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Let There be Light and the Epidiolex Letdown
Well, hi. It's been a pandemic. It's been a rough year for everyone. In some ways living in fear of germs comes naturally to us, so parts...
Sep 6, 20214 min read
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School 😱
You know what, it's hard enough sending your toddler to preschool for the first time. It is even harder doing it when they have epilepsy....
Sep 12, 20205 min read
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Milestones and ratios
We made it to 7 months seizure-free in early November - an incredible milestone and the longest M had gone in his entire life without a...
Dec 18, 20193 min read
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Epidiolex whiplash
We're starting Epidiolex! Wait, no we're not! Wait, yes we are! Wait, no we're not!
Jun 21, 20194 min read
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Lots of catching up to do
It's been a while. Here's what's been going on.
Jun 21, 20192 min read
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The long night
Here’s what it looks like when we prep for what could be a long night. M has been running low fever alongside some sniffles and a cough...
May 2, 20191 min read
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About that Twitter thread with the girl having seizures on the train
A few days ago, a woman on Twitter posted about her experience the previous evening. (Here's the easy-to-read version she blogged later)...
Apr 9, 20194 min read
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My strong feelings on American health insurance, volume 1: threats to the ACA
Hi! Those of you who are actually connected to me in real life may know me from such hits as “losing my job and health insurance while...
Mar 28, 20195 min read
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Traveling with keto and epilepsy
Because we are a bi-national family we have family and friends literally all over the world, and regular air travel is a fact of life for...
Mar 27, 20195 min read
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Up we go
You may have noticed it’s been a little quiet lately. The last four weeks have been pretty long. First, M had pneumonia, which came with...
Mar 8, 20193 min read
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Nerd alert: ketogenic diet and Mozart
During that weekend in the hospital with M when they decided to do genetic testing and I discovered Dravet Syndrome, even as I was on an...
Feb 18, 20195 min read
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We're walking
We'll be doing the Boston Epilepsy Walk in May in support of Epilepsy Foundation New England. If you're in the area, please consider...
Feb 15, 20191 min read
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Seizure Gadgets: Neebo heart rate and O2 saturation monitor
I came across the Neebo wearable recently and joined their mailing list to be alerted when they went to pre-orders, and just got the...
Feb 13, 20191 min read
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Useful resources
Things I find myself referring to regularly - to be updated as I find more good stuff. Dravet Syndrome/SCN1A epilepsies The Dravet...
Feb 12, 20191 min read
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Seizure gadgets: the FeverScout
I am an engineer. I build robots. When you want a robot to detect more information about its world and be able to react to it, you add...
Feb 12, 20195 min read
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Happy International Epilepsy Day
M decided to celebrate by having two myoclonic seizures in the wee hours of the morning as he fought off what turns out to be pneumonia...
Feb 11, 20192 min read
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Keto vs Keto
I spent a year living and working in the Bay Area tech industry where every next person has gone keto, so when M's epileptologist...
Jan 26, 20195 min read
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In the beginning...
I had gotten home from a business trip at 3 AM. 5-month-old M woke up for the day at his usual time, around 6:30 AM, and I was wrecked...
Jan 26, 20193 min read
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