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need to know more about left temperal lobe surgery
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 21:54Topic: Surgery and Devices
having surgery in november and very scared. would like to know about all the tests that need to be done and why. if anyone can help me please let me know
thank you wendy
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Er..I'm baffled as to how
Submitted by solis on Tue, 2007-07-24 - 22:18
Er..I'm baffled as to how can you know you're having surgery if you haven't had the pre-surgery tests since being qualified for surgery is completely dependant on the test results.
Not all who have TLE will qualify for surgery.
Here is some info on pre-surgery testing http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/surgery.html
as well as a success ratio for the surgeries on various parts of the brain,
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/types_surgery.html
Hope that info helps..
And yes, I had a (left) temporal lobectomy 1 & 1/2 years ago.
Re: Er..I'm baffled as to how
Submitted by comptonkrieselwendy on Wed, 2007-07-25 - 12:34
i go for the testing for 5 days in the hospital and they told me they would schedule the surgery in nov. why? they already ran the tests before to locate where there coming from. im fairly new to this site but just dont understand all the tests. do they really have to do all these tests?
thank you solis for helping me. i just dont understand what their doing.
your friend
wendy
surgery
Submitted by domenica on Tue, 2008-01-08 - 14:42
a few weeks ago i was in the hospital withdrawing my seiazure meds so they could see the type of seizures i have, and then went through a battery of tests that included eeg and mri scanning.
weeks later the neurologist told me all the seizures were coming from my left temporal lobe with the mri confirming some scarred brain tissue there in same location. he wanted to know right then and there if i wanted surgery, saying that i am very lucky to have all the seizures coming from one central point in my brain wth the mri the reason why.
a few days ago (last thursday) i had the wada test. i am going back to thegym tonight finally to continue my bodybuilding routine.
next week i go to meet the neurosurgeon. my question is this- the wada revealed that my language is controlled on the left side (where they want ot take out this scarred tissue) and my short term memory seems to be of equal function on both sides of my brain. what should i expect?
i have written down all my passwords, etc because when i left the hospital after having all the seizures (when withdrawn from my meds) i had short term memory loss not remembering stuff, but eventually it all came back to me within three weeks' time.
thanks in advance for any info you call can provide.
a few weeks ago i was in the hospital withdrawing my seiazure meds so they could see the type of seizures i have, and then went through a battery of tests that included eeg and mri scanning.
weeks later the neurologist told me all the seizures were coming from my left temporal lobe with the mri confirming some scarred brain tissue there in same location. he wanted to know right then and there if i wanted surgery, saying that i am very lucky to have all the seizures coming from one central point in my brain wth the mri the reason why.
a few days ago (last thursday) i had the wada test. i am going back to thegym tonight finally to continue my bodybuilding routine.
next week i go to meet the neurosurgeon. my question is this- the wada revealed that my language is controlled on the left side (where they want ot take out this scarred tissue) and my short term memory seems to be of equal function on both sides of my brain. what should i expect?
i have written down all my passwords, etc because when i left the hospital after having all the seizures (when withdrawn from my meds) i had short term memory loss not remembering stuff, but eventually it all came back to me within three weeks' time.
thanks in advance for any info you call can provide.