2014 Walk the Talk for Epilepsy Awareness

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5th Annual SWFL Walk the Talk for Epilepsy Awareness

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Saturday, November 1, 2014

North Collier Regional Park
15000 Livingston Road
Naples, FL 34109

Registration starts at 8:00am. The walk starts at 9:00am.

Register Here | General Donation | Sponsor Participant

Click the “REGISTER HERE” link above to register for the walk. You can join as an individual, family or you can create a team. You can then personalize your fundraising page and e-mail it to others to ask them to support you.

Want to sponsor a specific walker? Click "SPONSOR PARTICIPANT" above.

1st Annual Chili Cook-Off

http://www.efof.org/index.php/how-can-you-help/get-involved/get-involved-2/866-first-annual-chili-cookoff

Events in North Florida in November

http://www.epilepsyawarenessday.org/event-information.htmlhttp://www.epilepsyawarenessday.org/event-information.html

The Second Annual Epilepsy Awareness Day at Disneyland Resort is coming Nov. 6, 2014! Join us as we turn Disneyland Resort purple to spread Epilepsy Awareness!

Epilepsy and Diet

Here is a great post from 

http://epilepsyfoundation.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-not-to-eat-and-drink-for

It has a lot of great info on the link. I agree and wonder why we don't get this info from the doctors. I ended up having a lot of problems this month after I had been compulsively eating junk food and chocolate. not a good plan. yes this will be removed from my food plan. It will help me with releasing excess weight which is also helping me to be healthier.  It was amazing to read how many people had the same issue. 

Comment by Paul Nim on May 22, 2011 at 11:37pm

A few years ago, an article was printed in www.epilepsy.com. It had input from people on what to eat and what not to eat. Since then, I've tried to stay away from junk food and/or MSG, but the results may depend on each individual.

www.epilepsy.com/node/983499

I also came across an article which could be just as helpful. It is entitled: Is it really true that people with seizures can't eat junk food. It was published two years ago, at the same website, but you might have to type the whole name of the article.

Toteman is a great website which features comicbook superheros which help to defeat epilepsy. you can download a comic book. He  is a great guy and the  comic books are amazing.  Have a great time enjoying the website

here is an example of the things parents have to say

Liam came in this morning and asked me if he could emergency share. He was very excited and explained to the students that John was a client of yours and that he wrote comics about epilepsy. He showed the book and was especially proud of the signature on it. I believe Liam even left it out during indoor recess today for his classmates to look through. (We have a lot of comic book readers!)
Thanks, and I'm glad to see that Liam was willing to share and speak with his classmates about this.

Julie

http://www.totemansworld.com/index.html

TOTEMAN TO BRING EPILEPSY AWARENESS
The production team of ToteMan is currently at work creating a comic book to enlighten the public about epilepsy; the dangers, the symptoms, the myths and the first aid response.

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month
Please check out http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/getinvolved/nowiknow/
for 30 Ways in 30 Days to support Epilepsy Awareness!

                          
Dowload PDF                     

Feel free to make copies and give to everyone you think could benefit!
The PDF is made to be printed in black and white to keep costs down and get the book into as many hands as possible. If your Church or Doctor's office would like copies, let them know they can make copies as well.
All we ask is that no part of the book be changed or removed. Otherwise, print away! Do us a favor, let us know if you are, we like to know who's enjoying and benefiting from our work. Thanks!

Now you can DOWNLOAD THE COLOR PDF!! The Epilepsy Foundation funded a limited edition printing of the ToteMan comic for thier walk in March in 2011.

Oct Busy busy month

Well hello everyone, I have decided to  have a blog to help increase the info about Epilepsy and how to live well with it. It has been a hard month because I made a mistake and ate foods that my body does not like ramaen noodles, cheetos, chocolate and cheese. I ended up having a grand mal  on the 8th. I had made it up to 14 weeks. I usually have a seizures every 3 months in different  strengths. I am very lucky they are not more often.  There is a lot of support and information on the internet which is wonderful when you can not drive!  Yes November is my birth month and It is Epilepsy Awareness Month. I like the way that one works. lol.

I am still a caregiver. I was not able to take care of Dad for about a week. My mom had to take care of the both of us. Rough! I am back and taking care of him again.