Author: Darren Long

A blog about me, my meds, my brain surgeries, my hospital stays, my doctor visits, my life... la la la...

Seizure Has Happened! (by Darren)

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This morning I had a seizure I need!! Woo Hoo!

Talked to my doctor & surgeon later in the day and was told… FRIDAY! They told me after the seizure that the surgery will be on Friday or Thursday. Seizure was successful as far as getting information and location from where it came from.

hippocampus

The Hippocampus of my brain is where this one is located at.

Still would like to get more seizures before surgery, so I’m completely off my Depakote ER as of tonight.

Still no seizures…. (by Darren)

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It’s Monday and it is DAY 12 of my being at the KU Hospital. Ugh.

Doctor came to me today and said the surgeon is not going to be around next week, so I need to have seizures within the next 24 to 48 hours. I talked with him and we agreed that getting off the Depakote ER is what I need to do. The reason I haven’t been taken off that one is because it controls my bipolar along with the seizures. Getting off Depakote ER after my previous surgery in November to start seizures might have caused some of my problems. Everything is back together and in full understanding with my head, as far as what and how the problems happened.

Have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully something soon.

Just had my evening nurse come by and tell me that I have to stay up till 3:00. I was just planning to stay up most of the night with this snow storm coming tomorrow.

Bud is back… Sitting in a hospital room… (by Darren)

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I’m finally “awake” enough that I can shoot out a post today and just explain how things are.

First, only so much a person’s body can handle when laying in a bed continuously for the last 8 days. My muscles ache. (Today, I did finally get myself moved over to a recliner to sit.) 🙂

Second, I’m tired of this food.

Third, I am bored out of my mind. <yawn>

I’ve been taken all the way down off all my meds, except for my Depakote. Neurologist and I agreed being off the Depakote is just “dangerous” since it has been controlling my being bipolar. It’ll take a day or two, but we are waiting for the old meds to get out of my system.

I am actually getting kinda dizzy and tired right now. I’m going back to the hospital bed.