Seize the Moment
Or something along that line...
Ok, is that clear? Yeah, me too.
Long story short, the neurologist has concluded that I didn’t have another stroke, I’ve been having seizures.
Now that I’ve had a few days to absorb that news I find I have just a couple of niggling little questions.
What, exactly, does it mean when you say I’m having a seizure?
What, exactly, kind of seizures are we talking about. I gather there are lots of different kinds of seizures.
Exactly how serious is this, and in what ways?
Exactly what part of my brain is doing this? I’m assuming it’s my brain?
Exactly how much can we predict what this will or will not make happen in the future?
OK, once we have answered all of those, we’re on to drugs.
I’m told by my psychiatrist - someone that I trust absolutely - that there are all manner of drugs that are used to manage seizures. All that I know right now is that the pills prescribed by the neurologist seem to manage seizures by putting me to sleep, making me uncommunicative, and generally making me feel like some kind of non-functional crap.
Consequently, those are being tapered off. (I do in fact do the research and understand the risks, but when a drug lists literally dozens of possible side-effects, of every type and shape, I find myself thinking we can look elsewhere.)
I mean, really?
But don’t forget:
Yeah, that’s the medication that I want! More importantly though, I defy any person to not list at least two or three of these side-effects at any given time.
I mean, seriously, this was the first choice for a drug. I hate to think what the alternatives look like.
More and more I find that I don’t really trust the medical people that I interact with, and more and more I insist on doing my own research on conditions and treatments.
And, just to be REAL clear, I mean research into actually scientifically valid sources, not whatever crazy scheme RFK Jr is selling.
So, assuming I don’t fall off the side of a bridge into traffic, watch this space as I delve into yet another medical journey.