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Confessions of 40 years with epilepsy…
When I was first diagnosed as a teen, no one knew what to do with me. My parents refused to use the “E” word. People treated me like I was some kind of pariah (which didn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy...
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Dating Disasters and Epilepsy
When I was a teen I fell down, walked into walls, bumped into virtually everything in my path, and almost drowned in the shower. So, you can imagine what a disaster dating was. Of course, in my...
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What’s YOUR Story?
When did you find out that you had epilepsy? How? What did you do after being diagnosed? How do you cope with it now?
View ArticleConfessions of 30 years with epilepsy…
When I was first diagnosed as a teen, no one knew what to do with me. My parents refused to use the “E” word. People treated me like I was some kind of pariah (which didn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy...
View ArticleWhat Most Offends YOU About How People Treat Epilepsy?
I call epilepsy the “stealth disease,” because most people don’t actually witness a seizure. Which results in an abundance of ignorance…misinformation..and to be frank, discrimination and slurs.
View ArticleAnger and Epilepsy: WHY ME?
Suddenly, you’re feeling edgy. Lashing out at loved ones for no reason at all. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s that old familiar enemy. Epilepsy. Again. Why me? Why now? It’s not fair.
View ArticleDating Disasters and Epilepsy
When I was a teen I fell down, walked into walls, bumped into virtually everything in my path, and almost drowned in the shower. So, you can imagine what a disaster dating was. Of course, in my...
View ArticleWhat Most Offends YOU About How People Treat Epilepsy?
I call epilepsy the “stealth condition,” because most people don’t actually witness a seizure. Which results in an abundance of ignorance…misinformation..and to be frank, discrimination and slurs.
View ArticleConfessions of 30 years with epilepsy…
When I was first diagnosed as a teen, no one knew what to do with me. My parents refused to use the “E” word. People treated me like I was some kind of pariah (which didn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy...
View ArticleWhat is YOUR story?
When did you find out that you had epilepsy? How? What did you do after being diagnosed? How do you cope with it now?
View ArticleAnger and Epilepsy: WHY ME?
Suddenly, you’re feeling edgy. Lashing out at loved ones for no reason at all. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s that old familiar enemy. Epilepsy. Again. Why me? Why now? It’s not fair. No, it’s not, but...
View ArticleDating Disasters and Epilepsy
When I was a teen I fell down, walked into walls, bumped into virtually everything in my path, and almost drowned in the shower. So, you can imagine what a disaster dating was. Of course, in my...
View ArticleAnger and Epilepsy: WHY ME?
Suddenly, you’re feeling edgy. Lashing out at loved ones for no reason at all. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s that old familiar enemy. Epilepsy. Again. Why me? Why now? It’s not fair.
View ArticleWhat Most Offends YOU About How People Treat Epilepsy?
I call epilepsy the “stealth condition,” because most people don’t actually witness a seizure. Which results in an abundance of ignorance…misinformation..and to be frank, discrimination and slurs.
View ArticleConfessions of 30 Years with Epilepsy…
When I was first diagnosed as a teen, no one knew what to do with me. My parents refused to use the “E” word. People treated me like I was some kind of pariah. (Which didn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy...
View ArticleWho was your greatest inspiration?
For me, quite simply, it was my grandfather. After all, I was a pariah. A leper. (No one would say the “E” word.) I’d never achieve anything. My life was over. Even though it had just begun.
View ArticleAnger and Epilepsy: WHY ME?
Suddenly, you’re feeling edgy. Lashing out at loved ones for no reason at all. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s that old familiar enemy. Epilepsy. Again.
View ArticleMy mother once told me…
Watch where you’re going. You’re clumsy. You’re depressed. Stop feeling sorry for yourself...
View ArticleWhat most offends YOU about how people treat epilepsy?
I call epilepsy the “stealth condition,” because most people don’t actually witness a seizure. Which results in an abundance of ignorance…misinformation..and to be frank, discrimination and slurs.
View ArticleAnger and Epilepsy: WHY ME?
Suddenly, you’re feeling edgy. Lashing out at loved ones for no reason at all. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s that old familiar enemy. Epilepsy. Again. Why me? Why now? It’s not fair.
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