The Potty Mouth Granny

  • The Main Reason Why America Ain’t Shit

    So today, I was denied once again by disability who determined that I can work. Despite losing some cognitive function due to the medication I take for epilepsy, despite being diagnosed with anxiety, and osteoarthritis, despite being diagnosed with cataracts, and despite being 54 years old and living in a society that has contempt for…

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  • Trying to Have Positive Thoughts Even When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

    Last week in my Facebook memories from three years ago, I had posted about resigning from a job because of my medical condition. If you follow my blog then you know I have epilepsy and I take anti seizure medication to control the seizures. When I read that old post, I realized that I have…

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  • Fighting for My Life

    The first three months of 2024 have been interesting to say the least. I resigned from a government position back in November due to not being able to fulfill the requirements of the job because I have permanent short term memory loss due to the medication I take for epilepsy. But I found another job…

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  • Sick and Tired

    One of the worst things about epilepsy is that people think that you are exaggerating about the side effects of the anti seizure medication that you take to keep from having seizures. To live a semi normal life because the life you previously had will never be the same again. I’ve left two really good…

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  • Life Decisions….

    On November 10, I had another seizure. I hadn’t had a seizure since March 1, 2021 and this time, it happened at work. I had just come back from lunch and was sitting at my desk and bam! All I remember is getting guided downstairs to the ambulance and taken to the hospital. I got…

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  • Realization Is a Hard Pill to Swallow

    It was a year in October that I was diagnosed with epilepsy and since then, I’ve worked two jobs. Both jobs I’ve walked away from because the medication I take to control the seizures makes me so tired and discombobulated that I’m useless. The medication I’m taking is levetiracetam and the side effects are loss…

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