janinestarr
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I haven't read all of the replies on here so I'm not sure if what I'm about to say has already been said. But here goes: I can understand where you're coming from. Epilepsy is a scary word, and a scary illness. At first, I was so afraid to even make the necessary appointments to be diagnosed because of how it would affect my life. And one main reason being I've always wanted a big family, with lots of kids. I love kids. But I've realized that raising a family with a member having epilepsy is not impossible, in fact, it's very possible. A lot of members on CWE have raised fully functional, happy children. No family is perfect, all of them have their quirks. Just because that quirk is a seizure disorder, does not mean you are doomed to fail. Not at all. The best you can do, is be supportive, be there for each other. If you love someone, you get everything about that person; you have to love the good, the bad, the pros, the cons, the talents, and the faults. Love is not conditional. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, you're going to have to work at it--but that's any relationship, really. The result always equals the work. If you love her as you say you do, then there really isn't any questions. I think you just needed validation that while maybe not a normal one, it is possible to have love and a relationship with epilepsy. And it is, one hundred percent.
