Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness

Epilepsy ~a chronic brain condition

not the purple bruise on a face

but a purple flower in bloom

taking life by the hand between seizures

unwelcome sounds - rude or annoying, 

un-choreographed movements: 

  ~ convulsions that steal consciousness

 momentary lapses that no one notices as odd

or behaviours that defy logic.

any or all and maybe more ~

when convulsions of any magnitude 

defy medication, surgery and care, 

the grip on living can become tenuous, 

 quality of life wilts

   sometimes lost ~

 lives given to others to manage

In the space between seizures

  Family participation is challenged and will adapt

    Education is challenged but goes on

      Employment is challenged but continues

        Community activity is challenged but develops

Health and happiness can be a daily challenge.

        

Epilepsy ~ a chronic brain condition

not the purple bruise on a face

but a purple flower in bloom.

“It appears to me to be no more divine nor more sacred than 

other diseases, but has a natural cause….like other affections.”

~  Hippocrates, 

On the Sacred Disease (written 2400 years ago)

Author’s note: 

Epilepsy is no longer considered a brain disease, but is a brain condition. There are multiple causes, including stroke, brain trauma, any neurological brain damage and one form termed Idiopathic, meaning no known cause. Presently treatments are wide ranging - many different medications used depending on the individual, brain surgery if it is deemed appropriate, life style changes: any or all of them.