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Seizures and surgery: views on removing part of brain to stop them?
Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Oct 28, 2019 | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
@crstyday40 - I'd like you to meet and hear about the stories of members like @mmaryemc, who has a granddaughter for whom doctors are considering surgery to stop her seizures; @jakedduck1, who has had over 10,000 seizures and not had surgery for his epilepsy; @ndapanda, whose daughter had a modified hemispherectomy; @robertjr, who has shied away from brain surgery; and @patrassi, whose son had a hemispherectomy and now may have another surgery.
You mentioned having your right temporal lobe removed in 2011. Do you feel that you would select this surgery again? Recommend it to others?
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I would recommend it, for it has helped with me not having a gran mal since my surgery. My only problem now is my memory is getting worse with every complex partial i have, which has been daily with sometimes having up to 6 seizures. I dont know if i mentioned before that i have another abnormality on my hippocampus, which i was told cannot be removed. So im always wondering if it can get worse or spread to other parts of my brain, especially since ive been having them every single day now. But, I also fear what if they get bad again and I start having gran mal seizures. So scared its just a matter of time. I dont regret having the surgery at all. Good luck to anybody thinking about doing the surgery!!!