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It took me awhile to figure what seizures were. Anywhos, I'm new here. Hi!
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crazychick10793 said:
you get bombarded with questions and the only thing you can think to coherently say is 'bracelet" (at least that made sense and I was wearing the right one!) There goes a year seizure free though :(

When you defend yourself to your brother by telling him you ALWAYS experience auras before a seizure and he snorts and reminds you of a time that you were sitting at breakfast and faceplanted in your poptarts and seized. Well almost always then. At least it wasn't something with syrup!
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That's what I need! A bracelet. My family pretty much knows now that when I say "I fell" what I mean is I had a seizure, but the rest world has no clue what just happened.
 
I have a bracelet too. I have yet for it to come in handy and I hope I never do.
But I still like to wear it...like a security blanket.
I like the secret code for your seizures. "I fell." I hope that you don't have to say it too frequently.

Have you ever heard the saying "I didn't fall. The floor just needed a hug!"
I'm thinking of having a t-shirt made. It is probably in poor taste but it makes me giggle a little bit.
 
You know you have epilepsy when you start to see your home from a different perspective.
Like today when I was on the kitchen floor recovering and almost feeling ready to get up I was looking around thinking...
Hmmm. I should really get rid of those dust bunnies under the fridge.
And I didn't know there was maple syrup on those table legs!

And if it weren't for seizures I would never have been lying under the coffee table and realizing that my kids are total artists with all the colouring they have done on the underside of the table! Picassos and Rembrandts in the making.
 
i think we all have seen the bathroom from here
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LJ-Bain said:
You know you have epilepsy when you start to see your home from a different perspective.
Like today when I was on the kitchen floor recovering and almost feeling ready to get up I was looking around thinking...
Hmmm. I should really get rid of those dust bunnies under the fridge.
And I didn't know there was maple syrup on those table legs!

And if it weren't for seizures I would never have been lying under the coffee table and realizing that my kids are total artists with all the colouring they have done on the underside of the table! Picassos and Rembrandts in the making.
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C0urt said:
i think we all have seen the bathroom from here
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awesome

or worse - waking up to that view with about seven other people and a gurney crammed into that space... or at least what feels like that
 
and someone shining a flash light in your eye, ARE YOU OK ,

"who is the president? "
 
my wife hate the fact i purposely go in their to seize if i feel one coming no reason in embarassing everybody else hasn't worked out well though
 
i go into the bathroom to, it is nice quiet, and has a cool floor,
 
Our bathroom is so small it just means there is lots of opportunity for my daughter to hit her head or other body parts :(
 
Some of your comments made me chuckle... i seem to have A LOT in the potty... :/ so embarrassing.... j have always had smaller bathrooms so I have ended up in some horrible positions... once I seized and I stretched all the the way out and I was pushing the door closed and I guess 4 huge paramedics and 2 cops couldn't open the door ... my head was up against the tub and my feet were at the door... I basically was a human door stop. Thankfully I loosened up and they were able to move my feet to open the door. So that vantage point is all too familiar to me... I was actually surprised to see more people pron to having them in the potty... I wonder why????
 
well it is quiet and somewhat out of sight, it may feel like a safe place for some of us to go drool all alone .
 
Court! You totally have made me laugh! THanks!
I often run to the bathroom too. I keep the lights off too for some reason.
As if I can't witness anything at all it might mean that it didn't even happen!
 
LJ-Bain said:
I have a bracelet too. I have yet for it to come in handy and I hope I never do.
But I still like to wear it...like a security blanket.
I like the secret code for your seizures. "I fell." I hope that you don't have to say it too frequently.

Have you ever heard the saying "I didn't fall. The floor just needed a hug!"
I'm thinking of having a t-shirt made. It is probably in poor taste but it makes me giggle a little bit.
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I have only needed it once, I'm glad for it though!


You know you have epilepsy if you are emailing your teacher for an alternate movie to review because the one you will be watching in class has many many gun scenes (idk about all you other photosensitives, but gun flashes in war scenes set me off big time)

not a recent experience but You know you have epilepsy when you have seen every member of your family in their underwear, panicked, from an awful angle because of early morning seizures at least once :roflmao: does nobody sleep with clothes on?
 
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