Ann Marie Gillie, a 43 year-old mother of 3 boys, is a published author and had lived with epilepsy for half of her life. A second opinion by a neurosurgeon changed her life. In December 2002, she underwent Left Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital. Ann has been 100% seizure-free since. She travels to the U.S. and across Canada to speak about her experiences and motivates others to stay positive.
If you would like to engage with Ann, you can visit her website at http://www.anngillieepilepsyspeaker.com/ . Learn more about her experiences in her book called ‘If Walls Could Talk – Don’t Let Epilepsy Control You’.
Brett Newman, 25 years old, from Campobello Island, New Brunswick started a walkathon to raise awareness for epilepsy research. In 2002 he lost his cousin Michael to an epileptic seizure, and suffered more tragedy last year when his brother was paralyzed from the waist down in an auto accident. A few months later he met Chanse Anderson, an epileptic from St. Stephen, whose spirit was so positive it inspired Brett to begin his trek.
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