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Tom McGranahan Speaking at the World Health Forum 2023 in Las Vegas
🌟 Big News Alert! 🌟 Tom McGranahan, Jr. made waves at the International Forum for Mental Health and Women’s Well-being in NYC last April, and now he’s gearing up for the World Health Forum 2023 in Las Vegas! 🎉 Curious about him? Check out the video to get the scoop! đź‘€ Click here to register…
Read MoreYour Eyes and Epilepsy – NVISION Article
Epilepsy can be a dominating disorder – tonic-clonic, status elepticus, temporal lobe and even the small absence/petit mal seizures can, and usually do, distort one’s consciousness. This is well explained by NVISION centers in their post Your Eyes & Epilepsy (Critical Knowledge) from the NVISION Eye Centers website. One’s eyes conditions like the following show physicians…
Read MoreEpilepsy Advocacy: Speaking Out and Making a Difference
Why I speak out and advocate It was the first time I’d been in a meeting of this large of a group of adults (25). I was in my early thirties and was wearing my jeans and tennis shoes. Others where wearing suits and dresses. They clearly and freely expressed their thoughts, some more adamantly…
Read MoreWhat Is It Like To Have Epilepsy?
What is a seizure? A seizure is sudden abnormal electrical impulses in a group of cells within the brain and is defined as local or generalized. There are six (6) types of defined generalized seizures that include Grand Mal, Myoclonic, Absence, Atonic, Tonic, and Clonic. A person having a seizure may convulse, collapse, have muscle spasms, loss of…
Read MoreI’ve Been Diagnosed with Epilepsy – Now What?
I opened my eyes and it was dark.  Hmmph, this smell is different. Where am I? Why am I here?  Heck, this isn’t my bed. What’s going on? I was confused and lost. All of a sudden, “click” & bright ceiling lights come on. I quickly place my hands over my eyes. A grayed hair man in…
Read MoreStaying Strong with Epilepsy
I have epilepsy. Most all of the seizures I’ve experienced brought ramifications into at least one, if not all of, the different aspects of my life: self-esteem, social interactions, health, employment… It is, at the least, debilitating to have a seizure. And none are as breathtaking and humbling as those “off guard” close calls with death.…
Read MoreTelling Your Children You Have Epilepsy
Which of us parents want to tell our children we have epilepsy? If medicine is controlling our condition and we’re not having seizures plus they haven’t seen one, why should they be told? And what can we say if they do witness us have a seizure? Ironically, on the night our first daughter was born; I…
Read MoreThankful To Be Okay: An Epilepsy Incident
The Epilepsy Incident As I’m regaining conscious, I am thinking “is Thanksgiving dinner ready?” All of a sudden, it was so bright, my eyes were squinting. I couldn’t open them. I felt someone touching my head. Then I heard, “I’ve got the last one in”. I was gently pulled up from laying down, my body…
Read MoreSharing the Challenges of Epilepsy
It was a beautiful day and I’d just finished playing in about 4 to 5 outdoor basketball games. Since the sun was soon setting, everybody began collecting their gear and walking to their cars. I didn’t have my license at the time so I got on my 10 speed bicycle and started heading back to…
Read MoreEpilepsy in the Open
Above the yard to paint this home, my first time on a hydraulic lift. Why were we on the ground? Need to go up, to finish the work. My friend told me he’d had to grab hold of me, for I was getting ready to collapse over the side, no basket around this lift. He was…
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