later, I just wanted to say hello and I haven't forgotten you. I had a very nasty wobbler this morning, so I'm still feeling a bit strange, I'll drop you a line later, it's my birthday today, and I'm trying to forget I'm 47???!!! No, not really, sod it, I'm happy enough!! Catch you again soon, I hope you are ok mate?

lol
Lainey xx

Hi Lainey,
What's new with you on the job front or volunteer front?
I know that I told you on FB that I was doing great but the reality is:

Although my "seizure activity" (notice I didn't say epilepsy) has been 95% controlled since 1979, for the last 2 weeks I've been having this really strange aura.
Every evening starting at 7:00pm all I can smell is stale cigerettes and nobody smokes in the house. It has really been bothering me, and also giving me headaches.

As well, for about the past year I constantly have "neoropathy" (tingliing and numbness in my fingers and toes).
My neurologist says this is from long term use of the meds (Duh ~ do ya think?) and cannot be reversed.
I also have terrible mood swings (I'm having one now) and very poor balance, co-ordination and gait, slurred speach, ED (lots of fun there)

Other than that, I'm fine. LMFAO

Randy

Hi Randy
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this topic, I am all over the place at the moment!
If you would be happy to talk to me about your experiences with diagnosis in 1979, I would love to hear from you. I am still on the look out for an "elderly" person to talk to, someone who was diagnosed in the 30's or 40's, I think that would be a real eye opener, but if you yourself see a significant improvement in epilepsy services, it would be cool to get your perspective on things.
I hope all is well with you as we go into Spring? I'm still having probs with my complex partial's, but no auras since taking Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine) what a fantastic anti-epileptic drug that is, to rid me of those terrifying auras, only trouble is, I get no warning now before the complex partial's, I meet up with the chap this Friday, to discuss my training to be a counsellor, I just cannot wait and will let you know what happens, I'm glad you liked my photo and talk again soon.
Lainey x