anemptytextlline
One summer they found a cavernous malformation and then they did surgery on that, and it was the scar tissue from that surgery that caused...
Filter Categories
Clear all filters
Patient
Care Partner
Prior Resection
Prior VNS
Video
Sort By Date
-
Tracey's Story
-
Luisa's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Luisa Fields and I am 37 years old. I first started having seizures when I became pregnant with my first son... -
Kim's Story
anemptytextlline
I was six months old when it was first realized something was wrong. I was running a fever and my mother took me to the... -
Emily's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Emily. In 2006, I was in a car accident during my senior year in high school. After that, I started having ‘staring spells.’ -
Helen and Marshall's Story
anemptytextlline
We first noticed Marshall was having incidents when he was about two years old and at age three, he was diagnosed with epilepsy. He was... -
Chrissy’s story
anemptytextlline
My name is Christine. I live just north of Denver, Colorado with my husband and two small children. I got married in 1998... -
Kim's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Kim. I live in a small town in New Hampshire. When you have epilepsy and you live in a small town, it... -
Tyler's Story
anemptytextlline
In the autumn of 2012, I suddenly started to stutter. I spoke with a lisp when I was a child, so at the... -
Ricky's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Ricky and I’ve had RNS System for about ten months. I used to suffer from a lot... -
Paula's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Paula. The first time I had a grand mal seizure, I was 19 years old. -
Tim's Story
anemptytextlline
When my son, Gabe, was 4 years old, his mother and I got divorced. After that, Gabe lived with his mom, so he... -
Will's Story
anemptytextlline
My name’s Will and I was born in 1975. Growing up, my visual memory was not very good; I didn’t enjoy reading books... -
Connie's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Connie. I’ve had epilepsy for about seven years now and I’ve had the RNS for about three months. -
Hannah’s Story
anemptytextlline
As a college student, Hannah experienced strange episodes of déjà vu several times a day. It turned out she had temporal lobe epilepsy — and... -
Danny's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Danny. I’m 47 years old and I’ve had epileptic seizures for most of my life starting when I was 12... -
Susan and Paul's Story
anemptytextlline
I’m Susan Hogue and I’m mom. My son is Paul and he’s had epilepsy for almost 30 years now. -
Ouida's Story
anemptytextlline
I was 29 years old and had been living and working in China for about a year when I had my first generalized tonic-clonic seizure. -
Jason's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Jason. I am 35 years old and I live near Tampa, Florida with my wife and two children. -
Adison's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Adison. I’m 23 years old and live near Sacramento, California. I started having seizures when I was... -
Ian's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Ian Olsen, I am 27 years old and began having seizures at age 11. -
Chris's Story
anemptytextlline
The first seizure that I can remember happened when I was about 8 years old. I didn’t understand what it meant, but suddenly... -
Drew's Story
anemptytextlline
When I was twelve, a large schwannoma tumor was removed from the right frontal lobe of my brain. A few months after the... -
Richard's Story
anemptytextlline
Hi, my name is Richard Lopez, I have epilepsy and I’ve had epilepsy since I was 13. I got the RNS System on June 11th,... -
Josh's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Josh. I’m 41 years old. I’m a Texan – I grew up in Amarillo and then went to school at... -
Carlo's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Carlo I am 28, and I have had epilepsy for 28 years. My childhood was sprinkled with periods of activity and inactivity. -
Nancy's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Nancy. I live in Erie, Pennsylvania alongside Lake Erie. I worked in medicine for over 30 years.... -
Janie's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Janie. I live in Georgia with my husband and two children. Epilepsy has limited my life in all sorts of ways. -
Heather's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Heather. I am 30 years old and I live in North Carolina. I had my first seizure during my senior year... -
Our Stories - Volume II
anemptytextlline
A collection of video stories from Connie, Ian, Luisa, Susan and Paul, Ariceli and Richard, and Brianna -
Kimberly's Story
anemptytextlline
At 26, out of nowhere Kimberly Bari suddenly started having seizures and debilitating anxiety. Fate brought her to UCSF Medical Center where doctors have been... -
Mollie's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Mollie, I'm 24 and I live outside of Atlanta. I live in the same small town where I grew up. It’s the kind... -
Don's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Don. I live in Chicago where I work as a designer at an engineering firm. I had my first grand mal... -
Kathleen's Story
anemptytextlline
My parents were the first ones to know about my condition, and I didn't say much to my family because I was kind of embarrassed. -
John's Story
anemptytextlline
I experienced my first seizure in August, 1991. I had just graduated from the University of Wisconsin with my bachelor’s degree and was headed down... -
Courtney's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Courtney Derr. When I was 23 years old, I started having partial complex epileptic seizures. When a seizure began, I would... -
Erick's Story
anemptytextlline
I had my first seizure in March 2007, about a month before I turned 19 years old. I was attending a technical college at the... -
Kaeti's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Kaeti. I’m 29 and I live in Anacortes, on the coast of Washington State. I had my first seizure when... -
Tammey's Story
anemptytextlline
Hello! My name is Tammey and I am a Registered Nurse Educator, wife, and mother. On October 07, 2007 at 4AM, my life as... -
Carolyn's Story
anemptytextlline
Hi my name is Carolyn and when I was 35 years old, I began to have grand mal seizures. I... -
Christine's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Christine. I’m 54 years old and have always lived in Massachusetts. I’m married with five children and one granddaughter. When the... -
Michael's Story
anemptytextlline
My name is Michael, and I live in Texas. I have been living with epilepsy for more than 20 years. My epilepsy was... -
Epilepsy Relief With the RNS System Meant Not Missing Her Son’s Childhood
anemptytextlline
Aimee struggled with focal seizures since early childhood. RNS finally provided relief. -
Erica's Story
anemptytextlline
Hi, my name is Erica, and I had my RNS System placed in 2016. My struggle with epilepsy started about 9 years ago.
