Doing Life in Lavender

Hello again! Today I thought I’d talk to you about my personal experience of hospital admissions. This is something that I’ve had very mixed experiences with. Most of my inpatient stays in hospital have been planned rather than me having to be admitted suddenly or taken in an ambulance as the result of my seizures. This is because, for the most part, my seizures are manageable, especially with a nurse mum! Hospital has always been a last resort for us because my mum can handle pretty much anything! Other than a couple of occasions within the past three years, all my most intense hospital stays were as a baby or toddler, either pre-diagnosis or newly diagnosed and I think this has somewhat shaped my views on hospitals. The majority of my time spent in hospital was planned tests and scans. Most of these were outpatient and I didn’t have to stay in, but when I did have to stay, it tended to be EEG video telemetry. EEG video telemetry is when electrodes are glued to your head to record w...

Hi again! Firstly, thank you so much for the incredible response to the video I did last time with Michael! It means so much! Today I thought I’d take some time to discuss with you lovely people what it can be like having epilepsy at work, and what can help make life easier and safer whilst working. I’m going to try to make this not just personal experience, but also include things that can be helpful for managers to be aware of or have an understanding of if they have an employee with epilepsy.   I jumped straight from school into work and have only worked for two companies. As you do with any job, I had ups and downs with both. However, in regards to support in the management of my epilepsy I’ve had starkly different experiences.   I work in healthcare and have only ever worked in healthcare. However, in my first job my manager made no attempt to understand my epilepsy. The staff I worked with were amazing and asked questions to make sure they knew what to do if I had ...