thanks i hope good things come by your way too xx

hi my name is georgia,
most of you have heard my story before, that i might be able to get rid of my epilepsy with an operation. i have heard some of your stories too and i think that you should all be a bit scared or have a few emotions from your epilepsy because there is, of course, a reason for it and that is that you sometimes might not be able to as many things as wanted to when you get older. but remember, big things come in small packages so you never know, like me, you might someday be able to get rid of you epilepsy and not have to worry about it, or if not then you will at least be treated for it good enough that you won't have your seizures any more. i wish good luck to all of you lot because i know how you feel because i've had my epilepsy for 6 years nearly, because i'm 12 in 6 days. i really do feel for all of you guys and girls and i wish you all the best of luck it was nice meeting you all,

xx georgia xx

dear alex,
you shouldn't be scared about your epilepsy i'm sur it will be sorted out soon. also i've had epileps since i was four so i know what its like to be upset. aswell, even though i'm not there with you i can always talk to about things on the chatterbox, so if you want any support i can always help.
if you want some support than always know that i'm always here.
nice to meet you,
georgia. xx

My name is Amy and I have been recently been diognosed with juvenile absense epilepsy (absense and tonic-clonic seizures). I had a tonic-clonic seizure on the school field and when I came out of it I saw all my teachers looking down at me.
When we got given our practice SATs paper, I didn't get through all my questions in 45 minutes so I ended up getting about 13 out of 25. The mark did make me cry but my friends were all very supportive and understanding. Last thursday my mum arranged a meeting with the educational psychologist to come and test me and she was very good and told my mum exactly what the problem was, so both my mum and I feel more relaxed.
Amy

my name is georgia and i am 11 years old. i started having seizures when i was four and i had it for another four years then i was seizure free for two years. my medicine then treated my seizures but it made me put on lots of weight, my friends started to not like me and call me names, then i had no friends and i got bullied every day. it was when i was ten when i was performing a school play to the school and i nearly walked off the stage. then i had two more when i went to see my dad and i had just been shopping and i was in the car, it was my sister who noticed it happen. one of those times i was really dizzy and we had to get home super fast so that i could get out of the car quickly so that i could sit down. from then i had alot more seizures and mini ones at school aswell. finally after all that i got a hospital appointment and got some new medicine. the medicine works and i had an EEG scan to see where the seizures were coming from. after that my docter told me to have an appointment with a different doctor in a different hospital but still in the same area, she told me that he was a consultant and he might be able to do more about my epilepsy. when i went to see him he told me about having tablets instead of liquid, he also told me about having an opperation to remove the part of my brain that is causing my epilepsy. the consultant said that the opperation would be really safe and all they had to do was work out a couple of plans before they do anything, keep me in overnight for a couple of nights to do some scans whilst i'm asleep, a couple of weeks/months later they will do the opperation and keep me in hospital for about a week, then to catch up with school i will stay at home for about two weeks and the school will send me worksheets to do whilst im at home, then i can go back to school and see my friends. im really scared about the opperation but the docter says that its a really good oppertunity for me and mum says that i need to be really brave and shell be really proud of me when i have had the opperation. im have really mixed feelings at the moment because im exited to get rid of my epilepsy, im also scared incase it might go wrong and because i keep picturing the knife going in my head but also proud because im trying to make my mum proud aswell and thats what matters right?
i dont know how to tell my friends either its going to be so hard telling them because they might be scared too.
thank you for listening,
georgia