What was your first seizure like?

What was your first seizure like? | October 10, 2009

I can remember being in the shower, washing my very long hair. It was one of those old-fashioned showers with a heavy plate glass door and a stainless steel handle that you had to turn to get in and get out. There were 4 water jets…three coming from the side wall…and a shower head in the ceiling.

All of a sudden, it felt like my blood was rushing out of my toes. As all my energy drained out of me, I thought: “I’m going to drown.” Then as I fought with the locked door handle to get out, I realized: “I’m going to die.”

With one last push, I managed to turn the handle before I went down. And thankfully, my head landed on the floor, outside of the shower.

I was terrified.

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I tell everyone that 2 dogs saved my life. I was a senior at Syracuse University and thanks to God, my roommate’s dogs heard me having a nocturnal seizure and walk her up. She thought they had to go outside, but they ran to my bedroom door and when Karen opened the door, I was on my bed having a tonic clonic seizure. I remember that when I come out of it, 2 EMS guys were in my room and those 2 dogs were at my face to make sure I was okay.

Comment by Julie — November 4, 2009 @ 9:15 AMNov -04:00Nov

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There are such things as canine companions for people with epilepsy. To give you an idea of what they’re like and what they do, try clicking on to this link: http://www.k94life.org/html/seizure_alert.htm

Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — November 4, 2009 @ 9:15 AMNov -04:00Nov

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