Month: October 2014
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31 Days | Living with epilepsy
Beth | October 29, 2014 This is the last post of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. During this past month, we've woven the narrative of Beth's epilepsy story in with resources, other stories, and educational… Read more
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31 Days | Recovering
Beth and her cousin, Abby, in Maine this summer. This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. After the terrible, horrible, no-good year, Beth was able to finish 7th grade at home. Her… Read more
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31 Days | Teenagers are different
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. As we get ready to wrap up this series on epilepsy, one thing I have to note is that just as adults face different parenting… Read more
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31 Days | The challenge of being a student athlete with epilepsy
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. Yesterday, my friend, Kris, wrote a very moving post about her daughter, Mary. You can read her post here. I would like to add a very personal… Read more
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31 Days | Meet Kris & Mary
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. Today's post is written by my friend, Kris. Her daughter, Mary, is shown above. Kris has become a wonderful friend and true confidante and… Read more
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31 Days | The terrible, horrible, no-good year.
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. Although Beth had two seizures the summer before 7th grade, she otherwise felt pretty good. The seizures shocked us and saddened us tremendously but then… Read more
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31 Days | A milestone and heartbreak
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. One of the hardest things to accept about epilepsy is that it's ever-changing. Which we encountered in a big way towards the end of Beth's… Read more
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31 Days | The first few years of epilepsy
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. After Beth's second grand mal seizure, the neurologist wanted us to consider switching medications. It wasn't a good sign that she had a seizure while… Read more
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31 Days | Epilepsy gets real
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. During her first month of kindergarten, Beth started taking a drug called Topamax. As I mentioned earlier, the neurologist didn’t wait for a second grand… Read more
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31 Days | Dealing with uncertainty
This is part of a month-long series that my teen daughter and I are writing about her life and learning to live with epilepsy. To start at the beginning, click here. One of the hardest parts of dealing with epilepsy is dealing with uncertainty. The unknown is part of any chronic disorder, I'm sure, but it's… Read more