good evening santoshia - boy, you have had a worse and longer time of it. i truly hope that the cbd will do the trick for you to be and stay better. i was walking my son's little dog and my bad knee gave out on me (which i can usually catch it), but the dog was on a leash and kept walking, so down i went. that is the reason i said to dr's it was not a seizure, as i got no aura, and i remembered everything. had to have many surgeries - neuro surgeon (whom i love), put 2 stents in my head in hopes to get my brain back to midline and absorb the blood. last cat scan he gave me before he discharged me, all was great, brain was back to midline, and all the blood was gone. he told me to see the neuro dr., which i had an appt to do so, and ask her to consider maybe wean me off meds, she wanted me on meds for six months, but i insisted on being off because i was no on meds for 4 months. along with the head injury, i managed to fracture one hip which needed surgery also. in the hospital from july to late sept. for both injuries, now i am slowly healing and getting around pretty good. i know it will take a long time for me to feel as myself before these injuries, but i am working towards being 100% by next spring to again get on the golf course (miss it). as you can see, i am a very active elderly lady, and that is the main reason i want my life back.
i hope the cbd will continue to work for you and get you back to living life as you once did. i pray that i will not get any setbacks also, and just continue to get better.
as for the vimpat, it seemed okay for awhile, but then i was getting side effects from it, and plus it was too expensive for me to stay on it. keppra reacted the same, when i first went on that it seemed okay, but then again i started having too many side effects from it. (i am not a good patient when it comes to taking meds - always get reactions).
santoshia, you have helped me alot, just by talking about this. i hope i have done the same for you. stay in touch if you want to.
louise
Hi Louise,
Nice to hear from you again! Thank you for sharing your short experience with Vimpat.
Now I can better understand what happened to you. It looks like you do not need antiepileptic meds or CBD :-). But again, I am not a doctor. Since you get very well along with your neurosurgeon, have you considered asking him for another neurologist recommendation so as to have a second opinion? Nice to hear you are a very active lady. It reminds me of my sweet grandmother.
Thank you for your wishes. I do not have expectations to eliminate 100% of my seizures, just to be able to live my life. I do not believe I will live my life as I did before, because much has changed, especially inside me :-).
It has been great talking to you!
I hope you have a nice recovery from both surgeries. One day at a time, one step at a time! As my yoga teacher always reminds me “you do not open a flower with your fingers”. All the best to you and let's keep in touch!
Santosha