Mine however is much bigger! I know many of you are laughing right about now, but I am telling the truth! Ok..what am I talking about? Well, it all started about 4 years ago. Most of you probably already know this, but I had some complications when I was pregnant. I was 6 months pregnant with Anna, and I passed out at work. I was in the hospital for 3 days but did not know where I was. Long story short, I continued to have memory problems for the rest of my pregnancy. I went to several doctors (high risk pregnancy and neurologist) but all I was ever told was that my protein C and S were high and that I had hormone porblems. Anyway, long story short, my doctor here referred me to a neurologist b/c my loss of memory has continued. I went to Dr. Acosta about two weeks ago, and he ran LOTS of tests. He told me that my EEG was not normal. Bascially I have what is known as a birthmark on my brain as well as extra tissue on my brain (hence the large brain..LOL!). These things are causing me to have what he called mild complex seizures. I am fully awake (except for one time when I was pregnant) and act normal when they happen. It just causes me to have memory loss. I forget what happens at the moment of my seizure. For example, this past Easter I took Anna on an egg hunt but cannot for anything remember anything about the egg hunt. I cannot remember what the place looked like, if we hunted real or fake eggs, etc. Anyway, I am now on medication that will hopefully correct the problem. I did however go in for another MRI yesterday to confirm that the extra tissue is just that....extra tissue and not a tumor. My doctor is confident that it is not a tumor but just wants to cover all of his bases. I will find out next Thursday the results. I am just glad that I have found a doctor that actually believed there was something wrong with me and was able to find what it was. So, if any of you reading this ever need a brain transplant....I'm your donor!!
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Hey Sarah - it was good to hear from you.
I hope that your test results come out okay. Would that, by chance, be the Easter egg hunt at my parents' house you are referring to?
Christy
Yes, it was the hunt at your parents house. Were you there? If so, was I acting normal? I remember the ride there but that is about it.
Wow Sarah! I've never heard of that. Praying your test comes back w/ no tumor!
Justin and I have talked alot about this and we are confident that if it were a tumor it would have grown greatly by now. I am praying yet confident that it is not a tumor and just extra brain tissue!
I'm confident in this (doing my best Arnold impression) It's not a tumor. ;D I'm not trying to make light of this, but I'm very confident in Our Father who is THE great PHYSICIAN!!! You know I love ya and am praying for you.
Sarah, I am praying for you. Keep us updated about the results. I love you. -Mer
I will keep you in my prayers!! I miss talking to you and hope all is well. Please keep us updated about the results on thursday. Love ya girl....We're thinking about you!!!!!
Yes, you were acting totally normal...well, normal for you anyway. :) No, really, you were fine. We talked about Baton Rouge and how your job was going. All the kids had a great time, some of the girls gave our dog, Lucy, hugs, and there were a lot of fruit punch and cookies.
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