Hi Laurie
Good to hear back from you! I can't imagine that you need to drive in New York, let alone dare to, I would be absolutely terrified at the thought of driving my little Rover Metro through the streets of downtown Manhatten, I was bad enough in Milton Keynes!!!! I guess we are saving a lot of money from not driving, but of course it would be great to get our independance back eh?
I am fascinated by Bipolar Disorder, my old buddie Mary used to suffer with it, I don't see her any more, but she used to have such bad days, how does it affect you in general, do you have good days and bad days with it like I do with my epilepsy? You say you have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy is it your right or left temporal lobe, and has anyone ever said what caused it or is it a mystery? I was a forceps delivery that burst a blood vessel on my right Temporal Lobe, so they had a look with an MRI scan amongst other things, removed it in Sept 2000, and now it's my right Hippocampus that's gotta go, I'm having a party at my house next Friday night for all my old work mates to come round, as I am so scared that when I've had my op I won't remember anyone! That is my biggest fear, because it's part of the brain that looks after the proccess of new memory, tell me about your memory, my long term memory is incredibly accurate, I can remember old school buddies from Infants and Junior School, but not what happened last week. I keep a diary every day, I fill it in in such detail, and it's great fun to go back five years and have a look at what you were doing, most people can call it to memory, but not me, that's why I look forward to getting together with my mates as they are my memory, I also take a lot of photos as that really helps me bring things to mind.
It sounds as though there is a definate stigma in the U.S with regards to epilepsy, I think if people don't like it, then they weren't worth knowing in the first place, I could have a lot worse wrong with me than the odd case of falling off the loo, talking a load of twaddle, dribbling now and again, and stripping off in public??!! most people do this on a Friday night round here after a couple of beers anyway!! I hope you have a good sense of humour? I have to just stick my finger up to epilepsy and not let it beat me!
Anyway, I have a nice bottle of Merlot in front of me that needs drinking, can you have a drink? Good to hear back from you, and I hope to hear from you again soon!
Cheers Mate
Elaine x