Feel-Good Friday: Groundbreaking Epilepsy Procedures Are Game Changers

I have a brother and a sister who suffer from epilepsy, and in more ways than one, it has been debilitating for their lives. Their diagnoses happened during the early ’70s, when little was understood about the brain, let alone what happens when someone suffers a seizure. So, beyond Dilantin and Phenobarbitol, there wasn’t much else out there that could help them control the seizures. My sister ultimately died because of the disorder. My brother was diagnosed at 12 years old, and he turns 61 on Saturday. He struggled greatly as a teenager, and as a young adult and into adulthood has been forced to live a limited life. While his seizures have not dissipated, they are managed and controlled with some of the newer medications.Read More