Bio

I’m did my sponsored walk with my sister and would like to tell you a bit about why I’m did it;

I was 10 years old when I had my first seizure and in a music lesson playing the recorder. I think I recall learning how to play Three Blind Mice. When I was young this recorder lesson was one of my favourite lessons at school.

My sight drifted off, but I remember seeing a vivid shot of my teacher. Then, it was like a frame had been cut from the film.

I was rushed to hospital and given an EEG. I don’t really remember much about it because I didn’t really know what was going on and was finding it confusing and was told I had epilepsy. I had never even heard of epilepsy before. The doctor explained it to me. He said I had a seizure and explained to me what a seizure was and confirmed it was epilepsy.

The next day my friends and teacher came to me and asked what happened. I told them I was diagnosed with epilepsy. It was all a strange vibe with me at first but I was living with it, so got used to it after a while.

My first seizure was in my last year of primary school, so my epilepsy didn’t affect me badly till I went up to secondary school. I tried to go on a couple of ski trips in 1995 and 1997 but was declined both times because I had epilepsy which was really heartbreaking for me.

Over time I have ventured abroad and not let my epilepsy get in the way of doing things. In 2015 I went to America all by myself and got a lot of praise for doing so and I’ve even been to Africa and Sky dived. I finally managed to ski in Andorra and Austria too. I have proved that my epilepsy has not stopped me doing other things.

“Purple Day” is a day where people spread epilepsy awareness and dress in Purple, so every year now I try to dress up in Purple on Purple Day and donate money to a charity. I give money to Epilepsy Action because it is my favourite epilepsy charity in the UK.