S1 Ep42: Purple Monster

Michigan Monsters

Jenn Carpenter

True Crime, History

4.9 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In honor of National Epilepsy Awareness month, the ladies spit some knowledge about the commonly misunderstood disorder, and Jenn shares her family’s personal journey while doing her best not to sob like a blubbering mess.

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0:00.0	Here we go.
0:02.7	Buckle up, motherfuckers.
0:18.5	Welcome to So Dead, a podcast that isn't always about murder, but usually.
0:24.8	Not today, though.
0:26.3	I'm Jen Carpenter.
0:27.5	And I'm Deany Fairman.
0:28.5	Happy True Crime Tuesday.
0:29.8	And happy Taco Tuesday, Deadheads.
0:32.0	Today's episode is a bit of a break from the norm.
0:35.5	November is Epilepsy Awareness Month.
0:37.7	And if you've been paying attention, you know that epilepsy awareness is very important to my
0:42.4	family.
0:43.3	So today I'm going to tell you our story.
0:46.4	But first we want to tell you a little bit about epilepsy.
0:50.0	According to the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan, epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition
0:56.0	that causes recurrent seizures with no underlying cause.
1:00.5	Basically, it means that if a person's brain has a tendency to short circuit every now and then,
1:06.1	and doctors can't figure out why, that person is diagnosed with epilepsy.
1:10.6	There's 3.4 million people in the U.S. with epilepsy today, 108,000 here in Michigan.
1:18.3	It is the fourth most common neurological after only migraine, stroke, and Alzheimer's.
1:25.5	More people suffer from epilepsy than multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and cerebral palsy
1:31.9	combined.
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