VNS Update - still ticking away, i've noticed the pulsing a lot more over the past few days. not sure if it's more noticeable because i'm fighting off a head cold or what, but the voice changing's been a lot more prevalent.

the keppra seems to be a good anticonvulsant for me - i've been totally off of the dilantin for a few weeks now and no seizure activity to report *knock on wood*

mid september i'll be meeting with a new psychiatrist, who also happens to be a neurologist - hopefully that means i won't have to give her a lesson on the whole Vagus Nerve Stimulator thing. my Internal Medicine doc wasn't familiar with it at all, and i've also given education sessions to a variety of other docs, nurses and assorted medical personnel. i hope the new shrink can come up with a good combo of meds to stave off the panic attacks and keep me seizure-free as well. i'm also hoping the shrink can give me some answers about the VNS as a treatment for depression, which my regular neurologist didn't have - is it possible that we can treat my epilepsy and depression at the same time, or do they use different pulse settings for each?

dad was in town this weekend, so i saw him for a little bit - it was the first time i'd seen him since christmas, which was before the surgery. it's obvious that he's totally clueless about this stuff, but doesn't seem all that interested in learning more about it either. whatever.

i need to get some work done on the website, but that's too close to actually doing work...