1 surgery down, now another to come........

So I was originally diagnosed with Complex and simple Partials back in 2007. I was one of those lucky ones that went in for discussion for possible surgery in January 2008 and ended up going in for my Right Front Temporal Lobe resection by the end of May 2008,, 5 months is pretty good. Over the years, I have continued to have auras and am on 3 different medications, all of which I am maxed out on: Lamictal - 800mg. twice daily Vimpat - 400mg. twice daily and now Briviact - 200mg. twice daily I was until just recently on Keppra - 3,000mg. twice daily, but they replaced that with the Briviact just about 2.5 weeks ago now. I was referred back to UCLA medical after my neuro tried me on Aptium and ended up having clusters of auras within a 4 hour period rather than 1 - 2 in a week prior. So he sends me back to UCLA and they are trying to figure out why I am still having these seizures. I went in for a VEEG and let me tell you, I never really knew how much the meds were working until this VEEG and being totally off meds. I was having 3 or 4 seizures a day while there! They were not getting good readings from the EEG and have now decided that going in for an SEEG would be best. You know, drilling holes into my skull and inserting the probes actually into my brain and staying that way for at least a week from what they have said. Once they find all the information needed, they go back into O.R. and remove all the probes (so I don't know if that constitutes surgery #2) and start planning on the next surgery for another resection - surgery 2 or 3 to hopefully get this crap out of the way. crossing my fingers on this. Oh! I also get to go to a new scanner (for me at least), the MEG. I will have to travel to San Francisco for this 2 hour procedure. Oh the things we have to do for all this hopeful correcting of epilepsy. I should be able to update as I go along. Racer