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A few days after arriving in Paris for my semester abroad, I had my first seizure..
I was diagnosed with epilepsy and told I needed to sleep a lot and avoid most activities. Despite many doctor visits and seizures, I found the will to travel and explore Paris...
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My best friend was also studying abroad in Paris, so we decided to live together in an apartment..
The doctor said that being overly tired could set off more seizures, so while the city danced through the night, I would draw the bedroom blinds to block out the light, envelop myself in that now familiar darkness, and try to sleep off the dizzy spells and headaches, which were side effects of the pills.. But the seizures continued, and each week, the director and I would hop on a city bus and make the hourlong journey to the outskirts of Paris to see the doctor..
