amygdalohippocampectomy

Hi Atu276 I&nbsp; had this surgery in 2006 and can happily say that it was the best treatment for my epilepsy. No seizures in 19 months is good stuff. Here's what happened to me after surgery: I came around after the anaesthesia wore of and was able to recognise family around me. I was wheeled off to my room and had a nurse at my bedside around the clock. keeping food down was tough and i did vomit a few times, but I ended up sleeping most of it off and was offered painkillers on a regular basis. I new that the mother of all headaches was heading my way (in hindsight I would have it again). My head was very swollen (but that goes away). My jaw had been cut through (just alongside my ear) as part of the surgeons incision so opening my mouth to take bites of food was uncomfortable. Get your family to feed you jello........lots of jello when you get out of hospital. I went in on the monday and went home on the Wednesday. I have helped two other people who went in for brain surgery and they had similar experiences to me. You said that you are worried about your family after your surgery. The best you can do is find as many positive stories as possible and get them to go with you to visit your surgeon and have him answer any questions that they may have.&nbsp; If you family is anything like the people wo supported me, you are a lucky lady already. In the meanwhile, google your sugery and look for online footage of surgery procedures (there are plenty). Take a look at this one: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.or-live.com/tgh/1333/">http://www.or-live.com/tgh/1333/</a> or any links from this google search <a href="http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=surgery%2C+epilepsy&amp;hl=en&amp;sitesearch">http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=surgery%2C+epilepsy&amp;hl=en&amp;sitesearch</a> &nbsp;Let me know if you have any other questions. Best regards Ryan &nbsp;