By RACHEL AFFLICKMarch 25, 2014, 11 p.m.
Living with epilepsy has its challenges but Ballarat resident Kamina Handyside is no different to everyone else.
Living with epilepsy has its challenges but Ballarat resident Kamina Handyside is no different to everyone else.
The mother of three has just applied to enrol in a behavioural studies course at university and is looking forward to a bright and healthy future.
Having developed epilepsy in 2008 while pregnant with her second child, Ms Handyside found herself falling into dreamlike states and experiencing strange sensations and hallucinations.
After numerous tests and hospital visits she was diagnosed with right temporal lobe epilepsy, but finding a successful treatment took much longer.
I ended up in bed for 30 days having 30 seizures a day, Ms Handyside said.
It certainly impacted our whole family.
She also lost four years of memories, including during and after two of her pregnancies.
Today is Purple Day, an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness of epilepsy.
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