I was going in for an angiogram. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s a procedure where they make a small slit in the skin of your pubic region and into your femoral artery. Then, they lace a small tube up through your artery towards your brain. There, the tube is... Continue Reading →
My Kind of Prozac
(fyi- meant to be fun, not angry :) ) I’m on Lamictal. That’s my med of choice and over the years, she’s been pretty good to me- not invincible, but pretty darn effective in preventing the big ones. She and I share a laugh sometimes because I carry her in my purse. Not in a... Continue Reading →
In Short, My Beginning
People can develop Epilepsy at any age, but I, myself, was diagnosed with Epilepsy in my first year of college. I remember waking up one morning in my cramped little dorm room at UCLA and I had a throbbing headache, I was exhausted, my limbs felt like lead, I'd wet the bed, and I couldn’t... Continue Reading →
Strength
I’ve mentioned before the awkward moments with my high school students and for 10 years I blamed it on migraines, coffee (which is partially true) and just being “too excited about the novel we’re covering”. I would start to feel that floaty tingling in the middle of a lecture and forget where I was in... Continue Reading →
In Megan's Shoes 