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Having a Temporal Lobectomy on June 14
Mon, 06/06/2005 - 08:04Hello everyone,
I am having a temproal lobectomy on June 14. Anyone out there have this surgery? Please share.
Diana
Comments
RE: RE: Having a Temporal Lobectomy on June 14
Submitted by mexican_fire on Mon, 2005-06-13 - 17:54
I don't want to stir this up, either, but man do you have to move on. Stop making your problems like that be ours, because we have enough to deal with without that nonsense.
We are epileptics, not experimental ideations, or pyschotic problems.
We do not have this surgery to alter the way in which we behave and it is not intended to do so. It is in our best interest when we can not stop from having more than 5 or more seizures in a day, everyday.
The surgery is used to cure epilepsy or reduce the frequency, intensity, or severity of the seizures.
They do not just take out pieces of brain willy-nilly, they carefully map it out to make sure that they are not taking anything with function in it.
Most people recover normally in 5-12 weeks, and rarely does it cause the epilepsy to get worse.
It allows the person to lead a healthy, normal, active life that couldn't have been obtained before that.
It is not a psychotherapeutic treatment, as they are two different medical problems.
One is a mental disorder and one is a neurological disorder, neither are related to each other, especially in the way you are trying to make them be.
You need to get yourself some good rape-victim counseling and learn how to move past, beyond, and live normal. I am aware that it is a difficult thing to have occured to you both mentally and physically, but this happened to you more years than I am old and I was born in 1973. That is a long time to hold out like this.
You also need to deal with your anger with some anger managment classes, because it is VERY evident on here how you feel, and about nothing related to this post, either.
You're paranoid about doctors in this setting, and are trying to twist people's decisons about what is good for them.
Don't worry about them, worry about you. This is America, and we do things a bit differently than Canadians do. We have also come along way in medical experiences, as well. It has grown to be a very huge industry with many life saving procedures that were not around back when you had your spat.
It is a good world out there, it really is. You just need to THINK POSITIVE about yourself, because you are not a bad person. You just have some issues that need to be worked through and we all do. That is just life.
You didn't make this poor person feel too good, about her upcoming lobectomy. She was going in for good reason to help her epilepsy, and needed our support to get there. She was nervous and anxious enough without all that.
I am sorry if I ruffled anything, that was not my point.
Nancy
I don't want to stir this up, either, but man do you have to move on. Stop making your problems like that be ours, because we have enough to deal with without that nonsense.
We are epileptics, not experimental ideations, or pyschotic problems.
We do not have this surgery to alter the way in which we behave and it is not intended to do so. It is in our best interest when we can not stop from having more than 5 or more seizures in a day, everyday.
The surgery is used to cure epilepsy or reduce the frequency, intensity, or severity of the seizures.
They do not just take out pieces of brain willy-nilly, they carefully map it out to make sure that they are not taking anything with function in it.
Most people recover normally in 5-12 weeks, and rarely does it cause the epilepsy to get worse.
It allows the person to lead a healthy, normal, active life that couldn't have been obtained before that.
It is not a psychotherapeutic treatment, as they are two different medical problems.
One is a mental disorder and one is a neurological disorder, neither are related to each other, especially in the way you are trying to make them be.
You need to get yourself some good rape-victim counseling and learn how to move past, beyond, and live normal. I am aware that it is a difficult thing to have occured to you both mentally and physically, but this happened to you more years than I am old and I was born in 1973. That is a long time to hold out like this.
You also need to deal with your anger with some anger managment classes, because it is VERY evident on here how you feel, and about nothing related to this post, either.
You're paranoid about doctors in this setting, and are trying to twist people's decisons about what is good for them.
Don't worry about them, worry about you. This is America, and we do things a bit differently than Canadians do. We have also come along way in medical experiences, as well. It has grown to be a very huge industry with many life saving procedures that were not around back when you had your spat.
It is a good world out there, it really is. You just need to THINK POSITIVE about yourself, because you are not a bad person. You just have some issues that need to be worked through and we all do. That is just life.
You didn't make this poor person feel too good, about her upcoming lobectomy. She was going in for good reason to help her epilepsy, and needed our support to get there. She was nervous and anxious enough without all that.
I am sorry if I ruffled anything, that was not my point.
Nancy
RE: Having a Temporal Lobectomy on June 14
Submitted by packyou2 on Tue, 2005-06-07 - 11:59
Dear Diana-
Good luck! I had my first operation in November of 1996. (Left-frontal labectomy) I am going in for my second surgery this December to remove the risidual scar tissue in my hippocampus. It's hard to go through, but well worth it. Where are you having this done at? I had my first operation at UW-Madison and my second one will be here at Mayo Hospital, Scottsdale. Let me know if you have any questions. Take care.
From, Aimee
Dear Diana-
Good luck! I had my first operation in November of 1996. (Left-frontal labectomy) I am going in for my second surgery this December to remove the risidual scar tissue in my hippocampus. It's hard to go through, but well worth it. Where are you having this done at? I had my first operation at UW-Madison and my second one will be here at Mayo Hospital, Scottsdale. Let me know if you have any questions. Take care.
From, Aimee
RE: RE: RE: RE: Having a Temporal Lobectomy on June 14
Submitted by packyou2 on Fri, 2005-06-10 - 00:41
I am so happy for you! Yeah, I am at one of the best hospitals in the world, and I have to have trust in someone! It is my life, and I have to make the absolute best of it. I am going in for my second surgery in hopes that I can be taken off my meds and have a chance at getting pregnant....A healthy pregnancy of course. There is always hope, but we will never live in a perfect world. Keep in touch and let me know how you are feeling. Oh, what marujuana studies? Where they done in Canada? Canada sucks.....LOL..LOL
Aimee
I am so happy for you! Yeah, I am at one of the best hospitals in the world, and I have to have trust in someone! It is my life, and I have to make the absolute best of it. I am going in for my second surgery in hopes that I can be taken off my meds and have a chance at getting pregnant....A healthy pregnancy of course. There is always hope, but we will never live in a perfect world. Keep in touch and let me know how you are feeling. Oh, what marujuana studies? Where they done in Canada? Canada sucks.....LOL..LOL
Aimee