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looking for opinions on surgery
Wed, 04/27/2005 - 00:08Topic: Surgery and Devices
my seizures are left temporals, my MRI s show nothing abnormal. I have smaller seizures once a week, and a few gran mals a year. my meds are having control of my life. my memory is slowly deteriating. my daughter will bring up something from the past that most mothers would remember, and I cannot. i always have to sleep for an hour or two after a seizure, as well as sit down to take a rest once my medicine kicks in. 1050mg trileptal, 1000mg keppra both twice a day. the seizures and the meds are eating my memory, through out time wouldn't it be far worse than surgery? what should i do? Is my epilepsy bad enough to consider surgery? opinions anyone?
i've heard lots of sucess
Submitted by ackling17 on Tue, 2006-07-25 - 17:14
i've heard lots of sucess stories. people saying its the best thing they've ever done. what do u mean by unauthorized? if u go through all the required tests and procedures to see if u can actually benefit from it then how is it without consent? i'm sure they make u sign all sorts of consent forms.