Hi everyone,
I suffer partial seizures of temporal lobe, I've gone through 12 months worth of scan/examinations to establish it I'm a candidate for epilepsy. I'm on the final stretch of that, and I have an appointment to see the surgeon in June.
Those that have had it done, when did you get to THAT point, where you thought enough is enough, and surgery is the only option?...
I'm in a position where I've not been able to control my seizures, even after trying a number of drugs, but my seizures have a certain pattern to them, I'll have a cluster of maybe 5 seizures in 1-2 days, then I'd go without for 2 ish months before they return.
When I've had a period when I've not had any, it brings on alot of doubts whether I should go ahead with it. Then I'd go through a cluster of seizures where I feel I have no options, and I'd want it done.
I have no doubt there's people that have worse seizures than me, and are able to live through them, so I still can't help have doubts about if I'm going down the correct path...
At what point in your life did you feel it was time you had it done? And how do your feel now it's been done?
What doubts did you have at the time when deciding?
I'd also like to hear the thoughts of anyone in my shoes (if anyone..)
Thanks in advanced.
I suffer partial seizures of temporal lobe, I've gone through 12 months worth of scan/examinations to establish it I'm a candidate for epilepsy. I'm on the final stretch of that, and I have an appointment to see the surgeon in June.
Those that have had it done, when did you get to THAT point, where you thought enough is enough, and surgery is the only option?...
I'm in a position where I've not been able to control my seizures, even after trying a number of drugs, but my seizures have a certain pattern to them, I'll have a cluster of maybe 5 seizures in 1-2 days, then I'd go without for 2 ish months before they return.
When I've had a period when I've not had any, it brings on alot of doubts whether I should go ahead with it. Then I'd go through a cluster of seizures where I feel I have no options, and I'd want it done.
I have no doubt there's people that have worse seizures than me, and are able to live through them, so I still can't help have doubts about if I'm going down the correct path...
At what point in your life did you feel it was time you had it done? And how do your feel now it's been done?
What doubts did you have at the time when deciding?
I'd also like to hear the thoughts of anyone in my shoes (if anyone..)
Thanks in advanced.