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Friday, June 11

Philly: A seizure-filled experience

Well I was supposed to have a good time in Philly, but instead it turned into a terrible trip full of seizures. Well there were just two (I think that would count as two to many though). On my side, I had gotten off my anticonvulsant drug Keppra about three weeks (I think?) prior to flying up there. On the other side of things though, I did kind of ask for it by losing the Keppra, but (going back to the other side of things) I didn't have a seizure for upwards of three months. Can you expect anything less?

So we didn't play our show. The guys in the band thought that it was a bad idea to play a show the day after a seizure. With it put that way, I guess I see where they were coming from. The unfortunate side of it though, is that I didn't get to play a show...wah wah, I know.

Fortunately for me, I'm back on Keppra now, and (though it's only been a week), I haven't had another seizure. The sad part of this whole story is that at this point in time I'm terribly afraid that I'm going to have another one; so afraid that I don't know if I'm actually feeling a seizure coming on or if it's just the fear that provokes the feeling. Like I said, this is the unfortunate side of it: are the seizures entirely psychosomatic or are they a real event occurring at this point in my ever so eventful life? There's no way for me to know the answer to this question right now, so like all else that's important in my life, only time will tell. If I don't actually end up having another seizure in a few months...then I'm in the clear. 

Oh yes and due to this whole seizure epidemic I can't drive right now, so now I'm stuck here in Cobb County with no car. Needless to say, I bought another bike...and the bus system's next on my list. Cobb Community Transit look out!

Oh, I can't remember if I've posted a picture with all of my hair gone, but here it is!