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Another odd anniversary
Feb. 3rd, 2005 01:48 pmIt just occurred to me that 20 years ago, this month, I had my first seizure. Next month will be the anniversary of my diagnosis as epileptic.
In that time, I've gone from information passed along by well-meaning doctors telling me that as an epileptic, I would not be able to live alone; take baths - only showers; go on roller coasters; use gas stoves or sharp objects; or even go swimming - to having lived on my own, developed a major love of roller coasters, had gas stoves in every apartment I've lived in, enjoyed bubble baths, and go swimming on occasion.
It's amazing, isn't it? In two decades, they've gone from treating epileptics like we were incapable of living independently, to realizing that independence is a good thing - as well as finding better medications and treatments to keep seizures under control.
Still, it almost blows my mind to think of how much progress has made. At least they're not assuming that we're receiving divine visitation - or being demonically possessed, and wanting to put us into sanitariums for time immemorial.
In that time, I've gone from information passed along by well-meaning doctors telling me that as an epileptic, I would not be able to live alone; take baths - only showers; go on roller coasters; use gas stoves or sharp objects; or even go swimming - to having lived on my own, developed a major love of roller coasters, had gas stoves in every apartment I've lived in, enjoyed bubble baths, and go swimming on occasion.
It's amazing, isn't it? In two decades, they've gone from treating epileptics like we were incapable of living independently, to realizing that independence is a good thing - as well as finding better medications and treatments to keep seizures under control.
Still, it almost blows my mind to think of how much progress has made. At least they're not assuming that we're receiving divine visitation - or being demonically possessed, and wanting to put us into sanitariums for time immemorial.
