We are excited to announce that we will be at UK Healthcare for their annual Epilepsy Education Day! Please join us and hear our Executive Director/Founder Brandy Parker-McFadden as the keynote speaker. Brandy will be sharing about living with epilepsy and learning how to THRIVE while on this journey of living with epilepsy. We are […]
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Mar
Mar
I was 18-months-old when I had my first seizure. It was during a very high fever, so considered a febrile seizure, but it was a seizure nonetheless. My father was a doctor who had been a front line medic in World World II, but, the story goes, he completely lost his cool when I had […]
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Mar
Mar
Self-Love is the regard for one’s own well-being and happiness (chiefly considered as a desirable rather than narcissistic characteristic). Self-love is not a bad thing when we do it correctly… In life, many women and girls do not love themselves whether it is from the pressures of society or from the pain of our pasts. We […]
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International Women with Epilepsy Day
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Mar
Mar
March 1st is the 1st Annual International Women with Epilepsy Day! Today is International Women with Epilepsy Day! This has been a vision of mine for several years to have a day devoted to EMPOWER Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy in EVERY corner of the world and it is so exciting to see the […]
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Coming Soon: International Women with Epilepsy Day
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Feb
Feb
Coming Soon!! We are excited to announce that March 1st is our first annual International Women with Epilepsy Day! This day is to EMPOWER Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy in EVERY corner of the world. At My Epilepsy Story (MES), we are going to ‘Bridge the Gap’ by Advocating, Researching and Educating for these young girls […]
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Feb
Feb
Today on our EMPOWERING Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy video series we hear from Dr. Michael Privitera from the Epilepsy Center at the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio on : “Epilepsy & Stress” Dr. Michael Privitera is Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Center at the […]
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Women with Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Most Likely to Have More Seizures While Pregnant
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Jan
Jan
Women with Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Most Likely to Have More Seizures While Pregnant In a new finding, 53 percent of women with frontal lobe epilepsy, in which the seizures begin in the front of the brain, experience more frequent seizures during pregnancy, suggests a study that was presented at the American Epilepsy Society Annual […]
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Jan
Jan
At the beginning of each year my husband, James, chooses a word for our family to be our guidance and focus for that year. Each year our family waits to hear what he has chosen for our family word. I must say that the word we have each year is a constant reminder of the […]
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Jan
Jan
How Social Stigma Affects Quality of Healthcare in Latinx Community Introduction Epilepsy is a historically misunderstood disease. While professionals are more knowledgeable, community and general knowledge is highly lacking. Approximately 65 million people in the world have some form of epilepsy, and 1 in 26 will develop epilepsy in their lifetime (Sirven & Shafer, 2014). […]
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Dec
Dec
As I reflect on 2018 the word that comes to mind is Thankful. I am thankful for wishes… I am thankful for all that we are are accomplishing at My Epilepsy Story (MES). I am thankful for the amazing women and girls living with epilepsy that I have had the opportunity to meet this year. […]