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Surgery right temp lobe 07/10/07 I'm getting nervous
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 22:36Topic: Surgery and Devices
I have complex partial seizures. Surgery is coming up, and I have been doing so much preperation for it. The closer it comes the more nervous-scared I get. I am 29 living on my own but cannot drive, so getting allot of help. Just repeating what the Dr said, there removing a portion in the right part of the brain... removing. I have been told I may loose a little of my short term memory does that sound weird. He said I will probably loose it anyways in the long run down the road, I belive that. I want to know who else has had this surgery and how they felt afterwards, pain, any memory loses or changes, just some insight to what your thoughts were.
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Re: Re: Surgery right temp lobe 07/10/07 I'm getting nervous
Submitted by Angie m on Sun, 2007-07-08 - 14:46
Thats a good idea, since I forget quite often. I mentioned putting sticky notes all over the place to my brother and he thought I was crazy, because I forget now everything. I probably won't carry it around, but even if I write it down, its thinking about it a second time. That will definetly help.
I plan on making a little
Submitted by Angie m on Sun, 2007-07-08 - 14:58
I plan on making a little scrap book of my adventure over the past year of being a candidate for surgery and for this upcoming Tuesday's 7/10/07 major surgery. Also how I felt while having seizuress. I have been writing a few things down here and there and keeping some of the wrist bands and receipts and I am going to write about all of the meds I have been on since I have had seizures. Also about all the MD's I have seen throughout the past year, I don't want to forget. I am going to take lots of pictures, I have told my family to take lots. So 30 years from now I can look back and remember how I felt, and it will be easier to explain to others.
Thanks for everyones support, you have helped allot.
Angie m
Re: Surgery right temp lobe 07/10/07 I'm getting nervous
Submitted by andred08 on Thu, 2007-07-05 - 18:04
START IT NOW!! before surgery, I forgot if surgery on the right side of your brain effects your memory or not.. but I started the habit of using NOTEBOOK PADS to remember things 8 months before my brain surgery, last summer. That just happend to go with the job I had. Anyway, when I quit that job, the habit of using notepads was still in use for daily activities, then it seemed like I couldn't remember anything without a notepad. 4 months after brain surgery i'm using them to make sure I remember everything, but it could be more making sure I remember everything. Basically I have a memory better than everyone else right now with this notepad, some of my memory brain could be growing back because of this... Just a thought... Thats also what Mayo clinic doctors told me to do when I already figured it out.