Lyn and I watched ‘Epilepsy and me’ last night, and i must say I found it very rewarding. Since establishing what my absences actually are two or three years ago, I have been keeping an eye out for information on the subject, so I found this program quite an eye-opener. I never knew, for example, that there are so many types of epilepsy. I suppose that makes sense. This program helped to reassure me that I am not alone, which, as I wrote here, helps a lot. Most of all, I came away from this program reassured, and relieved that my absences are comparatively mild: they only last three or four seconds, and just get me down a bit, whereas what the kids in the program were going through was far worse. At the same time, I recognised elements of my absences in how they described their seizures, giving me an idea of how complex this issue is. Thus I’m very glad to have watched this program: I can now place myself on a spectrum, albeit towards the mild end, and know that I’m far from alone in having my absence.