Absent

Absent. This one word explains how I felt for four painful years in my life. From 2021-2025, I was dealing with randomly occurring absence and grand mal seizures, stemming from a dangerous car accident due to having a grand mal seizure behind the wheel. I was diagnosed with epilepsy, dealing with both types of seizures. It took 4 long years, countless doctor's visits, different doctors, and multiple medication changes. For me, I truly believe that those four years changed me in a way that I don't know if I'll ever come back from. In this memoir, there are stories and information about my experiences with being diagnosed with both absence and grand mal seizures. Some are funny, some aren't as funny. But in sharing these stories and inviting you into my life, I hope to bring awareness that if you have a disability, you don't have to let it hold you back. You can use it to your advantage. You may be labeled as disabled, but don't you ever let it define who you are.