There was an item on the news today about a new way to control epilepsy. A new device implanted into a boys brain has reduced his seizures dramatically. The report showed viewers what his seizures looked like, and to be honest it wasn’t pleasant. To tell the truth, though, it just made me reflect on how lucky I am: I have hardly had any absences in the last few months, and when they have happened they have only been mild. They just last a few seconds, and I never loose consciousness. As a form of epilepsy I know that they could be far, far worse. Things like the item on the news I saw earlier thus just make me feel incredibly lucky: they remind me how fortunate I am. I still sometimes fret about my absences, especially when I can’t remember what happened immediately after them, but it’s clear how much worse they could be. I find it reassuring to know that I can go about my day to day life, safe in the knowledge that I won’t suddenly loose consciousness and wake up hours later in hospital.