This week on Seizing Life® we look at diagnostic and surgical tools that assist physicians in localizing and removing areas of the brain that produce seizures.
Category Archives: Living with Epilepsy
Unleashing Your Inner Mama Bear
Epilepsy advocate Kate Neale Cooper and host Kelly Cervantes share their experiences parenting children with epilepsy and offer advice on advocating for your child’s epilepsy care.
Kids Ask Docs the Darndest Things About Epilepsy
This week on Seizing Life® kids ask pediatric neurologists about epilepsy. Dr. Kristen Park of Children’s Hospital of Colorado and Dr. Adam Numis of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital answer questions from kids on a wide variety of topics related to epilepsy.
Managing Epilepsy with the Stress of The Holidays
This week on Seizing Life® Neuropsychologist Eva Alden joins us to offer advice for those with epilepsy and their caregivers for coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and travel during the holidays.
A Mother Shares her Daughter’s Journey from Infantile Spasms to Brain Surgery
In support of Infantile Spasms Awareness week , Monica Diaz-Greco shares her daughter’s epilepsy journey from initial onset and diagnosis of infantile spasms through a VNS implant and brain surgery.
The Impact of Epilepsy and Seizures on Cognition and Memory
This week on Seizing Life® we speak with neurologist Dr. Alice Lam about the potential impacts of seizures on cognition and memory. We discuss both the possible short-term and long-term effects of epilepsy on cognition and memory, and the differering ways that seizures may impact children, adults, and aging adults.
A Marine Explains the Value of Receiving An Accurate Epilepsy Diagnosis A Decade Late
This week on Seizing Life® former Marine Captain Jack Somers shares his long and sometimes frustrating journey to an epilepsy diagnosis, after living for more than a decade with a diagnosis of “generalized seizure disorder”.
Celebrating 100 episodes: Community, Impact, and Hope
Guest host David Axelrod interviews Seizing Life host Kelly Cervantes about turning her epilepsy experience into advocacy, hope, and scientific advances.
Working to Overcome Disparities in Epilepsy Care in the Hispanic Community
This week we talk to Dr. Refugio Sepulveda about challenges faced by the Hispanic community in accessing quality epilepsy care and learn about a program aimed at addressing these issues.
Medical Cannabis: A Life Changing Journey for Mother and Son
This week we look at medical cannabis as a treatment for epilepsy with Sarah O’Hanlon. Sarah shares her journey to find relief for her son’s seizures from Colorado to advocacy to a master’s in medical cannabis.