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Brain SURGERY
Mon, 12/13/2004 - 16:30-Hi my name is Michael
I had brain surgery 5 years ago and have remained seizure free for this period of time and I am still taking two 400 C tegretol. I do not have to see my neurologist at London Health Sciences Center in London Ontario Canada until 2008 unlessI have a problem. I am seeing a psychiatrist in Windsor Ont for depression as I find it hard to cope with my past and present, as I am unemployed and 57 years old. I worked for 18 years until I was placed on a midnight shift and went without sleep for three or more days at a time and started going in to states of hallucinations. I had a scar tissue on my right hand temporal lobe and had my first seizure at six years of age. I underwent surgery on the September the 17th 1999 to remove this scar tissue. It is great to be seizure free, but it is hard not to reflect on my past life and how wrong it went; As for the hallucinations I had seen five psychiatrists the first four had treated me for panic attacks and each one I disagreed with their prognosis however when I went to the fifth psychiatrist he did some background history checks and linked the hallucinations to my epilepsy and the scar tissue. When I had a severe attack on February 1998 he became very concerned and directed me to the London Health Sciences Center to see a neurologist and it was with this visit that things started to lead to my operation and my seizure free status.
Michael lapain
53-109 Brien Avenue East
Essex Ontario Canada
N8M 2N9
RE: Brain SURGERY
Submitted by moogle1979 on Mon, 2004-12-13 - 16:30
I am having surgery to do the grids so they can do the final surgery to possibly cure me and I am nervous please contact me at moogle1979@hotmail.com