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This is the story of my forty-four-year inspirational journey with dealing with epilepsy on a daily basis. It tells how I overcame all obstacles in my way and finally got cured. It tells how I went from being sick daily to being cured. I found the rainbow at the end of the tunnel. I did support groups and taught seizure first aid for the Epilepsy Foundation of Central New Jersey and the Epilepsy Foundation of Western Pennsylvania. I was also president of my own nonprofit--The Epilepsy Support Group Network Inc.--in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania. I wrote this book to show people there is always hope.
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I Won Against All Odds - Donna Rosenthal Truitt
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I Won Against All Odds
Donna Rosenthal Truitt
Copyright © 2022 Donna Rosenthal Truitt
All rights reserved
First Edition
PAGE PUBLISHING
Conneaut Lake, PA
First originally published by Page Publishing 2022
ISBN 979-8-88654-425-1 (pbk)
ISBN 979-8-88654-426-8 (digital)
Printed in the United States of America
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The Onset: From Age 3
Chapter 2
Elementary School Days: The Seizure in School
Chapter 3
The Fire: The Trauma
Chapter 4
Junior High Years: Moved and Met My Husband
Chapter 5
High School Years: Where My Support System Began
Chapter 6
After Graduation: Figuring Out My Life
Chapter 7
The Psychiatric Hospital
Chapter 8
Becoming A Single Mom: The Challenges Faced
Chapter 9
My Second Marriage
Chapter 10
My First Surgery Was a Success
Chapter 11
The Blessing: Getting Brain Surgery
Chapter 12
The Recovery: The Way I Had to Relearn Things
Chapter 13
Starting My Life over without Seizures
Chapter 14
The Adjustment Period: Starting to Live Life to the Fullest
Chapter 15
Happiness Returns to My Life
Chapter 16
The Happily Ever After: The Lifetime Dream
Afterword
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter 1
The Onset:
From Age 3
When I was three, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. The doctors told my parents that I had psychomotor seizures. Basically, I would black out, touch my clothing, and go unconscious for a few minutes. I would be disoriented for a while. When you have a seizure, the best way to describe it is fireworks going off in your brain.
I was hospitalized and tested, and I was to be put on daily medicine. Now my lifetime of seeing neurologists, getting monthly lab work, and dealing
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