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This First Person column is the experience of Julianne Hazlewood who is a CBC journalist and lives with epilepsy. This column was originally published in January. March 26 is Purple Day — a day to dedicated to raising awareness about epilepsy. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.

I’ve often thought of myself as a cat with nine lives. There’s been so many times I’ve almost died from seizures, starting with the first one I had when I was 14.

It happened at the end of the school year on a hot,