Diagnosis: a large abdominal mass Prognosis: being a vegetable!

Luckily the good experienced doctors got it all wrong.

My name is Sam and I want to share with you my son Peter's story of epilepsy since 1990. I'll cut this as short as I can. You will note that in my story the fine medical doctors are far from perfect to say the least. Further, medical schools and the drug companies believe or pretend to believe they have all the right answers. Well, they don't!

Please do not be bullied and do not be afraid to question every doctor's statements.

For those of you new to food allergies you may be wondering to yourself "what is a food allergy?"

Well, when someone has a food allergy their bodies mistake protein in food to be harmful. The body therefore rejects the food, which results in a reaction due to an immune system response against the food.

What is a seizure? A seizure occurs when a large number of brain cells get excited all at once, which affects individuals differently. There are many different types of seizures which can fall under two distinct categories which separate seizures according to the way they start. These two types of seizures are partial seizures or primary generalized seizures.

Most people understand that there are multiple types of epileptic seizures. The best known variety--and certainly the most spectacular--is often termed "grand mal," which is French for "major illness." In these attacks the patients lose consciousness, fall to the ground and experience convulsive jerking of their bodies that lasts for 1-2 minutes before subsiding. These attacks are more properly termed tonic-clonic seizures.

When explaining a partial seizure, it is important to understand the different regions of the brain and how they control the human body. How a partial seizure  affects a person depends upon whether it is a simple or complex seizure, and what specific area of the brain the seizure is happening in.

In the past seizures were not well understood. As a result, people often thought seizures were caused by supernatural occurrences. For someone who is trying to begin understanding epilepsy - what is a seizure?

The human mind is made up of trillions of brain cells, or neurons.  The neurons communicate with each other when they become excited and give off electrical impulses that are created from a chemical reaction inside of the neuron. These impulses either travel along the neuron's axon, or cross what is called a synapse--the gap between neurons.

John Travolta's son's death certificate confirmed what was already suspected: Jett Travolta dies from seizure. Jett and his father, mother, and sister, Ella, arrived in Grand Bahama island on Tuesday and were staying at Old Bahama Bay hotel. They had planned to stay for a couple of days in order to celebrate the New Year, and then planned on going back to their home in Florida.

Physicians at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Stanford have discovered they can pinpoint the cause of children’s seizures by using hypnosis.  Finding out the reason why a child is seizing is essential for diagnosis and treatment and this groundbreaking discovery could help provide a more accurate and much faster diagnosis.

My son was diagnosed with Gaustaut Syndrome this year and I was told he can not be helped. I want to talk to other moms with children with gaustaut syndrome and also anyone who has help on how to start organization for funding.

Thanks and good luck with your loved ones with epilepsy.

Shanae