I'm happy to let you all know that I have not had a grand mal yet. This is good news but this is also bad because I really feel that one could be coming at any moment. It's hard to tell because sometimes when your medicine is working well your seizures don't ever reach their full duration... so maybe my VNS is working? I haven't used my magnet much because by the time I pick it up the seizures are over or I'm in too much of a trance to reach for it. Either way, no grand mal yet, so I rejoice for that. However, I have continued to have some simple partial seizures but I don't mind those too much.
Lately I've been leading somewhat of an active life compared to this past year. I've started waking up earlier, and I'm able to stay awake longer. My weight has unfortunately stayed the same even though I've stopped snacking. I exercise daily which has seemed to help with my blood pressure and I no longer have that annoying ringing in my ears when my blood pressure rises.
At the moment I am babysitting a friend's huge golden retriever named Falco... he's just the funniest dog. He is very obedient which is awesome because our new puppy Rudy is the total opposite. By watching those two today I have notice that Rudy has been picking up a lot of behavior from Falco and I'm so glad to see that. My other dog Mia, a chihuahua, does not like being around either of them. She is very territorial. Rudy has been giving me a run for my money the last few months and his behavior is always horrible... hopefully Falco can show him a thing or two.
At the moment it's almost 98 degrees outside and even with our AC on 73 I'm sweating like a dog! I had a little "me time" outdoors today and got a tan which was very relaxing. The dogs were great about it and laid out in the sunshine right along side me. My favorite part of summer is getting a tan and going to the beach, which I will be doing in exactly 6 days!
Now that we're on that subject I just wanted to let you all know that I wont be posting for about two weeks while I'm gone. I got a lot of e-mails with ideas of what to post on and I'm just not sure because I got a lot of great ideas! As you bloggers can probably see, some of my followers don't actually own blogs of their own or even google accounts so they tend to e-mail me or twitter me more often. I would love to hear some ideas from my actual blogger followers. So far I got these ideas:
(By the way, your ideas don't necessarily have to be centered around Epilepsy. People with Epilepsy do most of the same things non-Epileptic people do, only with caution!)
- A post about some of my favorite products such as skin care, hair care, makeup, headache medicine, etc. This was one of my favorites because an off-blogger follower asked me to write a post about products that I use all the time, and why I like them so much.
- A post about my family. I get a lot of e-mails asking about how my family feels about my condition and if I don't do my next post on it, I'll do one eventually because my family is a very important part of my life.
- A post about ways to deal with anxiety. I added a few of the things I do in different posts but I've been asked by two people that suffer from occasional but serious anxiety (just like me) to do a post on things that I do to help escape the horrible feelings that anxiety can bring on a person.
- A post talking about different organizations and websites in the U.S. that are devoted to Epilepsy. This is also a great topic.
Feel free to vote on one of the topics above or leave me feedback on a topic that you would like to see. My e-mail is mandykrzywonski@yahoo.com if you would like to reply that way but I love to see comments on my blogs so I can see who is actually reading! The topic with the most votes will become the topic of my next blog.
Lastly, if you haven't already, please check out my FaceBook page and my Twitter! The twitter is brand new so there's not many posts yet but in about a week I plan to get on and start adding more stuff daily.
FaceBook: Your Epilepsy Blogger PageTwitter: EpilepsyBloggerOnce again, thanks for all the feedback. My mind is blown because I never thought I would get this many viewers. It's just so awesome! God bless you all and have a great evening!
Your Epilepsy Blogger,
Mandy Krzywonski
This is a photo I found from an anonymous photographer of the oil spill that is ruining the lives of so many animals. This is something I care about very much because everything about the ocean means so much to me and this just shows the horrible job that some people do to take care of our earth. I understand it was somewhat of an accident but I encourage everyone to donate and do their part to clean up this huge mess.
