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Post a new topicby livingwith on Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:36 pm

I have had epilepsy most of my life, and since moving out of England my care for this has been dismal. I am trying to find care in England and am more than happy to travel, even with drop attacks with no warning what so ever to get the care I so disperately need. My memory is awful, my eye sight is terrible, I have the shakes in fact I have grown up with the shakes, they are worse before and after an attack. I have broken so many bones over the last 4 or 5 years, cracked a limb or 2 along the wa...Read the full article
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Re: epilepsy

Post a new topicby Susumarie on Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:46 am

You say you have moved out of England, but where are you? I know there are lots of good places to go in the US (just don't go to Oklahoma).
What medication are you on? I know my eyesight has definitely dropped, but that is a side effect of some meds.
You say you have memory problems -- I am looking for others with that problem, as my neurologist rolls his eyes at that thought -- what kind of memory problems do you have?
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