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Yolanda Bonica

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I’m saving the day this March!

Hero Name: Purple Torch
Purple Power: Spreading purple awareness and raising purple funds
Hero Mission: I’m saving the day this March for the 270,000 people in Australia facing the challenges of epilepsy by participating in Make March Purple.


All heroes need their Sidekicks, so please show your support by donating to my page. All funds raised will provide information, education and training and vital support services to people living with epilepsy.


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A little overview of an Epilepsy life.

Thursday 6th Feb
Each morning and night we take medication that has many neurological side effects and we hope the medication is effective that day. Sometimes we have breakthrough seizures. This means an appointment with the neurologist to discuss a change in medication. No one wants to change medication because it might have side effects that can’t be suffered. Most  medications cause great fatigue and brain fog. Fatigue never goes away but the other side effects can lessen with time. We hope we have had enough sleep and have tried to be stress free. We can’t have a glass of wine, that for me, might help. 😉 We get on with our day with the worry that a break out seizure will occur. We hope it doesn’t happen in public because lots of people who don’t understand what’s happening just walk away. It’s understandable because seizures are very confronting. I carry a card that advises a helper on what to do if they witness a seizure. After a seizure the world is very confusing. Usually we are unconscious for a bit and then on consciousness we have no memory of the situation. If the seizure is too long we have to go to hospital. 
There is brain surgery to limit seizures but not guaranteed. This adds some anxiety to the situation because there are so many dangers with brain surgery. 
An epileptic person has to worry about family who is worrying about them. Trying to explain seizures is near impossible but our loved ones want to know. They also over worry and try to limit situations that may be dangerous. We don’t want to limit our lives.  We don’t want to think about all these things everyday. I want to go to work, walk Milly, play tennis, travel and hangout with my Jarek, family and friends. I want to drive myself somewhere. 
Nevertheless we get on with our everyday lives and have a positive outlook. 
Research means finding better treatments and maybe a cure, or at least an answer to why I got Epilepsy in the first place. 

Thank you to my Sponsors

$158.25

Jarek Fotfolc

So proud of you

$105.50

Anonymous

💜

$52.75

Yolanda Bonica

$52.75

Kerry Kelton

$52.75

Pip Hamilton

I love you my dear friend. I really hope one day life is less complicated for you xxx

$36.93

Angela Gargano

Good on you, Yolanda. Thinking of you with love. Angela

$17.94

Giuseppe [joe] Bonica