The last thing I remember before blacking out at Corner Bakery is eating the delicious Mac & Three Cheese Pasta. The day after I woke up, I realized that I had failed weaning from my anti-seizure medication that I had been on since I was three. Failing meant that my chances of becoming epilepsy free were little to none. I also had to relearn how to drive.
I have dealt all my life with Epilepsy and Cerebral Palsy. My Cerebral Palsy has limited me physically, it has caused my left side’s movements to become jerky rather than smooth, greatly damaging my fine motor skills, and delaying my reaction speed. Using two hands has been more difficult to do since I knew that one side is a lot more dominant than the other hand. My Cerebral Palsy affects my driving because my left side drags down the wheel, forcing me to drive with one hand in order to have better control over the wheel. My body wasn’t as coordinated as most because of my poor muscle control, making me bad for sports like basketball or football because of how I would move strangely and try to play with only one hand as well as the high risk of damaging my brain further due to my Epilepsy. My Epilepsy made me feel
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I did all this despite my physical limitations. In August, we decided to wean me off my medicine, meaning that I can’t drive for six months if it went successful, but if I had one I wouldn’t be able to drive until early July, almost 10 months. As fate would have it, I seized at Corner Bakery on a cold November night. My entire junior year, I couldn’t drive at all because of this accident, causing me to constantly ask friends for rides and taking the bus when I didn’t have one. This caused me to be embarrassed because all the kids in my grade were driving to school on their own, and when they asked why I couldn’t drive home, I had to tell them why causing me to feel