This is my worst ever post....seriously!! My driving license has been suspended indefinitely....not through as many would suspect, my flawlessly brilliant riding style, which has yielded me the fastest lap-time ever done up & down Acacia Avenue, but because I have some form of epilepsy.... I had another 'Grand Mal' seizure Friday night....scared the sh*t out of everyone in my local bar, where I was playing pool - and I was drinking diet-pepsi, BTW!!.....next thing I know I'm waking up on the concrete floor about seven minutes later with blood spurting from my head & about 400 paramedics over me, an ambulance, and a frickin' fire-truck (I kid you not!). I gotta start taking this stuff more seriously....I eat a fairly healthy diet....very little dairy, hardly any meat....mainly just fruits & vegetables. My main problem might be that I only eat three small meals a week, which defo could be a trigger for a seizure. But this is bad....I've done the same job since I was 18-19 years old (I'm 47)....I've never known any other life than working in carpet, and I have to be able to drive to do it....it's easy-going, and the money is good. And now this!....I'm absolutely floored by it all, because what do I do now, and how do I pay the bills?? They've already taken away my disability payments, but I guess during the 'Mal' (insider term!!) I managed to smash my hip up a bit again, and now I'm going to need a walking stick....I already fell down twice today just coming out of the movies!! PS.....we saw '22 Jump Street'....go watch it, it's funny as hell!
not being funny mate but it sounds like you really need to sort yourself out how many times are you going to end up with stitches (or worse) while other people wipe your arse? (i dont mean on here cos we'll gladly help you in any way we can) but i mean the people youre surrounding yourself with over there bar staff, brasses, plod, nurses etc??? come on, i know you dont really think this is some big game go see a doctor if youre struggling to eat properly and get some answers regarding your fits and for fuck sake HEED THEIR ADVICE, theyre not doing it for their own benefit the last thing i want to hear is that youve been taken SERIOUSLY ill (and by that i mean irreversible) please?
No wonder your having issues, 3 small meals a week for a fully grown man, how the hell do u survive. Sounds like u need to take a good look at looking after yourself buddy, sounds harsh but your clearly having problems.
Well what can I say???.....I eat when I'm hungry, that's all - food is fuel, nothing more....which is as I suspect how most of us eat?? Anyway, I've had seizures since I was a child, including one particular episode that I can actually remember - I usually don't....scary stuff! The stitches were due to someone being pussy enough to shove me unexpectedly and my hip gave out.....I wasn't there to fight with the guy......I go to bars to play pool & occasionally do stand-up....nowt wrong with that in my book.
I remember several months ago me asking you if you had suffered from epilpesy and you told me in clear terms how wrong I was to even suggest it. I also questioned if you should have your licence due to the fits and again I was put in my place. It is controlable using the right medication. My mother suffers from it. One of her triggers is low pressure, usually brought on by stress or being over tired. As for food your body will go into a famine mode. It's running the basics. You won't feel hungry because you're not eating. Step up the number of times you eat and your body will respond. You don't have to eat much but make sure you eat 3 times a day. Force yourself to do it. Even if it's just a piece of fruit or a bowl of cereal. Your body will respond positively. You need more than you're eating if you want to make a recovery from the number of injuries you've had over the past few months.
you do seem to be getting involved in a lot of mysterious fights for someone your age D (if you dont mind me saying) id take kwackys advice on board if i were you and get some answers cos it cant really carry on like it i guess?
Sorry to chime in with the other here Darren but they're right, low blood sugar levels caused by lack of food may well be aggravating your condition. My Dad suffered with epilepsy from the age of 18, due to a fractured skull resulting from a motorcycle crash - no lid as was the fashion back then, he was on Epanutin for the rest of his life, with the fits decreasing in frequency over the first 8yrs to the point where he didn't have another one for the next 50yrs of his life, he regained his driving license and led a completely normal life except he took pills every day. You need to look after yourself buddy or you might not wake up from one of these fits and your boy won't have a Dad when he needs you.
It's not that I'm at odds with you, more than I'm at odds with myself over discussing this stuff. As for my licence, well I need that in order to work....pretty much in order to do anything around here.
How would you feel if you had a fit whilst driving and took out someone's kid? Seriously sit down and take stock. If you need to go walkabout for a few months then do it. Visit your family, take up arms and join ISIS, become a nun in India. Because if you sit at home feeling sorry for yourself this is only going to end one way.
I'm getting better at it....the diet was intentional in order to drop some weight that I don't need while I'm idle....not that I'm by any means a big guy. I'm normally 163-165lbs....I went down to under 145lbs, but I've gained about 8lbs back, and I'm happy with that. As for fighting, I can't be held accountable for that....I've been in exactly one "fight", and it consisted of someone side-swiping me unexpectedly, and without due cause. That guy will get it though...he pissed off a lot of people when he did that - he violated gang code in a big way, and gang code is what rules around here.
Just because I'm discussing some issues I'm having doesn't mean I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'm not....I keep myself busy playing pool, and writing comedy....life overall is pretty good.....I just need a steady income, and a licence would help with that enormously - not that I think I'll ever be going back to flooring anytime soon.
