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The Beginning of Getting Back to Work It was June. I was grateful for the time to continue to work on my wellbeing; my health journey. I had implemented actions to better myself day after day. Not yet back to work, I had created a weekly schedule to ensure I was not just sitting around…
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Systems & Support
I have talked about implementing the 1% better rule, and I have touched on some of what that included for me. Today I want to dive into what else I implemented in my life. My progress did not happen overnight. I am going to share how it took time, effort, energy, and patience to get…
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Energy Exchange
During the pandemic, I had work to keep me busy, and provided social interactions; nursing co-workers/friends, other health care co-workers, patients, etc. There were people around who you could talk to because we were all going through the same thing together. After my diagnosis of epilepsy in July 2022, I no longer had work to…
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Getting Sick Wasn’t So Bad After All!
Growing up, I did not enjoy reading. I was a slower reader, and often times it would make me tired. Now that I’m older, and out of school, I’ve realized I wasn’t reading anything that interested me. I borrowed a paperback book from a friend during the pandemic. To date I have read it 4-5…
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Acceptance!
July 2022 until now, May 2023…A wild road of emotions, experiences, thoughts and feelings to say the least. Angry beyond belief, days slept away due to medication knocking me out, days not remembered thanks to short term memory issues (from medication). Poor seizure control, lots of medication changes, doctor appointments, multiple blood draws. Sleepless nights…
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The Second Opinion
I lost faith in my neurologist. I was fully transitioned onto my new medication, yet still having seizures. That’s when he started me on a sleeping medication, which I agreed to take for 30 days, and felt I made myself abundantly clear about this. I made an appointment after the 30 days to discuss weaning…
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PACES
October 2022, I was informed of a program coming to the Maritimes for the first time. Desperate for resources and supports, I e-mailed my expression of interest immediately. I was informed what the program included, how it would operate and then scheduled a screening call for November. The day of the screening call, I was…
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New Habits on the Horizon
July 2022-October 2022, I look back and see a vulnerable, defeated, hopeless, helpless young lady. October I had received a call that gave me a spark of hope. Fast forward to the end of November-early December of 2022, I was getting my voice back. Thanks to the support of the epilepsy association co-ordinator, friends, family…
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Experiencing Grief
When thinking of the grieving process, what do you think of? I personally think of loosing a loved one, and experiencing denial, anger, bargaining, depression/ sadness, then eventually acceptance. I did not stop to think maybe I was grieving, going through the stages, trying to accept this diagnosis, and my current life. I see a…
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Finding Hope
Did you know more than 300,000 Canadians have epilepsy? When you think or hear the word epilepsy, I want you to take a moment and think about what that looks like in your mind. Do you automatically see someone falling to the ground, shaking/convulsing? That is one type of seizure, however, it can look different…
Journey to My New Normal 