Horizontal boogie.

On the plus side, having seizures in your sleep is a bit easier than having them during your waking hours.  I mean...

I was already in bed and was not likely to move very far, and I went right back to sleep without knowing they occurred.  I had one at 2:30am and another at 3:30am, and I woke at 6:30am feeling the post-seizure fog.  I only know they happened because I woke Mr. up both times, and he made sure I didn't find the bottle of Tylenol PM in the bedside drawer.

I think I had another just after I ate breakfast this morning, but only because I see the obvious shuffled goods around my computer which often include a glucose meter.  When I seize, my right hand goes "searching" for "sugar" or a glucose meter -- so that's often my only clue that I had a seizure.  I never actually get through the finger-pricking process, and most of the time I cannot get any food-stuffs open, but it's the most bizarre thing you'll ever see.  

But, to me -- it's just normal.  This is my new normal.  A cluster of brain implosions in a short period of time with several days in between.  Even my 5 year old knows it's my normal, you could tell when she talked to my neurologist.   That said, she's been in my presence since I started having them.  

"Mama, that's like when you have a headache."  It's a lot like a migraine, the whole cyclic process of a migraine -- except I lose a few minutes of comphrehension first.

This is my new/old normal.  

Of course, we're hoping to mess that up a bit by having another weeklong video EEG, I'm going in on May 4th to be wired up and watched for 7-10 days of Fun and Meals Delievered To My BED.  Guys, you have no idea how exciting that is.

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PS.  Ironically, someone posted about "having seizures after weight loss surgery" on a big message board today, and watching people freak the hell out about it is somewhat amusing.  

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