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Rising above epilepsy Emily Ireland Calvin Winterbottom only gets a few seconds warning before an epileptic episode begins. And with many close calls linked to the medical condition, he says living with epilepsy is like “living with a death sentence over you all the time”. Calvin is vice president of education for Masterton Toastmasters and was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 6. He now uses his passion for public speaking to spread awareness about the condition. “Epilepsy is very hard mentally and physically – mentally especially. “To put epilepsy in easy terms to understand – your brain short-circuits, and you can lose control of all or some of your body and sometimes consciousness.
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“It can happen anytime, and anywhere”. At the beginning of his diagnosis, it was normal for Calvin to have five seizures a week, and by the late 80s until now, his epileptic episodes had reduced to once every two years. But the severity is and has been life-threatening. “It’s like you’re always aware of the fact that it can kill you whenever it wants to. “I have been dead once, which makes that even more apparent.” Continued on page 4
To put epilepsy in easy terms to understand – your brain shortcircuits, and you can lose control of all or some of your body and sometimes consciousness. Calvin Winterbottom, Carterton, lives with epilepsy. PHOTO/EMILY IRELAND
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Woman shot in Masterton Gianina Schwanecke A 35-year-old Masterton woman was shot in the early hours of Sunday morning, the third shooting in Wairarapa in the past three months. Witnesses said the woman was walking from Tay Pl to Clyde St around 2.50am on Sunday morning, taking a pack of cigarettes to a friend, when she was shot in her right side, with a shotgun. The friend then drove the victim to hospital where she underwent surgery to remove at least 10 shotgun pellets. The shooting follows a series of incidents on the eastern side of Masterton during the weekend with a house near the scene of the shooting having its doors kicked in and windows broken at around 5.30pm on Saturday. Detective Sergeant Bill Van Woerkom said police had spoken with the victim and to a number of residents in the area. “We believe this was an isolated incident and wish to reassure the community they are not in danger.” Police are still appealing for witnesses to Sunday’s shooting and an investigation is underway. “Someone in our community will know who is responsible,” Van Woerkom said. Sunday’s incident comes after a shooting in Kuripuni in December which resulted in a Masterton woman’s leg being amputated, and another shooting at Ngawi later that month. • Anyone with information should contact Masterton Police on 06 370 0300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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