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Hospitals’ new message for patients: STAY HOME!

May 14, 2024
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If you’re suffering from a life-threatening condition, emergency room triage is no joke.

They didn’t stop to ask me the name of my doctor when I was in a coma. (Drug interaction.)

Or when my elbow was sticking through my skin. (Bad fall.)

But once I was mobile and ready to function on my on cognizance, out I went.


Is Your Home Seizure-Proof?

May 31, 2021
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How many of us have had accidents while having seizures at home?

(I almost drowned in the shower because of the way the shower door was constructed.)

Here are some suggestions to help make your home safer.


My little bundle of love is home…

November 19, 2019
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We’re back from Chicago, after getting home at 2:30 in the morning.

Emily is a cute as can be. Right now she looks like a little twig. All brown and a little over two pounds.


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    Phylis Feiner Johnson

    Phylis Feiner Johnson

    I've been a professional copywriter for over 35 years. I also had epilepsy for decades. My mission is advocacy; to increase education, awareness and funding for epilepsy research. Together, we can make a huge difference. If not changing the world, at least helping each other, with wisdom, compassion and sharing.

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