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Christine’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Seizures)

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May
08
2013
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Three years ago, I started having seizures. We did hundreds of tests, all coming back negative for anything that could 'possibly' cause them. We tried, but couldn't get any neurologist to keep looking. They diagnosed it as a mental problem and shoved me away to a therapist. But I kept fighting my way through! This past February (2012), I was rushed to the emergency room due to loss of function in my left side that spread to my whole body. They ended up finding I had bones spurs on my c3 and c4 vertebrae. They also found out that I have really bad stenosis around my spinal cord. Now I have a new fight, convincing the doctors to take the bone spurs out so I can begin my life anew.  On May 14th, 2012, I’ll be going to a neurosurgeon who will decide my fate. Christine Ashley South Carolina Submitted 5-14-2012 The informational content of this article is intended to convey a personal experience and, because every person’s experience is unique, should not be relied … [Read more...]

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Emily’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Epilepsy)

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Sep
01
2011
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Hi, my name is Emily and I have had epilepsy for 21 years of my life. The first time I had a seizure I was in 2nd grade and had no idea what was happening. As the years went by and I became an adult, the seizures kept on getting worse and worse. It got to the point that I was leaving work every other week on a dime. I also had no short-term memory unless it was something traumatic. I would sit and cry to my mom saying I can't take this anymore. If I had a child there would be no way I would be able to take care of it. I also had doctors tell me 'I don't know how to help you' - until I went to U of M hospital.  They were able to help by doing brain surgery. I had my surgery in October of 2009 and I have been seizure free for a year and a half. This was the best thing that could have happened to me. I now don't leave work, I can drive, and my memory is a lot better. The only thing I lost was some peripheral vision, but I can live with that. I know there are people like me and I … [Read more...]

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Susan’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Brain Tumor)

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Dec
10
2010
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I've been encouraged by others to post this so here goes; an amazing story of a wonderful, intuitive lil' doxie and how she saved my life. At 12:30 am on Sunday, Mar 2nd, 2008, I awoke suffering multiple seizures on my right side due to a Meningioma (benign) grapefruit-sized brain tumor that apparently had been growing in my head for the past 5 to 10 years. Rather unfortunately, the first time I called 9-1-1, the Oceanside Ambulance and Paramedics team and its training crew came and immediately misread my situation as a more common occurrence they are used to at the pier and began treating me like an addict or an alcoholic going through withdrawals and/or an overall high anxiety, panic attacking, hyperventilating 49 year old woman who should just "Stop shaking my right side and arm and calm down" because I need to just "ride it out". They left with my okay because they couldn’t determine what was wrong with me and, of course, I had no idea either and I was tired of their … [Read more...]

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Melissa’s Story (Epilepsy)

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Aug
15
2010
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Once upon a time, I was an average, healthy 26 year-old woman. I had a part-time job at my husband’s office and I enjoyed going shopping by myself or going places with friends. I had a brand-new convertible Beetle that I loved to drive. That all changed when I began having unexplained seizures in 2005. On an out-of-state vacation with my husband, I went to sleep with plans of visiting my grandmother the next morning. Instead, I woke up confused and afraid in a hospital bed. I had my first seizure in the hotel that evening. My husband had no idea what was going on, so he called 911 and the paramedics took me to the nearest hospital. I went into convulsions yet again once I was there. The doctors hypothesized that the seizures were due to the fact that I had been sick, taking various over-the-counter cold medications, and traveling with little sleep. They prescribed Trileptal and recommended that I get back to Florida as soon as possible and see a neurologist once I was … [Read more...]

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