Local Heroes

• Tonya

  Update 1/13/2006 Today is my 8 year anniversary of being seizure free, and my 7 year anniversary of being med free.

• sapphire883

  I guess I am one of the lucky ones, if there are any, when it comes to having epilepsy.

• carolinagirl83

  I was 12 or 13 years old when I was first diagnosed with Epilepsy.

• tammiejay

  I started having seizures at the age of 18.

• MaryLyn

  How and when did epilepsy first touch my life? What difference does epilepsy make for me, my family, friends, and community? Epilepsy touched my life when i was just a baby at 4months old.

• mom0530

  I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 18 years old.

• Gabby's Story

  This is the remarkable story of Gabby, a sweet, loveable, adorable 8 year old little girl who deals with epilepsy on a daily basis.

• Fellow Eskimo

  The first time I can recall being affected by epilepsy was when I was 10, however at the time, I did not know it.

• thumperpdj

  My first seizure that was diagnosed happened in the beginning of 1990.

• Jan. 14th, 2008---16 years seizure free!

  Most people look at me and never know what I really went through as a child.

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