Did you show them what to do if you were to habe a seizure around them? I just wanna prep myself to have this conversation when my baby gets old enough
most of my family decided that I'm faking epilepsy and no longer speak to me. While on a trip, my daughter's friend, who was with me in case I needed help, left me on the floor to die when I had a terrible seizure. It lasted 3.5 hours and she never got me any help at all. That was almost 6 years ago and none of them have spoken to me since. It was devastating to me.
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member keep it simple. i have partials to grand mals seance i was a kid. the students were trained to set me down on the ground and put me on my side. i was in 1st grade when it happen and immediately the kids new what to do. so when your kid remembers stuff, teach um the ropes.
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Kudos to your mother and family! My parents are dead now.
I remember a quote during a lecture while studying to be an OT. โFamilies of people with handicaps or disabilities are either functional or dysfunctional. One or the other.โ Yours, Margery, is a functional family.
I actually laid on the ground and them roll them over.
We started with the more serious discussion: what they look like, what my brain is doing, why I forget things, etc. After, we came up with jokes. My 10 year old boy says Daddy is doing the chicken dance. My 13 year old girls calls me big brain. I taught my son to roll me over and get to my phone, if I were to fall to the ground during a seizure. We actually practiced it. My daughter is a little more in tune and says she feels them coming. Hope this helps but I believe being forward and able to joke about it are both important.