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Complications from surgery for epilepsy
Fri, 01/11/2008 - 08:08Comments
nerve repaire
Submitted by Tereasa on Sat, 2008-01-12 - 07:46
Re: nerve repaire
Submitted by queeniw on Tue, 2008-01-29 - 08:15
To anyone who has gone through surgery or is considering it - I didn't have the final brain surgery but did go through the surgery of having the electrodes planted in my brain for mapping. I was so excited to have the surgery and be done with these seizures. But the electrodes caused 2 strokes. All that has happened to me since causes me to never concider brain surgery. I am so happy for anyone who has gone through it and it worked!! For any of the others, just remember to ask your doctor MANY questions - he isn't going to tell you everything. Infact when I asked my doctor if he thought I would have a stroke, his answer was no. Then he continued with "the next surgery is more serious and I will explain more about it later". If the following surgery could even have more serious results I would have to be crazy to go through with it. But I do understand that everyone is different - so do what ever you feel is the best for you! Just remember to ask alot of questions!!!!!
Mar
To anyone who has gone through surgery or is considering it - I didn't have the final brain surgery but did go through the surgery of having the electrodes planted in my brain for mapping. I was so excited to have the surgery and be done with these seizures. But the electrodes caused 2 strokes. All that has happened to me since causes me to never concider brain surgery. I am so happy for anyone who has gone through it and it worked!! For any of the others, just remember to ask your doctor MANY questions - he isn't going to tell you everything. Infact when I asked my doctor if he thought I would have a stroke, his answer was no. Then he continued with "the next surgery is more serious and I will explain more about it later". If the following surgery could even have more serious results I would have to be crazy to go through with it. But I do understand that everyone is different - so do what ever you feel is the best for you! Just remember to ask alot of questions!!!!!
Mar
post surgery problems
Submitted by ScottR on Fri, 2008-01-11 - 12:20
Hello tereasa is it the nerve endings that allow you to feel something on your scalp or other nerves that your refering too?
If its the ones that permit you to feel something on your scalp you should have had short sharp shots of pain while the nerve endings were regrowing, and within the 1st few weeks after surgery you should have begun to loose the leathery feeling on your scalp and begun to have normal feeling back.
I had surgery on 11/12/2007 and my scalp is almost tottaly back no normal.
Take care, Scott
Hello tereasa is it the nerve endings that allow you to feel something on your scalp or other nerves that your refering too?
If its the ones that permit you to feel something on your scalp you should have had short sharp shots of pain while the nerve endings were regrowing, and within the 1st few weeks after surgery you should have begun to loose the leathery feeling on your scalp and begun to have normal feeling back.
I had surgery on 11/12/2007 and my scalp is almost tottaly back no normal.
Take care, Scott