-=> Quoting Christina Fischer to Michael Holt <=-
 CF> Michael, I will definately let you know if anything
 CF> happens, I'll probably be posting it here! My little
 CF> girl also had one seizure when she was 18 months.
 CF> She is 9 now and hasn't had a problem---yet. I had
 CF> my first seizure when I was 15. Our stories seem
 CF> frightenly similar. How old are you and where were
 CF> you born? Maybe there was something in the water
 CF> that year! (sorry, I have learned over the years
 CF> to keep your sense of humor is to keep your sanity)
 CF> I was born in Massachusetts in 1966. Let's keep
 CF> in touch, shall we? I'll let you know if I find
 CF> anything.
Thanks.
I was born in 1949, adopted in 1951 and had my first seizure 
in 1964.
Given what I've learned about epilepsy, it would appear that, if
one has it, one will see it at about 2 or at about 15.  Puberty
explains the second number; I presume there's some physiological
milestone at about 2 that triggers seizures at that age.  I've
seen both.
My daughter had her first seizure at 14, but it didn't do anything
to her except to raise her ire at the EMTs for not inserting the
IV properly and causing her to bleed all over a new outfit.  Life's
rough, I told her (she laughed).
My son, who's three years younger than his sister, is terrified that
it will happen to him.  I told him that he had bigger problems, and
that even if it does he shouldn't have to change his lifestyle to 
any significant extent (I didn't).
How did the epilepsy change your life?
And did awareness of it ever make you want to talk with your
birthparents?
... Pardon me while I indulge in a paroxismal cerebral disrhythmia.
--- FMail 0.98
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