I’m a statistician, epileptic, and former teacher. Realizing that my disabilities are increasingly interfering with my ability to be fully independent.
Ottawa
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Has anyone else had a doctor get excited about the opportunity to observe your [seizure, symptom or drug response]?
0%Yes. I hated it.
0%Yes. I didn’t mind.
0%No.
0%No, but I wouldn’t mind.
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In Canada, a career in public service. Very accommodating on leaves to care for someone, special leave for appointments and adjustable work hours (eg. working 30 hrs/week instead of 40).
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I’m back home from my diagnostic brain surgery. Now waiting for the official summary and diagnosis of how & what treatment brain surgery they will do. 😊 Pretty excited since they have affirmed that they will be doing some type of surgery.
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How do I help a friend who is becoming more and more paranoid? I tried getting them to go to the hospital, managed to get them to talk to police, but they won’t consider it could be a mental health.
#MentalBreakdown
#mentalhealthsupport
My best friend has become more and more paranoid over the last few months.
sure that people are following her everywhere, breaking into her car, about to shoot her if she sets foot near a police station. She’s changed phones 3 times in 3 weeks…
#paranoidfriend
#mentalhealth
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Does anyone else find it really annoying that TV/movies seem to not grasp what a defibrillator does?
No, it really cannot bring someone back from the dead. It can stabilize an erratic heartbeat, not restart a heart.
Used as a main plot line waayyy too often.
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Brain surgery is a go!
Well, getting holes drilled in my skull and little electrodes stuck in there to find my seizure focal point(s). Treatment surgery will come later. I’m excited, happy and absolutely terrified.
#EpilepsyAwareness
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I’ll be in hospital for weeks after this one, while they try to find focal point(s). Anyone know how long afterwards till I can go back to work? So glad I’m in 🇨🇦 where the costs of all this are covered, but I’m still not gonna be earning anything.
#Epilepsy #brainsurgery
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Drug resistant epileptic nearly 25 years. Multiple meds, still seizures. 3 neurologists before my current one, epileptologist, asked real questions, changed my meds (address anxiety and depression) & recommended surgery. Soon: test to determine resection or VNS. 😳🤞🥹
#Epilepsy
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Anxious epileptic retweeted
À l'occasion de l'anniversaire des meurtres des femmes à l'École polytechnique, nous nous souvenons de la nécessité de politiques qui assurent la sécurité des femmes.
Montreal taught us why it is necessary to have strong gun safety laws that actually work to keep people safe.
How have I never seen this dance before!?
Charlie Chaplin - A Dance With The Rolls youtu.be/vNylL7HsWe8 via @YouTube
#CharlieChaplin
Love this song!
We need more like this.
MIKA - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) youtu.be/yDSK91mUNLU via @YouTube
Anxious epileptic retweeted
Most people think all people with #Epilepsy have #seizures that include falling and convulsions. There are multiple types of seizures. This checklist does a great job describing some of the things our bodies may do during a seizure. #EpilepsyAwareness
theneurologylounge.com/2021/…
Been off Twitter for several weeks now. Getting a bit more organized lately. Sleeping better and been about 2 weeks since my last seizure.
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Well, I’m having a frustrating morning. I ordered food with @SkipTheDishes at 5:10 this morning.
At 7:30 it hasn’t arrived yet. Once it hit 6:30 I really did try to cancel the order (I want to go to bed now) but I cannot cancel it. And get no response from the support chat.
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Still waiting on @skipthedishes.
Never imagined being stuck with a food delivery order that’s so late but I’m trapped and can’t cancel it.
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I am spending my time today cooking and watching/listening to reruns of “Castle” on Prime.
🙂 Trying to drown out and distract myself from the honking.
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