Hi Amanda,
Hippocampal sclerosis is when a persons hippcampus in the brain becomes hard and shrinks causing short term memory problems. This often happens after yrs. of sz.
There's a hippocampus on the right and left side of the brain and when I had surgery done in 1994 on the RTL my neurosurgeon removed the right hippocampus because it had become hard and shrunk a lot. Since the surgery my short term memory isn't that great. I have trouble with spelling words that are simple, and I will see a friend/family and I don't remember the persons name but I recognize their face.
I've been told to do a lot of math, word search puzzles and crossword puzzles to help better my memory. I also do a lot of brain teaser questions for ex. 12+12 = 24. Can 12+12+12 ? All you have to do is add. Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue