It's EPILEPSY Month. Please Consider Showing Your Support.
THIS IS NOT A PROMOTION, ADVERTISEMENT OR ANY SUCH THING.
I am in the health and fitness niche, and as you may know, epilepsy is extremely detrimental to the sufferers' health because of the following reasons:
- They are left in pain as they may hit their head or bite their tongue during a seizure
- The epilepsy sufferer might experience a seizure while walking in traffic and could be hit by a motor vehicle
- Family life becomes stressed because you never know when someone may suffer from a seizure
- The sufferer can't enjoy everything non epilepsy-sufferers can enjoy such as swimming and driving a vehicle
- Drinking alcohol can be dangerous as this may trigger a seizure
- Many more reasons.
For this reason, I am writing about this topic because my niche centres itself around the well-being of other human beings.
Please consider copying and pasting this IMAGE into Facebook.
I made it, it's my intellectual property, and you have permission to pass this along as you please.
Please consider sharing this. It's very important to me, and on March 26, please wear purple and make a donation to your local epilepsy chapter.
Epilepsy is a dangerous disorder that can put people in a death situation in a matter of split-seconds - so please consider showing your support by sharing this picture and making a donation to your local epilepsy chapter.
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Thank you Mike for this. I am living surrounded by handicaped children, who (as if the rest wouldn't be enough) also suffer from epilepsy. So I know on a daily basis what life looks like.
I will support you on my Facebook (which is up to now still private).
Have a nice day and stay healthy,
Anne
Hi Mike, I will be passing this around, friends, family, work colleagues etc. the more exposure the better for a very important cause. Huge thanks for this, Sue :)
Much respect. One of my close friends has epilepsy and I'll never forget the first time she had a seizure. I went into total panic mode! She had to deal with so much- injuries, hospital bills, losing jobs, and being unable to drive in a city with poor public transportation. She always dealt with it in a truly graceful manner. Thankfully things have been looking up for her lately, but I can imagine how tough it would be for someone to deal with it without any support.
One surprising thing that I learned about epilepsy is that about 1 in 22 people has it. Thank you so much for creating this. It is great to see people raising awareness!
If it weren't for my girlfriend, I never would have known about grand mal seizures and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
I truly can feel for you having witnessed the seizure as I know what that's like, and I can truly empathise with your friend who suffers from seizures.
It's scary as f*** for both parties.
I am also happy things are looking up for your friend and I hope that they continue to look further up for them.
Awareness needs to be raised and it's my duty to do so!
Regards.
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My youngest son was born with epilepsy. Luckily, his seizures are well controlled with medication. It took a while to get to that point, though.
Not all people with seizures have epilepsy. Epilepsy is just one type of seizure disorder. I have found, having been a part of the seizure families community, that those with epilepsy actually have an easier time getting theirs under control. I also found this true of the patients I served as a paramedic.
I will share your image. Thanks for sharing this!
Anita
Hi Anita,
I am so sorry to hear about your son! Epilepsy is a scary thing to have and to witness.
Agreed, some people who have seizures do not have epilepsy and I've known two people with seizures. One of them is my sister and she had 1-2 and then they went away (thank goodness).
However, my girlfriend has been suffering from severe juvenile myoclonic epilepsy since she was about 12/13 and is now 28.
She's had a very rough time getting them under control and they seem to be happening a few times per year - but then she'll go 1-2 years without one - only for them to return with a vengeance.
Her particular type of seizures are grand mal (formerly tonic-clonic) and they can leave her in danger in a matter of split seconds.
I'd like to help spread the word about this devastating condition and to hopefully find a cure!
Thanks Anita for sharing your thoughts.
My son has had three types of seizures in his life, grand mal, partial complex, and absence. He still has a few partial complex seizures every year and will have a grand mal every one out of ten.
They happen without warning and they can very scary to witness. I guess they don't affect me so much as the rest of the family because I was a paramedic when I had him, so seizures weren't anything out of the ordinary for me. I think the absence seizures bothered me more because there is absolutely nothing that works for them. Luckily, he seems to have grown out of those.
Thanks again for helping to raise awareness for epilepsy!
Anita