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Seizure Free : From Epilepsy to Brain Surgery, I Survived, and You Can, Too!

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Leanne Chilton's victory is revealed through an emotional journey of chilling, revealing passages into a world many have never understood. It is true that this is must-have information for those suffering seizure disorders. But it is equally true that it speaks of the silent acts of valor that go unseen for their grace and determination. Seizure disorders needn't have touched one's life to draw strength and inspiration from this remarkable work.

I just finished Leanne Chilton's book, Seizure Free. Since I myself am getting ready to have a temporal lobectomy, it was a great help to read someone else's story. The anger, fear, and disappointments which Ms. Chilton expressed were very familiar to me and undoubtedly to many others . The saga takes one through the onset of seizures, the anguish caused by them, the persistent pursuit of a diagnosis and treatment to brain surgery and the thrill of regaining her former seizure-free life. Ms. Chilton is very methodic in the telling of her story. Her optimistic and persistent attitude was impressive and set an example for the rest of us to follow.

Leanne Chilton shares from the heart. She tells her personal story in a very open way. A story of courage, survival and hope. You may benefit from this book, even if you do not have epilepsy or are not considering brain surgery. If you suffer from seizures or are going for nuerosurgery, please read this book!

I just finished reading a previous review and was quite perplexed as to why the reviewer felt this book wasn't a good recount of the information one needs to know for having brain surgery. I've read Seizure Free and I've had brain surgery and I can't even begin to tell you how much Ms. Chilton's book did for me. Everything from her experience to what the patient and his/her family will need to know has been included in this book. I think the viewer must have been confused with another book. I give Ms. Chilton a five star and recommend her book to anyone even thinking about brain surgery. Thanks for the information and for the great advice! Respectfully, Mike in California

Chilton writes a highly informative and helpful book on brain surgery for the correction of epileptic seizures. It gives medical information that I, as a brain surgery survivor for epilepsy also, did not have before reading the book. I found this book highly helpful and recommend it to any approaching an opportunity for surgery. --- author, Stephanie S. Sawyer,FACING ME, Breaking the Bonds of Seizure Confinement

This book is an amazing first person account of one woman's journey, but it is much more than that. Ms. Chilton offers all of us an example of the kind of heart and spirit that it takes to overcome adversity and to triumph over it. I read it cover to cover in one day, unable to put it down. Once completing the book, I was left with a feeling of warmth and joy. It was as if I had come through the journey with Ms. Chilton myself. This is a MUST read for anyone dealing with this themselves. But it is also very entertaining, enlightening, enriching and inspirational. I would be remise if I didn't also mention how thorough, well organized and wonderfully written this book is. Ms. Chilton is obviously one amazing woman. It took a great deal of courage and caring for her to offer herself to help others in this way. I hope there is more to come, I would love to read a follow up.

I loved Seizure Free from page one until the end. Ms. Chilton takes you on a journey through her experiences with having seizures and through her success with brain surgery. I recommend this book for anyone looking for hope. This book will definitely give you Hope! My family loved it, too!

I have lots of admiration for Leanne Chilton. She shares her personal experience of having brain surgery. I also underwent brain surgery to stop my epileptic seizures. As her title says, I have survived epilepsy and brain surgery. May this book help other people with epilepsy to live a healthy and positive life.

I loved this book. From the very first page to the final chapter, I could not put it down. It grabs your attention in a very human way, tells you a real life story of success, and in the process the reader will end up feeling very touched as well as informed. This book is guaranteed to uplift your spirits. There is hope. Everybody will want to read this book. If you are experiencing seizures yourself, know somebody who is, or if you just simply have a curiosity about the affliction and its freedom-limiting effects, this book is for you. I highly recommend it.

About seven years ago, I was operated of a benign, very large brain tumor, a Meningioma. That was a life changing event, and it changed me completely from the way I used to be in every aspect of my life. Fortunately, even with some limitations, in time I was able to go back to my normal life and my work activity.

Just over 20 months ago, on my way to work, I was t-boned by a driver who was too impatient at a traffic light waiting to change. He hit me just before the door, and the impact sent my car to a ditch. The car was totaled, but with the impact, I re-injured the part of my brain where I was operated a few years back. That caused me a stroke, with the end result of an instant paralysis of the right side of my body and the lost of my speech. With time and therapy I recovered my speech and my mobility, but not my coordination.

About 3 months after my accident, I started having frequent Grad Mal seizures, which until recently happened on average once every 4 weeks. I have tried several drugs, some of them with little impact, but with awful side effects.

When it was determined that the "drug-only" solution was not working, I received a VNS. I had high hopes, but I also experienced some additional problems, with an impact with my quality of life.

I hope that the VNS alternative will work, but I am already discussing with my neurologist and neurosurgeon about the possibility of another brain surgery, if my quality of life keep getting worse.

Leanne Chilton in her book captures quite well that "something" that cannot be described when we have to go through so many unexpected things, and w have to overcome so many obstacles. When she talks about the fact that she was home-bound at times, it hit home. When she talked about the operation that she had before she got better, she talks quite clear about all her concerns, and all the pains she had to endure. If I decide to go for the next surgery, I know it will be a difficult one, but I will be better prepared.

I did not expect to get a tutorial or a technical book in "Seizure Free", and I am glad I did not get that. She was a fighter during her battles with leukemia, and she is a remarkable woman. Wonderful Book.