Prince reveals childhood epilepsy – BBC

I’ve often said that I wished a celebrity would “come out” as having epilepsy – given that 456,000 or one in every 131 people in the UK has epilepsy there must be at least one – but this wasn’t quite what I had in mind…
I just came across this story on the BBC website Prince [...]

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Long time no see!

Gosh, it’s been a while.
I haven’t logged on to this blog for almost three months. There’s no real reason why – I suppose my muse must have left me, as my friend L put it. I’ve also been a lot busier at work (a good thing!) which meant that I was less inclined to log [...]

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Not the only one

Sometimes it helps to know that not only are many other people in the same boat, but in fact not even an ocean liner could fit them all in.
I’d just finished buying a lot of Christmas cards and other goodies from the Epilepsy Action website (I’m feeling pretty festive at the moment and have been whistling [...]

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Here we go!

As of this morning, I am officially trying to come off my epilepsy medication. I’ve taken my first half-tablet and am trying not to think about it. The situation has changed slightly since the Epilepsy and Me post as I have had an appointment with the specialist nurse (I had originally refused to see him as [...]

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Disability: What’s In A Name?

My struggle to change my attitude towards epilepsy continues. Just when I’d managed to calm down a bit about it all – even arranging to see the specialist nurse, which I had previously refused to do - it’s got difficult for me all over again.
And it’s all because of something that is meant to make things easier!
I haven’t got time [...]

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