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If Surgery Was An Option To Help With Your Epilepsy Would You Pursue It And Why/why Not?
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posted February 25, 2015
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I was dealing with epilepsy for over 20 years. I tried at least 15 different meds, none of which made a difference in my seizures. Visualase MRI-Guided Laser Ablation surgery was the best decision I ever made.
http://www.medtronic.com/us-en/healthcare-profe...
I haven't had a seizure since the surgery (before surgery, seizures were every week). My neurologist will begin weaning me from Lamictal in October.

posted August 27, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes it was an option. I did pursue my epilepsy surgery in 2000, and I am now seizure free and medicine free. More people need to talk about how it has helped them.

posted April 18, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I am a little afraid of surgery on or near my brain. I will do it if I have to but I can't say it doesn't scare the hell out of me.

posted May 12, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I've had a surgery a year and a half ago on my right temporal lobe to remove a mass I've had only about 6 seizures since then provoked by the cold or stress increase of electrolytes in my brain!

posted April 2, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have 3 surgeries, including a VNS. The second on my temporal lobe couldn't locate a focus. Anyway, knowing what I do now, I would probably go ahead. At least with the first surgery, I went a year with no seizures

posted March 30, 2015

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