living with epilepsy

[brooke hubbard]

i'm brooke and i have epilepsy. there is times when i hate having epilepsy and times when i like having it.

i cant do anything by myself. i cant take a bath , i have to take showers. i am constantly having explain it to people over and over again. i am in serious pain all over my body after i haVE a seizure!! it has become such a pain. i have a scar on my arm 1/2 the size of my head on my arm, i had a seizure on a curling iron and got a second degree burn. it still hurts. i will never be able to drive. those are just a few of the bad effects it has had on me.

there are some good effects though

like i get to miss school for doctor appointments, i get to get out of phys. ed. ! and i think it has brung me and my family a lot closer, after i have a seizure my dad stays home more and my siblings take care of me . my sister has saved my life i dont know how many times. if it wasnt for her i probably wouldnt have made it this long, i'm only 15 and i have been on more medicines then i can count. she is one of my role models. and me having it has made my friends think greater of it. they want to be in a walk-a-thon for epilepsy. i have seen a big change in all my friends. epilepsy deffinently has had a huge affect but it has also made me realize who i really am. and who i will become.

[Traci Spears]

I am 15 and have had seizure my entire life. The tonic-clonic started this August when I collapsed and broke my nose. It was in the middle of the night and my mom found me unconscious and choking on the blood draining into my lungs. 2 surgeries later, my nose is just fine. My mom, however, (and me too) will never be the same. I understand having to be watched! Sucks.

[derrick coles]

yeah, brooke I understand the good and bad. Once I was in a FirstAid trainning class at our local Community College and while we were going over C.P.R, just after what to do when someone has a seizure--I flung my head foward (from what I'm told) and slammed it into the table (which blacked my eye for a week) then collasped onto the floor and had a seizure, needless to say I was the instant test subject but for all my effort earned an "A" for the class, though my body suffered for it.

[derrick coles]

yeh Brook, it sucks...and its can be somewhat good I guess. Once I was taking a firstAid training class at our local communtiy College and while we were going over C.P.R, just shortly after what to do when someone has a seizure, I suddenly (From what I'm told) screamed aloud and flung my head dead into the table, then collapsed onto the floor is a seizure, needless to say I was an instant test subject for which earned me an "A" for the class.