Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona

Heroes Among Us

The 'Heroes Among Us' program allows people with epilepsy in their lives to tell their stories to others and to help raise funds for the work of the Epilepsy Foundation.  Epilepsy affects people's lives in many ways, and now people can tell their stories -- about their loved ones, about themselves -- of how they are living their lives while dealing with the everyday challenges of having a seizure disorder.
 

Local Heroes

  • seizurefree

    I went into a coma for 8 hours at age two and was diagnosed as having viral encephalitus.

  • wants2live

    I was born having a silent tonic-clonic seizure but no one ever knew.

  • snowstaringupward

    I've had jerks as long as I can remember.

  • eliot5

    I got epilepsy when I was 2 years old as a result of a febrile convulsion.

  • Sheeba

    I first found out I was suspected of having seizures in January of 2001, but wasn't medicated until about May.

  • CAPSUGAR1970

    When my second child was 6 weeks old I had my first seizure.

  • Melissa

    I was 11 and soccer was my world.

  • SOX01

    MY SON WAS 1 DAY OVER 6 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE HAD HIS FIRST 1, THAT WAS 11'01 & HES GOING TO BE 4YR THIS MONTH AND HE STILL HAS THEM.

  • CATHLIN

    When we first started to notice Hailey's symptoms she was only nine months old.

  • Mark Adams

    Epilepsy first touched my life a year and a half ago when I met my girlfriend Amber.

  • JDDAY

    In the early '90s I was a successful college graduate, a respected community member, and an active Firefighter with the U.

  • Cassie

    I was ten when epilepsy first came into my life.

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