Remember me?

I am a disappointing blogger and for that I can only apologise. A while back, I was half-way through my third year at university, totally stressed out and needing a break from the internet. I deleted my personal blogs and abandoned Just Epilepsy, always with the half-hearted hope that I'd return at some point. After receiving a kind email from someone who had discovered this blog and had been disappointed at its discontinuation, I have decided to finally update.

Currently the summer holidays are nearing an end and as a consequence I am beginning to face my fourth and last year at university. I now officially have a degree which makes me feel very accomplished but I'm heading back soon for honours. I've spent the last three months successfully avoiding planning my dissertation but now, with nothing left to procrastinate with, I have found myself beginning to write notes and panic at the prospect of writing 10,000 words by myself.

Epilepsy-wise, things are going well for me. I haven't had a full-blown seizure for over a year now and my jerks are probably on an 'every-so-often' basis. My medication has been the same for three years now (Epilim and Keppra) and as long as I remember to take it, things seem to be fine. There is scope for improving my seizures further still but I am comfortable with my medication the way it is, with minimal side effects and so for now, I think I'll be leaving it as it is. Don't fix it if it isn't broken and all that.

So for now, I am back updating Just Epilepsy, however please bear with me as I am very out-of-practice. I will try my best :)

I'm back!

I cannot believe the last time I wrote a blog here was in July. Shame on me. I am refusing to give it up however, as there are people who occasionally make it here and I hope they come across something worthwhile when they do find it. Nevertheless, I am going to make a resolution to blog here more often!

There is not a huge amount going on epilepsy-wise in my life at the moment. I have not had a seizure since July, not a major one anyway, but I have had some wee myoclonic jerks and some ‘faces’ as I call them. Certainly not complaining though.

I am in third year of university now, so non-epilepsy life has become a little hectic with presentations and essays, etc. I was also elected as the student representative for disabled students in the English department, so I’m working with one of the lecturers at the university to improve some things for disabled students within the department. One of the ideas we have is for a ‘safe’ room, where for example I could go if I thought I was going to have a seizure and didn’t want to do it in public, or if someone with diabetes needed somewhere for their injections.
Anyway, I’m sleepy, so I’m off for some much needed sleep. I will be making more of an effort here though, I promise!