thanks for your responses! as always, it's soooo good to hear from y'all!

i asked the nurse at my neuro's office, and she said that she can't send me the report "because it hasn't been dictated yet."

she said my neuro read my results from my EEG at the hospital, and all she can tell me is that they were "abnormal." thus, i have another EEG this friday at another hospital. only difference is this one is a Sleep Deprivation EEG. does anybody know what the difference is (aside from not being able to sleep the night before?)

i am going to try my best--usually i'm knocked out way before 9 p.m.!
as for the sypmtoms you asked mary grace, i have been having severe headaches lately. i told my neuro that i've been taking the 200 mg of neurontin in the a.m. and p.m., but i find myself also taking tylenol extra-strength too! he recommended that i see my PCP for a 'pain specialist.'

but the main reason for this test is that my neuro was considering taking me off of zonegran (anti-seizure med) since i told him that i haven't had any seizures pre/post op (or none that i knew of!)

unfortunately, a new medication i am taking has potential problems with zonegran.
i wasn't aware that one could have seizures and not really know they were having them. the neuro tech that perfomed my EEG told me that seizures could come in the form of headaches, sense of smells, de ja vu, etc.
well, thanks again! and thanks to those of you who responded privately.

i appreciate it just the same.

wishing you all a safe & happy holiday season!
take care,
shan