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OMG THAT IS ONE OF MY WORST NIGHTMARES!!! OMG I'm so sorry that happened to youYes, It happened when I was about 24, at approx 7:00 AM; I was driving to a local business school I was attending at the time. I was driving facing the rising sun, so the sun was in my eyes and the last thing I remember was the street light I was approaching. Luckily I was behind a work van that was loaded with parts (it was so loaded/heavy that no one in the van was hurt) When the light turned red, I guess it stopped but I didn't. Totalled our car. I rear ended the van while having a grand mal-I woke up in surgery while the hosp staff removed glass from my face. Apparently I went through the windshield to a degree, but I remember a dr saying that since I stiffened up the streering column saved my life. I haven't driven since. Sorry this is so long...
I never had one behind the wheel, i typically get aura's,however my doctor pulled my license last Jan. it's been a lil crazy to get around.... a friend of mine has been in 6 wrecks in 2yrs due to seizures and he still has his license, go figure..i guess every doctor is different.
Hi Lauren,
She has epilepsy right? I find it hard to believe she thought there was anything to laugh at. She needs to get educated on what's really going on I think. Just little ones? Does she not understand how quickly a 'little' one can turn into a 'big' one and she won't have any control in the matter? Does she even bother to pull over until it passes so she's off the road in case she loses consciousness?
Next time you see her tell her from me it's no laughing matter and just b/c she hasn't hurt anyone yet doesn't mean it will never happen. The first time she wakes up in a ditch or against a tree, or god forbid another vehicle or pedestrian, she'll wish she had given her disorder the consideration it deserves. Demands actually.
Sad to hear. Someone with her attitude (does she even tell her doc about her 'little' ones, there's a chance that she wouldn't even be allowed to drive) is driving around yet someone like you, who takes this all very seriously, has never had her license. I too am looking at brain surgery, and have lost my license four times, agree with you that people like us that really try and get the shit end of the stick deserve so much more compared to those that think this is all really no big deal and that they are in control of what happens, driving around with no thought of safety, theirs or others.
I would be really curious to know if her doc is aware of 'all the seizures' she's had while driving. She may be telling herself that since she's not blacking out that there's nothing to tell. Again, lack of education that puts others at risk.
HUGS to you girl for your effort with your E and all you've done to try and change things for the better. I agree that not driving is the largest thing that E takes from us, the lack of independence is astounding. And I'm sorry your surgery didn't work, this is my biggest fear.
The thing that makes me hate epilepsy the most is that I cannot drive. The state will not let me legally drive until I'm seizure free for 3 months, and I went so far as to have brain surgery with the sheer hopes that I could get a license, that didn't work. So why should she be driving so freely? We didn't keep the conversation very long, just long enough for her to assure me that they were just little ones and that she's never hurt anybody on the road. She was even laughing a little. I just don't get it, that's all.