I had my first seizure, and I had to go in for heart surgery.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had.
I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit.
I was in the hospital for about two weeks because I had some complications due to the transition to kidney from dialysis and getting off of that.
I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.
I was going to go to school to become a neurological surgeon.
I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I'm now just so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do.
I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor.
I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.
When my son was 8 months old, he had a febrile seizure. You know, if you're in the first year - my wife and I refer to it as the 'darkness.' You're just underwater.
I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.