Temporal Lobe Resection

I have epilepsy in both temporal lobes is there answer to a type of surgery for this condition?

Temporal Lobe Resection

How does seizure surgery work?

What Has Been Your Experience With Surgery?

Every neurologist I have seen tells me I need surgery to control my seizures. I have temporal lobe epilepsy that causes complex partial seizures. I've been through four different medications and still do not have control over the seizures.

I don't know if my condition is progressing or if the medication is causing me problems, but either way, I have noticed that I have forgotten a lot of things and my thought process is slower than it used to be. It's driving me nuts. I used to be the top of my… read more

Temporal Lobe Resection

I had surgery on my left temporal lobe in 1996 and had part of it removed and now im back to having seizures again about 5 years later to where they said its from the rest of my left temporal lobe what will it cause if i was to have surgery again i already have a bad memory. They say it may be part of my right temporal lobe also

Has Anyone Had The Temporal Lobe Resection If So How Was The Surgery For You And Would You Reccot

I want to know if the Temporal Lobe Resection would be something that I could be considering than the VNS, if so I just want advice from patients who have had it and let me know there experience.

I Feel Sudden Electric-shock Like Sensations, Intolerable Pain, Buzzing, Moving Across Shoulders, Neck & Down Spine??

Is it part of my parietal lobe seizures? Maybe focal aware? I have focal unaware mostly (complex partials), also simple focal aware (auras) of rt temporal parietal lobes, and sometimes bilateral to left side temporal parietal lobes also. Anyone ever experience this type of sensation or is it something else??

Does Any One Else With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Have Mental Health Issues?

Does Dilantin Help Temporal Lobe Epilepsy? What Are Some Of The Side Effects? Weight Gain/loss Of Memory/depression?

Does Anybody Regret Having Their Surgery?

I'm considering having an operation to remove a temporal lobe lesion. I'm told there's a risk that it could handicap speech or language, and it doesn't always remove all seizures (if any at all). Did surgery cause you any kind of problem that makes you regret surgery?

Anyone Ever Have Epilepsy Brain Surgery? Can You Share Your Experience?

Theyve been trying to get me to get epilepsy brain surgery for years the older I get the more I'm considering it as I'm seeing how it's affecting my life as an adult. I just want to hear other people who have already done it experiences so I know what I'm getting into. Did it completely cure you? Did your seizures get worse? Any mental changes in personality or mood? How painful was it? Etc.