Clues before first seizure

I went to the optometrist today for my annual exam. COBRA still covers this expense and my co-pay was only $10.

When Dr. R found that I actually paid the co-pay he said, "Oh! You didn't have to do that!" But then his wife (and my friend) Nancy brought me a panini from Panera Bread and I said we were even.

Here's the interesting thing that happened (well, I think it is interesting).

When I signed in I told the receptionist I would like to update my medical history information. It's weird that I now have five or six prescription medications that I need to inform my doctors of, and I also need to list two brain surgeries and epilepsy as a neurological condition.

The receptionist gave me the old medical sheet to update. I took at a look at it and said, "Yeah, I'm going to need a new piece of paper."

My old medical sheet was dated June 5, 2008 ... about 40 days before my first seizure. On the medical sheet it asked if I ever had headaches, and I checked the YES box and explained, "A couple times a week, I think it's vision related."

Wow.

It is interesting when seemingly unrelated symptoms from my past appear like clues from an unsolved crime.