Staggering response to Andrew’s epilepsy challenge

Consider a large-scale neuropathological preparation (from left): Prof. Dr. Albert Becker, Dr. Juri-Alexander Witt and Annika Reimers at the Institute of Neuropathology at the University Hospital Bonn. Photo: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn DMZ – MEDIZIN ¦ Markus Golla ¦ In case of severe epilepsy, only surgery often helps – usually with great success. While brain performance can recover in the long term after successful surgery, unexpected cognitive …

Staggering response to Andrew’s epilepsy challenge

Rachel Sellman could not have been more proud of her husband Andrew than after Sunday’s epic 50km run for epilepsy awareness. Andrew, who was diagnosed with the illness after a vehicle roll-over two years ago at Marcus Beach, set himself the goal of running 50km and completing 1000 chin-ups in 12 hours as part of epilepsy week. His personal challenge was also to thank everyone who has supported him through the most confronting two years of his l…