Epileptic Adventures
I suppose it does baffle the mind to wonder why I haven't felt the need to sit down and write about this before. This August will mark the 5th year since I've had my first (at least that we know of) seizure. I'll never forget it. 2009. The first day of Fall Semester. My very first day at Florida State University. It wasn't until a day in 2010, while living in Los Angeles, that we finally realized the insane blank stare, zombie walk and violent shaking were called, "seizures." I had a "spell" one morning before work. Went to work feeling terrible and woke up in an ambulance, where the paramedics told me I'd had a seizure. I said, "What is that?" right before passing out. And since then, we knew this was not a problem that would go away. We also realized that just because someone is 27, doesn't mean they won't develop epilepsy. I always thought it was something you were born with. But, apparently...that