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Lynda's Triumph Over Epilepsy by: Lynda Lee I have a very dear friend, her name is Lynda. When I first met Lynda she told me about her surgery to cure her Epilepsy. Over a period of time I came to understand all that Lynda has been through with this disorder. I asked Lynda to write her story, of her triumph over Epilepsy. I feel that her story might help, to empower other's in a similar position. The following is Lynda's story. I am Lynda, In 1944 at 2 ½ years of age, I was struck on the left side of my head by a milk delivery truck. I was taken to Vancouver General Hospital, I was given 24 hours to live. Against all odds I survived, but while recovering I was not allowed any visitors, not even my mother. When I left the hospital, I had to learn to do everything all over again. The right side of my brain took over, to compensate for what was destroyed on the left side of the brain. My family never talked about the accident and the effects it had on my life. Back then, the way families handled tragedy was to put it in the closet. Because of this, I felt that my needs were not met. This left me feeling stifled and denied.. When I reached school age I felt different from everyone else .It was at that time in my life that I started having Epileptic seizure's. Some times my body warned me that a seizure was coming, I could hide and no one would witness me having a seizure. When there were changes in the school routine, like Christmas and Easter exams, the seizure's could come hourly. From the time my seizures started and all the years that I was in school my family never sought medical treatment for my seizure's. They pretended that the seizures never existed, and that I was imagining my physical and emotional problems. I learned not to talk about the seizure's, and the problems they created in my life. In '1960
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