Many of you have reached out to learn what will happen to our Epilepsy Support Group sessions after Epilepsy Awareness Month ends. We want to answer some of the basic questions that have already been asked about our plans moving ahead. Will You Continue the Sessions? Yes, absolutely. We know Read more…
Because I have had epilepsy for 15 years, I know that having intractable epilepsy, or really any type of epilepsy is debilitating. It is a loss of control of the one thing you were promised to have control over: your body. You have a seizure, you take medicine, you have Read more…
I love words. I find it interesting how our chosen lifestyles, our culture/religion, our environment and what life throws at us creates the landscape of our individual vernacular. I love the fascinating way children learn language, how their interests drive their ever growing vocabulary. I’m not good at learning new Read more…
There are so many people that contributed at multiple levels to make Brain Ablaze’s inaugural year so remarkable. We just want to take a moment to say, “Thank You!”. Here are just a few that made the tip-top of the list in no particular order. Jo Mackenzie Jo is Brain Read more…
In our third (and last) episode in this series on careers, we argue that Epilepsy shouldn’t stop any of us from having a meaningful career that we also love. There are plenty of careers that just don’t seem a great fit for people with Epilepsy, but that doesn’t mean there Read more…
Have you ever wanted your name in lights or everyone to recognize you when you walk down the street? Unfortunately, we can’t deliver either. However, we can immortalize your words in a shirt (and other products) in our store. In celebration of Epilepsy Awareness Month, Novela Neurotech is offering a Read more…
In honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month 2020, we are running virtual epilepsy support groups on Wednesdays throughout November. There are two different sessions one for the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT London) and another session later in the day for the Pacific Standard Timezone (PST Los Angeles) timezone. If you have Read more…
When my daughter, Vivien, went a year without having seizures, my wife and I searched for extracurricular activities. Vivien tried several sports but enjoyed swimming the most. We just wanted her to have some normalcy. There were limited places near our home that offered swimming. The one that looked good Read more…
VNS or (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) can be a new tool for you to control your seizures. In this episode, we invite the author of Vivien’s Rain: My Daughter’s Battle With Epilepsy, Mike Knox, to the show to help us learn more about VNS and how VNS has changed his family’s Read more…
In this episode, we invite French Dietician Matthew Cress to the show to help clear up some of the questions that we have about the Ketogenic diet. Initially only reserved for people with intractable (or medical-resistant) Epilepsy, the Ketogenic diet is gaining popularity for all people with Epilepsy. The Ketogenic Read more…