Category Archives: Epilepsy

Some Good News!

So the wife and I got back from the epileptologist, and we got great news. Looks like her taper schedule will be be in one-week steps and a total of six increments before she is medication free! This of course … Continue reading

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Good News From the Doctors

So the wife and I just got back from her Neurooncologist. They looked at the MRI she had done on Monday Morning. Looks just like the last one, but MUCH cleaner. Very good news. We’ll be repeating this a few … Continue reading

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Not Happy

The wife just called, something came up and her Epileptologist had to cancel all appointments, this means Mrs. Weer’ds next appointment (which will discuss medication reduction ) is in June. She’s not taking it well, and frankly neither am I. … Continue reading

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Driving Mr. Weer’d

Didn’t stop by the Piggly Wiggly, but I did have a chauffeur this afternoon. Happens to be the wife has been Seizure-free for six months, this means her driver’s license is valid. Since on Friday she will likely start a … Continue reading

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Mid-Day LOLz

First up, Dad emailed me another good epilepsy joke. there are precious few of them so I cherish the ones I find! A drunk walks into a veterinarian’s office with a goldfish bowl. “I Think my goldfish has epilepsy!” Sez … Continue reading

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Lazy Morning

Ahhh, I ended up calling in sick from work on Thursday because I just felt like general crap. Took Friday Off so the wife and I could go see a Neuro Oncologist for a 2nd Opinion on what should be … Continue reading

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Married Her for Her Brain

So the wife just got the disk of her latest MRI, and has the images taken before the surgery. The format the hospital sends them in is VERY easy to navigate and view, but not terribly easy to convert to … Continue reading

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Hemispherectomy

I must first apologies to whoever in the Conspiracy sent me this link, but its a neat one. (Chime in in the comments to remind me) Kinda cool, and interesting given the wife is going in for EEG monitoring and … Continue reading

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More Good News

So we met with the Wife’s epileptologist this morning and she was VERY impressed with the Wife’s recovery, also given all the data collected she doesn’t think its unreasonable that she might (MIGHT, nothing is 100%) make a full recovery … Continue reading

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Awake

When I announced that Mrs. Weer’d was going to have surgery to correct her epilepsy. So many people asked if she would need to be awake for the surgery. Some people were so convinced that all epilepsy surgery is done … Continue reading

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