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Voices of Epilepsy

This year’s Summerfest Sail Away expected to be the largest yet

May 5, 2016

By Deron Hamel The third annual Summerfest Sail Away Cruise is expected be the event’s largest gathering yet, with organizers anticipating more than 75 people coming aboard to sail the coast of Lake Ontario on June 10. The cruise raises money each year to help send children living with epilepsy to Summerfest Camp if their…

Mother’s concerns growing as shortage of son’s epilepsy medication continues

April 22, 2016

By Deron Hamel If 24-year-old Julian Cole doesn’t have supplies of Apo-Divalproex and Apo-Levetiracetam to manage his epilepsy, his mother fears he will have nonstop seizures and could even die. Both medications are generic anti-seizure drugs manufactured by Apotex, both are in shortage, and there is nothing Julian’s mother, Dot Cole, won’t do to secure…

Peterborough woman hoping to write book about persevering with epilepsy

April 14, 2016

By Deron Hamel At Toronto Western Hospital, Kerry Jenkins is known as the “walking textbook on epilepsy.” Given her incredible story of perseverance, her doctors, as well as people at Epilepsy Toronto, have suggested Jenkins write a book about her struggle with epilepsy and the strides she has gained. Now 47 and living in Peterborough,…