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Surgery for left temporal lobectomy
Thu, 01/19/2006 - 17:56Topic: Surgery and Devices
I would like to chat with someone who has undergone surgery recently for a left temporal lobe seizure disorder.
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Re: Re: Surgery for left temporal lobectomy
Submitted by lisam11463 on Sun, 2006-03-12 - 14:29
I had my left temporal lobectomy done at SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York back in 1994 and have been completely seizure-free ever since.
Lisa-Marie
"Changing the misconceptions society has about epilepsy,
by educating one person at a time"....Lisa-Marie Kinsman
Re: Surgery for left temporal lobectomy
Submitted by Tereasa on Tue, 2006-02-21 - 17:23
I had my surgery on January 25th of this year at Mayo Clinic in MN. I ended up having to do the moniters first and then wait for a seizer. On the 28th while I was sleeping I had a couple and then the brain started to hemraged. They did emergency surgery. They thought I would become brain damage. I was lucky, I didn't. Still a little slow,but doing better. They couldn't continue with the lobectamy. The Dr's are going to get together and decide if it would be wise to finish. If they do it will be in March. Going threw that isn't anything compared to the BS I have received from my health insurance. They approved the surgery and my health insurance is full coverage. Blue Cross endedup trying to avoid paying some of the bills and told me that the emergency surgery to save my life was not needed. Something needs to be done with these health insurance companys.