I realize this is long but it helps to communicate with other people going through the same thing. No one can fully understand the mental and physical impact seizures have on your life unless they're having seizures themself.

I'm really sorry about your fall and your friend losing her teeth. Hurting yourself in a fall increases the stress of everyday life and stress can be a trigger of seizures. I also experience an aura, which is difficult to describe except that something feels off. As we all now, seizures can result in an embarrassing result.

I had a bad seizure in the middle of the night, an ambulance took me to the hospital, I didn't come out of it until 11 a.m. the next day. The hospital took several tests including an MRI, blood and urine samples. My only memory is waking up with a black eye and looking like I was in a fight for days..

My dog has the natural ability to recognize a seizure minutes before it happens, my neurologist "certified" him as my seizure dog. He accompanies me everywhere, including stores and restaurants, primarily because I prefer not to leave him alone in the car.

He always lays under the table in restaurants, one day he crawled in my lap while I was eating, a few seconds later my aura followed, I was able to get to my car before my seizure hit (my wfe drives). We often walk around the block together, I had an aura, took him to take me home, he became "a man with a mission" and rushed home.

He did something interesting recently and I don't know if there's a connection with a seizure. I was at the kitchen table reading email, my dog kept hitting me with his paw, I thought potty time, he didn't follow me to the dog, I thought walk and he didn't come to me with his leash, he insisted I follow him to the family, he sat next to my feet, watching the door until my wife came in the room, then he laid down. We decided to watch a movie, 30 minutes later I had a bad seizure. Was there a connection, maybe I was having small seizures that he recognized and I didn't. I do know I feel better when he's with me.