Grace and I at the fair.

As you can see I added Sarahs phone pictures to the top of the site today. All the shots she takes on her phone you can now view.. Here is one I like of Grace and I at the fair.

Sarah made the one on top

big horse

pigs

Off to the fair

The girls and I are on our way to the summit fair tonight.. Expect pictures.

Baby Grace

Baby Grace is nine months old today!! Happy birthday little one!!

A new phone for Sarah

Sarah got a new phone today. If you want to view the pictures on it click here I will add it to the site navigation later.

passed out

One of those days...

It has been one of those challenging dad days.. Grace has just not been herself and we think that she might be cutting a molar. My mom swooped in and saved the day though, so i could relax a little bit today. What would i do without my parents?

teething

Sorry about that

The last post on the site was slowing everyone down. Lots of errors in my logs, sorry if I made your browser crash!! J

This show is great!

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cute

zoo time

Happy Birthday to Sarah

I love you sweetie!!!

For the birthday.

We are off to the zoo tomorrow, expect lots of pictures.

the punkin

With every click..

Here is an Interesting article. 

Wired is not normally a magazine I read, but I read this article and actually found it interesting. 

A busy week. (a late night writing from my phone)

I am right in the middle of one of those weeks that seems so busy. Like there simply arent enough hours in the day to get all of the things done that you want to. Everyone feels that way sometimes I am sure, but it seems that feeling tired all the time doesn't fit this busy week. I have just been upped in my medication over the last week, so I felt the same feelings of tired irritable moodiness that I felt when i was first introduced to the Keppra. Its strange how after week I start feeling better though, and that is where I feel now. The bad news is that on thursday I am going to get the Keppra increased again! I will keppra you posted...

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blues clues

A Smile for everyone.

kepp-rage

This keeps getting delayed... sorry... I am ok, have just been busy. I will shoot for tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Liz!!

Blogs of note. (supplemental post)

As you can see, I read a surprise amount of the internet. In fact, with google reader I read almost a thousand or more news articles a day. Most of these I have to admit are about technology, and mobile tech. Some that I read are about religion, politics, humor or just about anything else. This post, is about not what I am reading but rather what I am missing. If you fire up your browser every night at ten PM to read my latest series or just go to my site for the latest snapshot of my life, then this post is directly pointed at you. Do you have a blog you write that I would enjoy? Do you read a blog that is not in my list? Or, would you like to say something to my readers?

This is your chance to do so, simply send me an email, with the picture, article or list of links. Whatever! I will approve it and post it. It can be about anything. Odds are if you read my site then you can contribute something I will like, and so will my readership..

Thanks in advance,
J
jeffmosesjr@gmail.com

The day of rest

The writing tomorrow will be "Kepp-Rage" my ongoing battle with epilepsy. Today I will observe a day of rest, however I will be at work. How is that for ironic!! :) The weather is going to be great, spend it with family and only worry about the stuff you can change! J

sarah and gracie

The symptoms

After some searching on the internet, I discovered a list of common side-effects of Keppra. • sleepiness • loss of strength and energy • dizziness • anxiety • nervousness • irritability • other mood changes If you notice any of these problems, call the doctor's office. Sometimes the doctor can help by changing the amount of Keppra you take or how you take it. Don't stop taking Keppra or change the amount you take without the doctor's guidance. Some people have reported helpful effects from Keppra. They say they can think and concentrate better and feel more alert. It's hard to be sure whether these benefits are from the Keppra or from having fewer and less severe seizures. If you have just started taking Keppra (or have just started taking a larger amount), be careful doing anything that might be dangerous until you know whether you are feeling sleepy, dizzy, or uncoordinated. Most of these I have had, but I must say that the worst so far has been the sleepiness, anxiety and irritability Where does the line between anxiety and paranoia end.

Hummus and Headaches

So with my newly diagnosed epilepsy, I did what any person would do. Filled my prescription and suggested Gyro’s for lunch at a restaurant called The Continental in Kent. (Amazing food if you are ever by campus) I took my first pill 500 MG of Keppra, and washed it down with a coke. We spent about a half hour there, and by the end of the meal I start to get a light headed sensation. That feeling that you get when you stand up or sit down too fast. It not uncomfortable and I feel almost as though my focus is improved, like I am having an easy time holding a conversation. This feeling is quickly replaced by a head ache, and I notice that right around this time my eyes are doubling my vision at a distance. Everything close up is ok, but anything far and I just want to close my eyes, since this is the distance that my glasses correct I take them off. Might as well be blurry and not double I remember thinking. When I close my eyes they want to stay shut, and by the time we are driving home I feel as though I haven’t slept in two or three days. Not a feeling I am familiar with because I take medication to help me sleep. (this may or may not be because of the epilepsy that I take the sleeping med anyway) I sleep most of the night, and most of the next day I feel tired, two pills twice a day and no amount of coffee (another habit I have that I blame on disturbed sleep from seizures) seems to help. (to be continued – with Kepp-Rage)

happy 4th everyone!!

My writing will continue tonight.. Watch some fireworks, the site will be here when you get back!

A glimpse of what is to come

The day that I found out I was thanking god most of the day that I wasn’t going to die. And that this is something that most people can manage without surgery or any drastic changes. It doesn’t seem to limit your life when treated, so I was happy that I could continue my day to day, and start working toward feeling better. Keep in mind that I never really understood that I wasn’t feeling like everyone else because these seizures were happening I believe often throughout the day and as it progressed violently during my sleep. I firmly believe now that this is something I have had my whole life although the symptoms of it were very illusive, transparent enough for me and most of the doctors I have seen in my life to allow me to go undiagnosed until the payload event. And if you have been reading that was the car accident that I detailed here a month ago. (To be continued – with “hummus and headaches”)

My experience with epilepsy

Sorry about the delay in the writing. But I have one word for having epilepsy and that word is exhaustion.


My first day finding out that I have epilepsy was May 23rd of this year. After the car accident and pretty much being scared that I was going to die, any news was good news. And this like any other challenge in my life I took as just that, a challenge.. Never a problem, just something that I have to learn to live with or solve like anything else.. If you have read my journal in the last few years than you know that I have been reborn since being sober. My life has gotten more meaningful and amazing in countless ways. I was also born again on the 23rd of May. But this time with a message, and that message or at least how I have taken it is that I should have been listening all along but wasn’t. Being sober is amazingly positive. Other than the few things, my life without alcohol has been great over the last two years. This experiment or this quest is worth it and is now a commitment to life-long sobriety. My virginal experience with epilepsy regrettably I cannot say the same for. So far, unfortunately it has been difficult.

(To be continued – with “a glimpse of what is to come”)

The New Series

Its time to start another 10 pm writing about my recent epilepsy diagnosis. It will start tonight and continue until its complete. (if it ever will be)

Some late night tweaks

I did some tweaking tonight to the site. Hope to make it display more smooth, let me know in the comments if you have any problems with the display of it.