What Could Have Happened? Posted: 09-02-04 20:07pm
hi, I
am new to this forum and I am in search
for an answer. I had a friend(my
supervisor) who had epilipsy. He had been
sick and away from work off and on for at
least a week from his seizures. Later on
that week, he called in sick one day. The
next day, he did not call at all. A co-
worker went to check on and him and found
him dead. He did not have an autopsy. My
question is, could it have been a grand
mal? He was complaining with his stomach
before and then he was numb and was
running a high fever. He had been to the
doctor and they claim it was food poison
or an virual infection. could
anyone help me?
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 09-02-04 21:12pm
I am sorry to hear about your friend and
supervisor. The Dr. Could be right but
there is such a thing called sudden death
by epilepsy(sudep). There is quite a bit
of information on it on the internet. I
am no Dr. And without an autopsy it is
difficult to say. If you check under
this forum of epilepsy their is a
gentleman that lost his wife with this, I
believe his name is bethasbob(sp, or
something like that) he gives a little
information on this but I feel that his
wife was on too much medication(just my
opinion).
I also feel that we all die of natural
causes, just like in the olden days, our
heart gets tired and it stops, of course
this is just my opinion.
My thoughts and prayers are with you!
God bless!
Sincerely,
sandy
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CLM_23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Kentucky
Thanks Posted: 09-02-04 22:23pm
sandyallen
wrote:
i am sorry to hear about
your friend and supervisor. The Dr.
Could be right but there is such a thing
called sudden death by epilepsy(sudep).
There is quite a bit of information on it
on the internet. I am no Dr. And
without an autopsy it is difficult to say.
If you check under this forum of
epilepsy their is a gentleman that lost
his wife with this, I believe his name is
bethasbob(sp, or something like that) he
gives a little information on this but I
feel that his wife was on too much
medication(just my opinion).
I also feel that we all die of natural
causes, just like in the olden days, our
heart gets tired and it stops, of course
this is just my opinion.
hi, I
am new to this forum and I am in search
for an answer. I had a friend(my
supervisor) who had epilipsy. He had been
sick and away from work off and on for at
least a week from his seizures. Later on
that week, he called in sick one day. The
next day, he did not call at all. A co-
worker went to check on and him and found
him dead. He did not have an autopsy. My
question is, could it have been a grand
mal? He was complaining with his stomach
before and then he was numb and was
running a high fever. He had been to the
doctor and they claim it was food poison
or an virual infection. 
