First of all I would like to thank you all for your information.

Clutch8185, my Dad is having his lobectomy on Wednesday May 2. He (and I) are (normally) anxious and a little afraid, but weighing the options of having 25-30 seizures a day, this is the better choice. We know they are localized to the right temporal lobe and we trust his surgeon. So thank you for your input and support. I am sorry as to what had happened to you at such a young age. I am living in NC also and have an appt at the Duke Epilepsy Clinic tomorrow May 1. Then I have to race to WV (well my husband has to race, since I can't drive) to make it in time for Dad's surgery. So a lot of stress, which is one of my triggers. Hopefully my appt will just be a consult and I will have enough info for the doc to look at and make another appt to talk about where to go from here.

Aeolusblue, I can definitely see your viewpoint in my own personal history with seizures. As a young girl I had both collar bones broken, many injures with gymnastics located in the neck (none severe enough to go to the hospital, just a lot of twisting and so on), but I also have chronic sinusitis. I have had sinus surgery once already in 2000, but it really didn't help my sinuses. My first seizure has in late 2003 after which in the middle of 2003, I had a complete hysterectomy for stage 4 Endometriosis. So I will definitely ask the specialist I see tomorrow May 1 about the possibility of the connection of neck and sinuses. Thank you so much for your information.

M