well, the epilepsy foundation says that surgery could cost $35,000 to more than $150,000 and that in a lobectomy (which i'm presuming is the type of surgery the doc is talking about) 65 to 85% of patients turn out seizure-free. complications occur in about 4 out of every 100 of these operations - is it worth taking a 1 in 25 chance? partial loss of vision, motor ability, memory or speech could happen because of the surgery?

the scariest thought for me is that something would happen and i would lose myself after the surgery - just become a different person. that seems like too much of a risk to take...