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Topic: Veterans with seizures

medical negligence

03/2020 | 1 Comments

I have left hippocampal sclerosis ( atrophy) Massive white matter frontal lobe lesions, Cluster seizures , aphasia, TBI and seizure disorder. On going...
Fears from stomach to chest all day

04/2019 | 2 Comments

My daughter was diagnosed with Focal seizures about 3 years back. She used to complain about fears coming from stomach to her chest and face when she...
Living wjth seizures

11/2018 | 2 Comments

In 2005 i was struck by a roadside bomb in Iraq while in the marines. I lost consciousness for while and had some memory issues after. Mood changed...
new to site, have questions

02/2018 | 0 Comments

When I was active duty back in 1983 I was diagnosed with complex partial right frontal lobe epilepsy. I was put on anti convulsion medication that was...
my fiancee

05/2017 | 1 Comments

wonderful smart man strong and independent but his seizures are keeping him from his full potential the doctors don't know what to do now surgery may...
I need help

04/2017 | 2 Comments

Ok so I was discharged medically back in 2011 from the u.s. army reserves. I was an E-4 combat medic. I was diagnosed with having absence seizures so...
Brain zaps and seizures

04/2017 | 4 Comments

Seizure So, I am a normal person just like everyone else. I'm sharing my story with you today and you may think this guy has some issues, but I will...
New to the site

04/2016 | 0 Comments

Hey, I was medically retired from the Marine Corps in 2005 after suffering an injury in Iraq that left me with an amputated right and right leg. It...
New guy needs advice....

03/2016 | 0 Comments

I guess I'll start off by saying how happy I am that there is a veterans group on here. Sometimes I think that nobody gets how hard it is to be a...
Active Duty and having seizures

03/2016 | 0 Comments

I appreciate you taking the time to read this and any help. I am 26 and have been in the Army going on 9 years. I have been on 9 deployments, very...
Looking for answers

01/2016 | 0 Comments

I am a new member and on Dec 28th I had a seizure ever since then I have experienced motion sickness, random nausea, dizziness and migraine headaches...
I'm not doing good.

11/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello, My name is John Stephens. When I was in the Marine Corps. I was deployed to Iraq in 2004, where a mortar landed behind me causing a TBI...

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