A breakthrough in epilepsy treatment [Video]

Epilepsy is the most common chronic brain disease, with nearly 3 million adults in the U.S. diagnosed. Epilepsy can be disruptive, dangerous and terrifying. But, there is a way for those with epilepsy to lessen their seizures or stop them completely. Wendy Buch is one of those people. She is able to drive again, go hiking and swim, things the mom of two stopped doing after being diagnosed with epilepsy. “I was getting my hair done, and I woke up in an ambulance,” Buch said. At the age of 42, Buch had her first seizure. A week later, another one. “No memory of anything happening,” Buch said. “I didn’t feel anything.”Wendy saw a neurologist shortly after. The doctor looked for tumors and lesions, but the MRI found nothing. She worked with a team in Appleton near where she lives before being transferred to a specialist position at Froedtert and the …