Driving has given me access to healthy places where they have organic food, three gyms where I workout regularly, an absolutely necessary drug store and a better escape from getting out of my routine routes and daily grind. The freedom is great, but all I need is one idiot without epilepsy to cause an accident. That damages my car, my freedom, my way to my job, a potential query by a police as to whether I'm guilty, higher insurance premiums if they still accept me, and a potential suspension of a license.
I do like to workout. Access to gyms helps me stay out of the heat for a stress busting workout. If weather isn't too cold or hot, I do take a regular walk outdoors. It's amazing how one can get a fresh perspective from that exercise.
I do walk to the grocery store with a basket. I live with the philosophy that if I cannot carry stuff around the store, then I probably cannot carry it for that mile back home. And, it limits me from buying excessive junk.
I do try to stay away from gluten, soy, preservatives, frozen dinners, sodium, caffeine, alcohol and artificial sweeteners. My health has dramatically improved from just doing that.
Our larger grocery store does do deliveries to one's home. I can shop on line and avoid the excess traffic, accidents and I do a lot of shopping on line.
The wild part of driving for several years is the perspective one gets and more interestingly how peers see a person with epilepsy who drives. I have people who now expect me to arrive early in the morning and act just like everybody else. I set alarms on my cell phone to take meds. I know that annoys others, but it's vital for me to take the meds and adhere to a strict diet. That diet restricts where I eat out at lunch. Others do not always understand that. They seem to think the meds cure the epilepsy. But, this is a lifelong lifestyle. That rude awakening of not adhering to this lifestyle may cause a seizure.
