u/OneCow9890

Hi there. Im a soccer coach for timbits soccer and I have 10 players.

Amazing kids and I love them all and they all love me, but I feel like i dont know what im doing.

All the other teams of same ages do drills and have the kids running in herds, and i cant hardly get 2 kids to listen to me at once lol.

Not speaking ill of the kids, I just dont think im being confident enough? I know theyre so young, but id love some tips or advice for coaching little timbits players!! My 3 year old son barley stays on the field lol.

I really do my best to make it as fun for them as I can, but parents slowly come on the field to play during practice, and it can be helpful but I feel like theyre not happy with my coaching skills.

Hi there. Im a 29 year old female with epilepsy. I was diagnosed when I was 14 years old. We have no idea what triggered my tonic clonic seizures, or to this day what is my triggers.

My first big seizure, i was 14, I was playing at my girlfriends house and blacked out and did a classic tonic clonic. I was so sad. I kept having them every few months, and i still am to this day.

I take lamotrigine, clobazam and tegratol twice a day, but it doesnt seem to make a huge difference sadly. Not many medications have.

Healthcare in Winnipeg, MB, Canada has been really hard to find. Ive seen so many neurologists, Dr. Pacin, DR.Yankoski, and a few more I cant quiet remember right now. Ive been pumped with medication and never taken seriously. Dr. Yankoski said he has patients that seize multiple times a day, so i should be thankful that isnt me. Of course I am, but I am here to fix myself up. He really dismissed my case. So did Dr.Pacin.

I finally got into an epilepsy monitoring unit this week thanks to Dr. Ing. Im thrilled, because Im finally getting answers after all these years, instead of musical medications and just dealing with the seizures. Still here laying in this hospital bed tho. So im just starting to wrap my head around my health, and whats to come.

Last week, i checked in to health science center for 2 weeks. They took me off of my medication last week, and kept me strapped up to leads on my head (32 of them to be exact:)) and full time on camera and video sound. They got a few tonic clonic seizures on camera and saw a lot of seizure activity. I am classified as medical resistant epilepsy. They did not get enough information in regards of exactly where the seizures begin, so they cannot move forward with any treatment options yet.. but...

I am a candidate for surgery now. This is unreal and I am thrilled. We just need ROSIE to find the exact spot.

My next step is to go to the children's hospital to use a machine called ROSIE. Shes going to stick rods in my brain and map a tonic clonic seizure for me. This way neurologist will know the next step for me. He is thinking either a vagus nerve stimulator, or another kind of surgery. Rosie's gotta share her data first. There is 6 children and one adult ahead of me. Im dreading doing this testing again, but id rather that then live with untreated epilepsy.

I guess, my health scares my family. My friends. My dear sweet husband, my son. So I don't have a ton of people to talk to about it. I understand, its a ugly disease. I know my health makes my husband sad and worried, but im gonna loose my train of thought here lol.

This has been a very lonley journey, but im FINALLY starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. I cant take these falls and convulsing seizures the way I used to when I was younger.

Im posting this so you dont give up hope, if you or a loved one if fighting, dont stop the fight. We can beat this.

Even if i dont get better in this life time, I pray this malfunctioning brain of mine can possibly help someone else out in the future.

Anyone want to talk, please message me.

I am a mother, wife, friend, daughter, many things. Any perspective is great.