It can be a side effect of cancer treatment (or cancer in itslef when it spreads to the brain) so usually family members are made aware by the staff on what to do Not always but it happens
@@pegaseg70 ya Im going through chemo now, Ive had so many seizures. But I unfortunately fell face first onto a nightstand and really messed up the right side of my face + black eye. My husband keeps telling everyone I had a seizure. I asked why every stranger has to know and he said "you're not the 1 everyone is looking at, trust me." He wants everyone to know he's indeed inncoent. 😅
shoutout to your parents for handling that situation so well. your mom asking u the basic questions to determine your cognitive function and your dad timing the seizure is exemplary
@@RandomPers0n851 Yeah I was taught that after 2 mins to always be on the safer side. But man those few minutes feel eternal when you’re helping someone having a seizure.
That might have actually been some of the best times to have a seizure, you had people around you at least. Imagine that but when you're alone, say on the toilet or something. Really lucky dude AND more importantly strong.
My hockey teammate had a small seizure in the locker room. He was just quiet for a few seconds and then said I just had a seizure. He had epilepsy which I didnt know before that. I didnt even know he was having one it was really subtle
@@spyder027 yep, not all seizures are grand mal seizures & they can be really subtle/ambiguous. Scary when it’s the subtle type AND you’re completely unaware during it so you yourself can’t even tell that you had a seizure… had a few like that.
Yea dude, wasn’t allowed to lock the bathroom door for a WHILE after my seizures started happening 😂😂. Mum’s chilled out a little now, but there’s still the possibility!
@@spyder027 He most likely had an absent seizure, or something similar. I’ve seen an epileptic seizure before and it was super scary but the person was safe and he was okay afterward, another I didn’t see but an ambulance legally had to be called due to the location and the persons needs.
@@spyder027 i have epilepsy and thats what most of my seizures are. A week or 2 ago i had a big one like the one everyone thinks of when they hear seizure and i was lucky because my friend was there with me when it happened while my sister was asleep on the couch and my parents were at work
Dude.. You know the universe fucking hates you when you have cancer on your birthday while simultaneously losing your leg AND having a 1:22 minute seizure. Don't stop fighting dude
That is the most negative way to look at it. When you have a disease like cancer the only thing you care about is being cured regardless of side effects since you:d know how much better you would be without the disease. So no, the universe saved him. It was an emergency, 1 small delay could cost him his life.
I had a seizure in my sleep and woke up with parametrics around my bed, and was rushed to the hospital. It's terrifying. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm glad you are doing better.
Damn that’s why you’re so cheery. You’ve been through some shit man. Hope you got it all situated right in your head, man! That kinda shit comes back to bite people later on.
Well not "free" free, but at least covered by general puplic health insurance. Wondering what that would cost in the states: - So you had a 2h ambulane ride, got medication, got a bed (+surcharge for a blanket), occupied a room, talked to a doc, took a few breaths of hospital air... that will bring you up to 560.000$ +taxes, and we take your leg, no the other one. Your supreme premium+++xxx insurance will cover 10% of the bill and will raise your monthly cost to from 400$ to 6478$ for the next 69 years. Given that you won't get sick ever again.
From Canada here, I'm incredibly proud of you for toughing all this out, and the USA's lack of free healthcare sounds like a horror movie for disabled people, as someone who has to take insulin and all sorts of medications I could never live there.
I wish the netherlands had free healthcare instead of mandatory insurance. But im pretty sure that free healthcare doesnt apply to like really expensive treatments right? But then again neither does the insurance so in the end ur still screwed if u have some rare decease cus it finna be hella expensive.
Been there, the seizure, without the cancer. It's not fun to have to go for a long ambulance ride. I lost my gallbladder for my 16th birthday. Your leg is cool! I'm glad they were able to help you.
@@isaiahjones5759 no proof of any of that bro. You can say words. If there’s a God, he wouldn’t have an ego. God doesn’t care if you believe in him or not, he doesn’t care if you’re gay, he doesn’t care if you have sex before marriage, he doesn’t care if you say his name in vain. We all go to the same place when we die. Just because you have a book doesn’t mean you magically have all the answers about the universe. You don’t have faith in God, you have faith in what people SAY about God. Nobody really knows shit about this whole life thing.
Lumbar puncture is the spine thing you're talking about. I'm so sorry you had to endure this on your birthday. I'm a disabled epileptic, so i completely understand how terrifying it is to lose an entire day to something like this. Spacial awareness seizures aren't always a precursor to a tonic-clonic or non tonic-clonic(grand or petite mauls for those unaware), but definitely something to be aware of. Hopefully you've had an eeg by now to see if this is something you need to be concerned of for the future, but hats off to you man. Stay strong.
I can relate to the seizure part. Since covid started I cant count how many seizures I have had. I have tonic clonic seizures so im still there mentally untill it happens. Then I just wake up to random people (EMT's) standing over me. If anyone is wondering what it feels like after. Its like running a marathon and being awake for multiple days. Even though its only 1-2 minutes long. I feel like this for at least 1-2 days.
I been having seizures since 2021. I have focal epilepsy so when I have one, I forget what I’m doing, don’t understand anything, just have a blank stare, and then pass out. And when I wake up, I also feel like I just ran a marathon. Even though it only lasts a few minutes I feel so exhausted.
My sister got in a four wheeler wreck in HS. Crashed into a barbed wire fence. Ambulance took her to the closest hospital which is terrible. They didn’t have a specialist she needed so they sent her to Dallas. They get there and the hospital says they also don’t have a specialist for wound trauma, and the first hospital had told them she had severe head trauma. So they get her to the right hospital, which was actually closer to the first hospital than the accidental one. The doctor there said if the cuts on her neck were further forward or back, she would have bled out before making it to the second hospital, much less the correct one. Guess which ambulance ride was the most expensive and which one my parents had to threaten to sue the hospital over to not have to pay it! The ambulance sucks. It’s a very important service because it can and does save lives, but its impossible to get insurance to pay for it, and it’s one of the most overpriced things in medicine
Ya know, I drove 4 hours on the 99 to get to Roseville once to buy a car I really wanted. And it's silly to think now how mad I was because of the time traffic, etc, and me hating traffic and dumb drivers on the way back ruined what should've been a great moment in my new car. I just found your content and it's the perfect reminder to be grateful for what you have, and to always remember that for every bad day I have to never forget about the people who have it worse. Keep up the positivity man, it's refreshing during these dividing times in the country
Of course though I can’t relate to beating cancer twice and amputation, which by the way is an incredible feat and I’m so happy you were able to push through, I can very well relate to the seizures. When I was 15, I was at an airport when I very suddenly lost all of my ability to comprehend words, and speak and began having uncontrollable jaw twitching. I was scared but having severe anxiety at the time i thought “it’s just a bad anxiety attack” and pushed it away. Alas it happens around 3 or 4 more times and I go to the hospital. They gave me some intravenous Ativan and told me to follow up with my primary. I did so. I was in the office for less that 45 minutes including vitals and my primary prescribed me with Valium at 15. I refused to take it because I hated the way it made me feel. I continued to have these “anxiety attacks” and just kept rolling. Fast forward, now I’m 19, moved out of my hometown and in a place of my own working at a polymer plant making well for myself. I go to work one day and begin having those same symptoms I’d felt for years. Only this time, it was the worst it had ever felt. I could look at pages and the letters were just meaningless. I knew they were supposed to mean something but I couldn’t read or say it. It got bad enough that I decided I had to go sit in the break room. While making a hot cup of green tea to try to relax, I felt the jaw twitching go from once every few seconds, to almost vibrating. The undiagnosed focal seizure I was having turned into a tonic clonic seizure. I remember standing, a period of nothingness, my boss standing over me yelling for someone to call medical while laying in a pool of my own blood, and being loaded onto a stretcher by the plant medical team before being taken to the ER. Five months and multiple seizures later, I’ve been able to somewhat recover. We’ve been able to catch a seizure on EEG which was amazing and my MRI shows up clean. Officially diagnosed with epilepsy and started taking Elepsia XR and though I cannot drive or operate heavy equipment for another month, I’m back at work and am so happy to be slowly getting closer to normal. So anybody with epilepsy here, there is a solution. Whether medicine, VNS, surgery, or whatever the method may be, never lose hope
I complain about my hardships and life all the time, mostly its all in my head but when i see people like you, it gives me courage to never give up and be thankful for all the good things i have. Thank you for being an inspiration bro... Greetings frm Pakistan ❤
This makes me feel lucky in the uk, where we have the NHS free healthcare service. My brother became really ill last year, went to hospital, got blue-lighted to a better hospital and had to have lifesaving surgery within 72 hours. Thankfully my family was allowed to stay in a home nearby, so we could be with him before and after going under.
I was diagnosed with Primary Generalized Epilepsy last year, so I suffer with seizures, so I know what thats like, and it sucks, but I got through it. Super glad you got through yours! 👍❤️
You are such an inspiration. I don't wanna hear any excuses from anyone ever again. Ever you hear me hear me I start hearing people asking for excuses for giving out excuses. I'm gonna show them your videos and say shut the heck up
I’ve had some bad fractures right smack in the middle of the fall & winter holidays and required a few surgeries. Plus a 4 month recovery. Seriously sucked! More recently there’s some new medical issues that have required an ambulance ride, ER, hospital admittance, multiple months of specialists, tests& no results. Now there’s an additional referral to the best specialists in my area. Suspicion of seizures. 😅😅 I’m grateful to have my service dog because she’s task trained for DPT, PTSD, & Medical alert. She’s been naturally alerting me to my most recent symptoms and doing Deep Pressure Therapy. That gets my myoclonus and phasing out/seizure activity to calm down and come out of it faster. ❤
Hearing things like this just makes me more stunned about how expensive heathcare is in USA and other countries, I live in Sweden where it's obvious that healthcare cost a little to nothing, almost always completly free. But that you could get the treatment you needed is amazing.
It's just such a dreadful series of events, I can't imagine the weight of having cancer and having to have a leg removed and then all of a sudden a seizure and the panic and how draining the aftermath would feel, I'm glad you looked back at it all with us and that your family was with you all the way through.
Good on your dad for timing the seizure, many doctors recommend filming or timing seizures of all kind and severity for medical records and the like. And good on you for pushing through all this!! You’ve been through a lot and yet you keep on kickin, not only that but you do it with a smile and good sense of humor!!❤❤❤❤
You are really big fighter! Many greatings from Croatia. From a perspective of future physioterapist you gave me a different view on prostetic leg. Wish you the best in your live with a big strenght and love!
Happy to see you here, alive and doing well. I'm so sorry for everything have been through. You seem to be adjusting well. Bravo. That is no easy feat. Wishing you continued success and a very Merry Christmas!❤
I am so sorry you went thru that! I think I get how frustrating that was. I am currently frustrated with my body, too. My back has flared up again but it gives me flashbacks to the most traumatic time it did, and makes me wonder if I'll be immobile one day...
How do people still have such a cheery attitude after being through so many horrible things? I practically have it made and still can’t find a reason to live.
So glad that he described what happened. That'll be a few less people telling us "what they would do" if they were having a seizure or fainting (or similar). No, dear, you CAN'T decide what you'll do. You're having a PROBLEM...happening TO you, not With you.
I get the freakout of seizures. Now, luckily i just have epilepsy, not cancer. But i get how weird they are. You have such strength and just fun personality!!!
i have seizures too. we didn’t have the police/fire dept. come but my first one was absolutely terrifying. i’m on keppra for them, and i got diagnosed when i was 12. i’m 16 now and they still scare me and i always end up crying after it happens. it sucks, but we have it under control for the most part.
I've had a seizure before, and IT'S SO BIZARRE! It's like if you suddenly lose control of your body, in the next moment, you gain control of your body again and you just get immensely scared of what happened (at least that's what I felt).
You have been through a lot it’s nice to see that it didn’t break you but only made you stronger and more interesting person and you are very handsome so high five for the positive vibe ❤
Seizure are the worst. I would not wish on my Enemy. Mine have all been black outs. Two of which I have been holding two different nephews sitting at my kitchen table. The one I was rushed to the ambulance in and when I was coming out, and being loaded into the ambulance I was freaking out and just asking where my nephew was. I get panic attacks and migraines a lot now (24/7) for the migraine actually. Because of the stress of the seizure. Am sorry all that happened to you. ❤❤❤
everytime i see your shorts, it’s just you revolving your personality around having cancer, losing your leg or almost dying glad you lived, really really wish youtube shorts wasn’t formatted so terribly
@@amanbirbthe4th967 no no it’s how youtube will format the shorts anyone uploads, this for example. i’m only shown the ones where he’s explaining his prosthetics and how’s he’s survived. i watched alot more of his content after commenting so i’m happy to be wrong but outside eyes looking in, the format of youtube shorts makes anything insufferable
I had a 3 minute long seizure, however, unlike you, mine was intentional. Still here 3 years later, achieving things I never thought I could. Your story is definitely one of hope for me.
You're so strong for being so happy after all this, not to mention how you don't have the nhs and you have to pay for being dealt such a shitty hand. It really isnt fair. I got rushed to the hospital the other day and I felt so lucky when I left and didn't need to pay for any of it. You are a legend, stay strong.
Wow, that’s so crazy. You are such a positive and uplifting person! Also, wasn’t expecting you to say you were from Daly City. I’ve lived here for the last seven years! I’m guessing, since you said you had to go to the hospital in Daly City, you must have had to go to Seton or Kaiser. I can see why they had to transfer you elsewhere-Seton is not a place you’d want to end up in if you’re having an emergency. I’m so glad you’re okay now.
My sister had 2 grand mal seizures, it was one of the scariest days of my life. Luckily she's okay but it could've been a lot worse because she was about to get in the car to drive home. You are very inspiring, having beaten cancer twice, had a leg amputated, and having a seizure! I hope you don't have to go through any of it again ❤
I am sorry you had to go through that, sounds awful bless your heart. What would you say to your 16 year old self. In the UK 🇬🇧 we have the NHS, we all pay National Insurance contributions from our wages, every week or month all year round so when we need a Doctor or Hospital, we don't have to worry about huge bills.
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Life really hit him like a bus. Beaten cancer twice, seizures, amputated leg, and he still survived it all.
Giga chad
And... The ambulance
God was like, "Oop didn't mean to do that.."
@@Hunter-nk2kb Yes, he did. God has a purpose for everything
And he is still more active than the fat bitches
Paying for an ambulance should be illegal.
For some countries they don’t have to pay much. Its around 100 bucks but in the US it’s around like 20k
micropayments are good, but whats happening with ambulance rides cost in USA is entirely smth else
@@user_28373 DAMN LMFAO
You don’t have to pay it. Most people don’t
@Dctctx oh yes you do
"Probably more then a leg."
Bro musta got a discount 💀
Ong 💀💀💀
The 5 toe discount
“You’re not taking a whole person to the hospital, so I think we should get 1/5th of the bill taken off.”
@@wenomechainasama6161 😊
this made me chuckle so much 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bro survived cancer, loosing a leg, a seizure, and the American healthcare system. He is crazy tough
the parents were very well prepared for a seizure. no one freaked out, they laid him down, kept watch over him, timed the seizure. nice!
It can be a side effect of cancer treatment (or cancer in itslef when it spreads to the brain) so usually family members are made aware by the staff on what to do
Not always but it happens
@@pegaseg70 ya Im going through chemo now, Ive had so many seizures. But I unfortunately fell face first onto a nightstand and really messed up the right side of my face + black eye.
My husband keeps telling everyone I had a seizure. I asked why every stranger has to know and he said "you're not the 1 everyone is looking at, trust me." He wants everyone to know he's indeed inncoent. 😅
@@SaintShion this is what we go through
@SaintShion You fought a nightstand and lost
Joking aside I hope you make a healthy recovery
When your kid has any kind of condition you become experts in things like that because it becomes your entire life.
Dude you're the fucking man, man. I'm rooting for you in life now.
man man?
it makes sense because it's a comma@@Ireallydislikehandles
@@Winter_on_paws-pi1tw I know. It just sounds weird.
Is a man man the same as a wo-man, kind of like how a negative times a negative is positive?
Bros a fucking trooper
He legit lost a leg, had seizures AND BEAT CANCER!!!
@@viktorsbyrnsholt1792 twice
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😂😂😂 send this nigga an Emmy, fuckin. Oscar, every award possible. They need to be in the post BY TOMORROW
he just had some great luck on his side
shoutout to your parents for handling that situation so well. your mom asking u the basic questions to determine your cognitive function and your dad timing the seizure is exemplary
His dad timing his seizure is such a dad thing to do lol
ikr lmao
I was just about to comment that lmao
You’re supposed to time seizures. If seizures last over 2 minutes, almost like him, you’re supposed to call an ambulance. I’ve done it before.
@@AngryMaguire I learned that it was 5 minutes.
@@RandomPers0n851 Yeah I was taught that after 2 mins to always be on the safer side. But man those few minutes feel eternal when you’re helping someone having a seizure.
"The present from the universe was losing a leg"
Hits hard
That might have actually been some of the best times to have a seizure, you had people around you at least. Imagine that but when you're alone, say on the toilet or something. Really lucky dude AND more importantly strong.
My hockey teammate had a small seizure in the locker room. He was just quiet for a few seconds and then said I just had a seizure. He had epilepsy which I didnt know before that. I didnt even know he was having one it was really subtle
@@spyder027 yep, not all seizures are grand mal seizures & they can be really subtle/ambiguous. Scary when it’s the subtle type AND you’re completely unaware during it so you yourself can’t even tell that you had a seizure… had a few like that.
Yea dude, wasn’t allowed to lock the bathroom door for a WHILE after my seizures started happening 😂😂. Mum’s chilled out a little now, but there’s still the possibility!
@@spyder027 He most likely had an absent seizure, or something similar.
I’ve seen an epileptic seizure before and it was super scary but the person was safe and he was okay afterward, another I didn’t see but an ambulance legally had to be called due to the location and the persons needs.
@@spyder027 i have epilepsy and thats what most of my seizures are. A week or 2 ago i had a big one like the one everyone thinks of when they hear seizure and i was lucky because my friend was there with me when it happened while my sister was asleep on the couch and my parents were at work
You have made one amazing rebound from what happened man. It is great you are so ahead of living in your new reality!
Dude.. You know the universe fucking hates you when you have cancer on your birthday while simultaneously losing your leg AND having a 1:22 minute seizure. Don't stop fighting dude
But he beat it all, brother held up the biggest middle finger to the world he is a true survivor.
😂
That is the most negative way to look at it. When you have a disease like cancer the only thing you care about is being cured regardless of side effects since you:d know how much better you would be without the disease. So no, the universe saved him. It was an emergency, 1 small delay could cost him his life.
@@lobsterfoot7416 this is the funniest way of saying it but so true at the same time
@@ehangovani1851 true!!
I had a seizure in my sleep and woke up with parametrics around my bed, and was rushed to the hospital. It's terrifying. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm glad you are doing better.
Dad's a real one for timing it, some people while panicking can't tell if a person had multiple seizures and how long they were
I fell in a Starbucks a few years ago and had a seizure for 5 minutes, glad you’re okay
holy cow😮 this made my heart sink to my ass! hope you are doing well
Damn that’s why you’re so cheery. You’ve been through some shit man. Hope you got it all situated right in your head, man! That kinda shit comes back to bite people later on.
Love your positivity. Also love that ambulances and healthcare are free here in the UK.
Well not "free" free, but at least covered by general puplic health insurance.
Wondering what that would cost in the states:
- So you had a 2h ambulane ride, got medication, got a bed (+surcharge for a blanket), occupied a room, talked to a doc, took a few breaths of hospital air... that will bring you up to 560.000$ +taxes, and we take your leg, no the other one. Your supreme premium+++xxx insurance will cover 10% of the bill and will raise your monthly cost to from 400$ to 6478$ for the next 69 years. Given that you won't get sick ever again.
they really tried turning him into a titan bruh
I was looking for this comment
Waiting for that scream too?
He’s as tough as one though.
How else was he gonna get that leg back
Wow man! I am humbled by your story. You are an awesome dude! I absolutely love your spirit and energy! You make me want to be a better person.
Dude! My happy 15th was a surprise amputation via car accident. I’m so glad you’re doing well now.
A surprise amputation, holy. That had to be the most terrifying experience. I hope you're doing better now.
He really took, "it cost a arm and a leg", to a whole new level 😂
From Canada here, I'm incredibly proud of you for toughing all this out, and the USA's lack of free healthcare sounds like a horror movie for disabled people, as someone who has to take insulin and all sorts of medications I could never live there.
Yeah it’s pretty terrifying
It's not that bad tbh
@@Drago90899you have no idea what you're talking about
@@emmettmartin2639 lmao your right
I wish the netherlands had free healthcare instead of mandatory insurance. But im pretty sure that free healthcare doesnt apply to like really expensive treatments right? But then again neither does the insurance so in the end ur still screwed if u have some rare decease cus it finna be hella expensive.
Been there, the seizure, without the cancer. It's not fun to have to go for a long ambulance ride. I lost my gallbladder for my 16th birthday. Your leg is cool! I'm glad they were able to help you.
Jesus you've been through hell man, glad you made it out ok
DON’T SAY GOD AND JESUS NAME IN VAIN. GOD AND JESUS BLESS YOU ALL IN JESUD CHRIST MIGHTY AND POWERFUL NAME WE ALL PRAY AMEN🙏❤️
@@isaiahjones5759 no proof of any of that bro. You can say words. If there’s a God, he wouldn’t have an ego. God doesn’t care if you believe in him or not, he doesn’t care if you’re gay, he doesn’t care if you have sex before marriage, he doesn’t care if you say his name in vain. We all go to the same place when we die. Just because you have a book doesn’t mean you magically have all the answers about the universe. You don’t have faith in God, you have faith in what people SAY about God. Nobody really knows shit about this whole life thing.
@@ImWithMeit seems like you know how God would act?
@Pavle Kovacevic exactly you cant fully know god 🙏
You’re so optimistic for your situation, respect and your gonna go far in life.
Lumbar puncture is the spine thing you're talking about. I'm so sorry you had to endure this on your birthday. I'm a disabled epileptic, so i completely understand how terrifying it is to lose an entire day to something like this. Spacial awareness seizures aren't always a precursor to a tonic-clonic or non tonic-clonic(grand or petite mauls for those unaware), but definitely something to be aware of. Hopefully you've had an eeg by now to see if this is something you need to be concerned of for the future, but hats off to you man. Stay strong.
I can relate to the seizure part. Since covid started I cant count how many seizures I have had. I have tonic clonic seizures so im still there mentally untill it happens. Then I just wake up to random people (EMT's) standing over me. If anyone is wondering what it feels like after. Its like running a marathon and being awake for multiple days. Even though its only 1-2 minutes long. I feel like this for at least 1-2 days.
As a fellow seizure have, can confirm. Every muscle in your body is exhausted and walking is unbelievable hard for a few days after.
Afterwards you don’t remember a thing for a couple hours and come back to it, but tired for the whole day
I been having seizures since 2021. I have focal epilepsy so when I have one, I forget what I’m doing, don’t understand anything, just have a blank stare, and then pass out. And when I wake up, I also feel like I just ran a marathon. Even though it only lasts a few minutes I feel so exhausted.
You are the true definition to not give up on life respect man
My sister got in a four wheeler wreck in HS. Crashed into a barbed wire fence. Ambulance took her to the closest hospital which is terrible. They didn’t have a specialist she needed so they sent her to Dallas. They get there and the hospital says they also don’t have a specialist for wound trauma, and the first hospital had told them she had severe head trauma. So they get her to the right hospital, which was actually closer to the first hospital than the accidental one. The doctor there said if the cuts on her neck were further forward or back, she would have bled out before making it to the second hospital, much less the correct one.
Guess which ambulance ride was the most expensive and which one my parents had to threaten to sue the hospital over to not have to pay it! The ambulance sucks. It’s a very important service because it can and does save lives, but its impossible to get insurance to pay for it, and it’s one of the most overpriced things in medicine
I’m So Sorry To Hear That, Good To See You’re Still Going Strong! ❤
Thanks for sharing your stories about your losing your leg to cancer, ❤❤
Ya know, I drove 4 hours on the 99 to get to Roseville once to buy a car I really wanted. And it's silly to think now how mad I was because of the time traffic, etc, and me hating traffic and dumb drivers on the way back ruined what should've been a great moment in my new car. I just found your content and it's the perfect reminder to be grateful for what you have, and to always remember that for every bad day I have to never forget about the people who have it worse. Keep up the positivity man, it's refreshing during these dividing times in the country
Of course though I can’t relate to beating cancer twice and amputation, which by the way is an incredible feat and I’m so happy you were able to push through, I can very well relate to the seizures.
When I was 15, I was at an airport when I very suddenly lost all of my ability to comprehend words, and speak and began having uncontrollable jaw twitching. I was scared but having severe anxiety at the time i thought “it’s just a bad anxiety attack” and pushed it away. Alas it happens around 3 or 4 more times and I go to the hospital. They gave me some intravenous Ativan and told me to follow up with my primary. I did so. I was in the office for less that 45 minutes including vitals and my primary prescribed me with Valium at 15. I refused to take it because I hated the way it made me feel.
I continued to have these “anxiety attacks” and just kept rolling.
Fast forward, now I’m 19, moved out of my hometown and in a place of my own working at a polymer plant making well for myself. I go to work one day and begin having those same symptoms I’d felt for years. Only this time, it was the worst it had ever felt. I could look at pages and the letters were just meaningless. I knew they were supposed to mean something but I couldn’t read or say it. It got bad enough that I decided I had to go sit in the break room. While making a hot cup of green tea to try to relax, I felt the jaw twitching go from once every few seconds, to almost vibrating. The undiagnosed focal seizure I was having turned into a tonic clonic seizure. I remember standing, a period of nothingness, my boss standing over me yelling for someone to call medical while laying in a pool of my own blood, and being loaded onto a stretcher by the plant medical team before being taken to the ER.
Five months and multiple seizures later, I’ve been able to somewhat recover. We’ve been able to catch a seizure on EEG which was amazing and my MRI shows up clean. Officially diagnosed with epilepsy and started taking Elepsia XR and though I cannot drive or operate heavy equipment for another month, I’m back at work and am so happy to be slowly getting closer to normal.
So anybody with epilepsy here, there is a solution. Whether medicine, VNS, surgery, or whatever the method may be, never lose hope
bro bout to become a titan with that spinal fluid
That’s what I was thinking I was hoping someone would make the joke.
I just love the way you tell your story and your positive attitude! You are going places. 🥰👍!!!
I'm happy you are here to share your story❤❤❤ God bless
I complain about my hardships and life all the time, mostly its all in my head but when i see people like you, it gives me courage to never give up and be thankful for all the good things i have. Thank you for being an inspiration bro... Greetings frm Pakistan ❤
This makes me feel lucky in the uk, where we have the NHS free healthcare service.
My brother became really ill last year, went to hospital, got blue-lighted to a better hospital and had to have lifesaving surgery within 72 hours. Thankfully my family was allowed to stay in a home nearby, so we could be with him before and after going under.
you get a seizure and ur dads immediate reaction is to time it 💀
makes sense actually, it’s important for medical information to know how long it was and an estimation may not be accurate
Very humbling 👍
I was diagnosed with Primary Generalized Epilepsy last year, so I suffer with seizures, so I know what thats like, and it sucks, but I got through it.
Super glad you got through yours! 👍❤️
You are such an inspiration. I don't wanna hear any excuses from anyone ever again. Ever you hear me hear me I start hearing people asking for excuses for giving out excuses. I'm gonna show them your videos and say shut the heck up
Thanks again for sharing your story!❤❤❤
Holy Moses! What a crazy birthday!!!!! Thanks for sharing, you made it through the grace of God!❤
I have seizures too as well as passing out a LOT. It’s really scary. ❤
I’ve had some bad fractures right smack in the middle of the fall & winter holidays and required a few surgeries. Plus a 4 month recovery. Seriously sucked!
More recently there’s some new medical issues that have required an ambulance ride, ER, hospital admittance, multiple months of specialists, tests& no results. Now there’s an additional referral to the best specialists in my area. Suspicion of seizures. 😅😅
I’m grateful to have my service dog because she’s task trained for DPT, PTSD, & Medical alert. She’s been naturally alerting me to my most recent symptoms and doing Deep Pressure Therapy. That gets my myoclonus and phasing out/seizure activity to calm down and come out of it faster. ❤
Hearing things like this just makes me more stunned about how expensive heathcare is in USA and other countries, I live in Sweden where it's obvious that healthcare cost a little to nothing, almost always completly free. But that you could get the treatment you needed is amazing.
It's just such a dreadful series of events, I can't imagine the weight of having cancer and having to have a leg removed and then all of a sudden a seizure and the panic and how draining the aftermath would feel, I'm glad you looked back at it all with us and that your family was with you all the way through.
Wishing you the best, you are such an inspiration. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️
Good on your dad for timing the seizure, many doctors recommend filming or timing seizures of all kind and severity for medical records and the like. And good on you for pushing through all this!! You’ve been through a lot and yet you keep on kickin, not only that but you do it with a smile and good sense of humor!!❤❤❤❤
So sorry you had to go through that💔 wishing you all the best❤ God bless you❤
You truly deserve a wonderful life congratulations on over coming your obstacles
Your positive attitude leaves me in amazement. I wish I was as strong as you.
oh we live kind of in the same area! you're truly an inspiration, i can't believe how much you've overcome. ❤️
I'm so sad about your cancer and your loss of your leg. You are a fighter. ❤
You are really big fighter!
Many greatings from Croatia. From a perspective of future physioterapist you gave me a different view on prostetic leg. Wish you the best in your live with a big strenght and love!
Happy to see you here, alive and doing well. I'm so sorry for everything have been through. You seem to be adjusting well. Bravo. That is no easy feat. Wishing you continued success and a very Merry Christmas!❤
This dude has been through hell and back and deserves all the support we can give him
Glad you're doing so well now. YOU are MY gift from the universe!
You’ve been through so much and yet still have a good attitude and a smile. I want to be like you
Crazy story... 😮 so happy you can share your stories with us.
Also crazy I use to live in Daly City and now live Sacramento
Bless you man!! Even though you gone thorough that much and that much pain, your still here talking through it all.
Man you been through a lot I hope God Blesses you man
I am so sorry you went thru that! I think I get how frustrating that was. I am currently frustrated with my body, too. My back has flared up again but it gives me flashbacks to the most traumatic time it did, and makes me wonder if I'll be immobile one day...
How do people still have such a cheery attitude after being through so many horrible things? I practically have it made and still can’t find a reason to live.
This man is a fucking unit, got cancer twice, lost a leg, seizures, and yet he is still standing, going places, and living life to the fullest.
So glad that he described what happened. That'll be a few less people telling us "what they would do" if they were having a seizure or fainting (or similar).
No, dear, you CAN'T decide what you'll do. You're having a PROBLEM...happening TO you, not With you.
I get the freakout of seizures. Now, luckily i just have epilepsy, not cancer. But i get how weird they are. You have such strength and just fun personality!!!
Damn dude, glad your doing better! I had one from alcohol withdrawal/dehydration.
I'm from citrus heights I love watching your videos! Your story is incredible! Stay strong! 😊
i have seizures too. we didn’t have the police/fire dept. come but my first one was absolutely terrifying. i’m on keppra for them, and i got diagnosed when i was 12. i’m 16 now and they still scare me and i always end up crying after it happens. it sucks, but we have it under control for the most part.
I've had a seizure before, and IT'S SO BIZARRE! It's like if you suddenly lose control of your body, in the next moment, you gain control of your body again and you just get immensely scared of what happened (at least that's what I felt).
You have been through a lot it’s nice to see that it didn’t break you but only made you stronger and more interesting person and you are very handsome so high five for the positive vibe ❤
I love this channel a lot of what you talk about I’ve been through something very similar. ❤ including this story
Dang he’s been through so much I feel bad but I hope he’s way better now ❤
So proud of you for having such an amazing personality through everything. Rooting for you ❤️
Seizure are the worst. I would not wish on my
Enemy. Mine have all been black outs. Two of which I have been holding two different nephews sitting at my kitchen table. The one I was rushed to the ambulance in and when I was coming out, and being loaded into the ambulance I was freaking out and just asking where my nephew was. I get panic attacks and migraines a lot now (24/7) for the migraine actually. Because of the stress of the seizure. Am sorry all that happened to you. ❤❤❤
Omg that sounds awful😭
Glad you're still here tho❤
Also the dad timing the seizure💀
What is wrong with the dad timing the seizure
That's what you are supposed to do if someone has a seizure
You’ve endured so much to remain so positive and inspiring!! Amazing! 🙏
My amputation is tomorrow and Alex has been a great help to my outlook on how my life after is gonna be after tomorrow
This guy is a huge inspiration due you’re so awesome💪💪stay strong and kick death in the jewels
Wow! A lot all in one time. But you’re doing OK!🙏🏼👏
everytime i see your shorts, it’s just you revolving your personality around having cancer, losing your leg or almost dying
glad you lived, really really wish youtube shorts wasn’t formatted so terribly
You're suprised that a channel that's about his life with 1 leg is about his life with 1 leg?
@@amanbirbthe4th967 no no it’s how youtube will format the shorts anyone uploads, this for example. i’m only shown the ones where he’s explaining his prosthetics and how’s he’s survived. i watched alot more of his content after commenting so i’m happy to be wrong but outside eyes looking in, the format of youtube shorts makes anything insufferable
I had a 3 minute long seizure, however, unlike you, mine was intentional. Still here 3 years later, achieving things I never thought I could.
Your story is definitely one of hope for me.
You're so strong for being so happy after all this, not to mention how you don't have the nhs and you have to pay for being dealt such a shitty hand. It really isnt fair. I got rushed to the hospital the other day and I felt so lucky when I left and didn't need to pay for any of it. You are a legend, stay strong.
Spinal fluid shot... Zeke's about to scream
Wow, that’s so crazy. You are such a positive and uplifting person! Also, wasn’t expecting you to say you were from Daly City. I’ve lived here for the last seven years! I’m guessing, since you said you had to go to the hospital in Daly City, you must have had to go to Seton or Kaiser. I can see why they had to transfer you elsewhere-Seton is not a place you’d want to end up in if you’re having an emergency. I’m so glad you’re okay now.
I’m so sorry this happened I pray that the Lord bless you and gives you good health and helps you on your journey in life may he protect you
Keep going man, don’t lose hope
The fact you even have to think about money when something like this is insane.
You are really strong and extremely special 💪
My sister had 2 grand mal seizures, it was one of the scariest days of my life. Luckily she's okay but it could've been a lot worse because she was about to get in the car to drive home. You are very inspiring, having beaten cancer twice, had a leg amputated, and having a seizure! I hope you don't have to go through any of it again ❤
I am sorry you had to go through that, sounds awful bless your heart. What would you say to your 16 year old self. In the UK 🇬🇧 we have the NHS, we all pay National Insurance contributions from our wages, every week or month all year round so when we need a Doctor or Hospital, we don't have to worry about huge bills.
bro survived cancers and seizures and still made him pay for the ambulance ride
You Bud have the most Golden Gorgeous personality of anyone, one sweet man❤❤❤❤❤❤
That's nuts. My little brother had a nice surprise surgery for a brain tumor on Christmas. He woke up and said merry Christmas! He was a funny kid.
I wish I could give this man a huge bear hug and say thank you. You’re awesome dude.
Hope he knows how lucky he is. And lives life to the fullest every day.
Wow . I’m really sorry you had to deal with that. I can’t imagine how scary it is to have a seizure, let alone loose a leg