Hi Helen, Have they actually diagnosed you with epilepsy, or have
the doctors determined that your seizure was caused by the high
fever and/or sinus infection? If not, go to see a neurologist
asap. Since you work in a hospital you have ready access to doctors
you alreay may know. Your supervisor sounds like a real winner,
demanding that you work while you are ill. Particularly in a
hospital where others are sick as well. Most hospitals will send
you home if you are a sick employee or to employee health to be
examined.

I grew up with epilepy, which was brought on due to a high fever.
Though my seizures were not grand mal, in the early 1960's, when
they knew less about seizures than they did now, you can be sure
they were scary to witness, no matter how sever they were.

Feel free to e-mail me privately.

Alison Pinsley

--- In epilepsy-testimonials@yahoogroups.com, "hlayton12000"
<hlayton12000@...> wrote:
>
> my is Helen and in am a nurse that usually works night shift and
> became very illl with a sinus infection,high fever the whole nine
> yards and my supervisisior said if i wanted to keep my job i
better
> work sick or well,I was in thrnmed room atttempting to draw some
meds
> and alll of a sudden these bright light started flashing inn my
face
> and i couldn't see any thing i thoughtni wass going blind so i sat
> down in the corner of thr med rooom and just closed my
eyes.finallly
> iy giot all right.the next night i was sitting at the nurses
station
> talking about puppies and the was sthe last thingbi renber until i
> woke in ther nwith my clothes alll cut of me ,they said i had a
grand
> malll seizure slid of my chair quit breathing and my heartb
stopped.no
> clue what happenend and actually i am scared to death any help or
> advive to prevent this from happening again would be apppreceiated
>