Epilepsy affects more than 70,000 residents of South Carolina alone and can create many challenges in daily living for those suffering from it and their loved ones. MUSC’s Epilepsy Center and REEF (Research and Education in Epilepsy Fund) are sponsoring a one-day boot camp, on January 22nd for people with epilepsy and their families and caregivers to learn more.
The workshop topics include:
- Talking about Epilepsy
- Seizure medications
- Surgical treatments
- Dietary therapy
- Complementary and alternative medicine in epilepsy
- Cure versus treatment
The agenda and list of faculty is available online.
Ms. Patricia Gibson, an expert on epilepsy from Wake Forest University, will be presenting the lunch lecture on Making the Systems Work for You.
RICHARDS STORY
MY NAME IS RICHARD CLEES.AT THE AGE OF 15 I DEVELOPED SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY.THIS WAS CAUSED BY A BLOOD VEESSEL BURSTING IN MY BRAIN WHEN I WAS 1 YEAR OLD.I HAD GRAND MAUL AND PETIT MAL SEIZURES.I HAD TIMES WHEN THEY WERE CONTROLED BUT AFTER A LONG TIME,27 YEARS,THE MEDS WRER NO LONGER WORKING.MY DOCTORS AT GAVE ME A NEW IDEA TO SOLVE THE SITUATION.SO ON JULY 21ST,2008 I HAD BRAIN SURGERY TO GET RID OF THE SEIZURES.IT IS NOW JAN. 29TH,2011 AND I AM SEIZURE FREE.TO YOU PATIENTS OUT THERE WHO ARE THINKING OF HAVING THIS SAME SURGERY YES IT IS RISKY BUT THE OUTCOME OUT WAY THE RISKS.