Wednesday, March 19, 2014

EPILEPSY AWARENESS BLOG TRAIN

HEllo all,
About 1% of people worldwide (65 million) have epilepsy, and nearly 80% of cases occur in developing countries. Epilepsy becomes more common as people age. In the developed world, onset of new cases occurs most frequently in infants and the elderly; in the developing world this is in older children and young adults, due to differences in the frequency of the underlying causes. About 5–10% of all people will have an unprovoked seizure by the age of 80, and the chance of experiencing a second seizure is between 40 and 50%. In many areas of the world those with epilepsy either have their ability to drive restricted or disallowed, but most are able to return to driving after a period of time without seizures.
Epilepsy cannot be cured, but seizures are controllable with medication in about 70% of cases. In those whose seizures do not respond to medication, surgery, neurostimulation or dietary changes may be considered. Not all cases of epilepsy are lifelong, and a substantial number of people improve to the point that medication is no longer needed.
Our Blog Train is for EPILEPSY this month and we choose a particularly soft palette as epileptic people are very sensitive to bright colors.
So here is my part, and it’s a Sneak Peak for the surprise !!
CarolineB_EpilepsyAwareness_SP
 Too late, sorry.

And here are the stop of those wonderful designers who want to share their talent for a right cause :
Angel Wing Scraps
Dea’s Design
Ann’s Scrapbook Heaven
Marniejo’s House Of Scraps
Ostrea Designs
Dhariana Scraps
KJD Designs
Dreamn 4 Ever Designs
Black Widow Creationz
Shuckclod’s Stuff
Lizzy QX Design
Caroline B.
Timber Scraps
Enjoy, let comments and show us your pages, please !!

10 comments:

Dea's designs said...

thank you so much for sharing this kit and great "review" of epilepsy

Els Andrée Wiltens said...

Thank you Caroline!

Unknown said...

You are welcome Andrea and Els !!! Have a good day !

gypsymonkeyscrap said...

Thank you for helping to spread the awareness of Epilepsy and for your part in this train. Very pretty!

Unknown said...

This is really awesome. Thank you for bringing awareness to Epilepsy.

I hope no one will think I am silly for saying this, but my dog has epilepsy. I know it's not the same thing as a person/human going through it, but our dog is like our family member - so for us, he is kind of like a human.

My dog, Luke, is on medication daily (Phenobarbital), but still continues to have seizures approximately once every 2 months. In fact, this weekend he had a cluster of seizures which was very scary for me because I don't remember him having seizures back-to-back-to-back like that. He had 3 seizures within a 12 hour period of time. I never know when or if a seizure is going to "take him from us" - I sure hope that never happens...I wish there were a cure and I wish no one ever had to go through this awful condition. As a dog he's always home, so I absolutely can't imagine what it's like for a person who has to go through this! It is scary enough to have a seizure, let alone outside of your home, I just can't image what that would be like. I pray for all who suffer with this condition, both human and pets alike.

Regards,
Candice

Unknown said...

Thank you Candice for your testimonial. I suppose life is not allways better for dogs tgan for humans. And when we love them, it is hard too to see them ill !

schellie said...

when i try to download i get only the subscription form to the newsletter, but no link. Wat do I do wrong? Could you please look into the link?

Unknown said...

I am sorry Shellie, I don't know what happen with my blog, some words are weirly linked to wikipedia and the word here linked to my newsletter subscription. I will have a look, BUT you have to click on the IMAGE to have the link to my kit !! Enjoy !

Marie H. said...

Thank you for the cute kit. My favorite parts are the rickrack flower and the green paper. -Marie

Unknown said...

Thanks a lot Marie, you're welcome ! Come often as I am used to take part of several blog train.