Elizabeth Savage

Motherhood and epilepsy... Y'all, it has been a wild ride! I have made it more than a year into this world of motherhood, how crazy and exciting it has been. Everyone told...

I had to go in for some pulmonary testing, which included the pulmonary function test. This test requires you to do 4 different breathing exercises, some of which include a...

It has been about 3 years since mobility aides were introduced into my life, and let me tell you, it was no easy feat. I did not want to need...

So, you have been diagnosed with epilepsy... What are your next steps? When a new diagnosis hits, you will have everyone and their brother trying to offer you advice, information...

As with any chronic illness, epilepsy can often require us to end up admitted to the hospital for days, weeks, or even months at a time. When you are already...

This article is definitely gonna be for niche group of individuals, but these are things I wish I had known among a mix of diagnoses. When the purple giant meets...

Being a female and developing a chronic illness comes with its own obstacles. Not only are we now made to navigate the reality of having a chronic illness, but we...

My seizures started my sophomore year of college when I was involved in different clubs and organizations every day of the week, beyond just my studies. I was in the...

Having epilepsy brings on a whole lot of other symptoms and each medication has many possible side effects. For me, and many others, one of the biggest issues we can...

I remember the day of my first seizure like it happened yesterday. I remember sitting in 1 of my college classes, October 2014, listening to my professor go over social...

When I first planned on writing this article I had every intention on speaking about how important it is to advocate for yourself and how that has been probably the...

I have been a writer for EpilepsyDisease.com for a couple of months, but endless hospital admissions kept me too busy to start writing. I'm currently pregnant and being very careful...