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If there is no cure, can we opt for a rescue?

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Peter Aguero and Sara Peters live with a menacing presence in their marriage: Sara’s epilepsy. One day, they’d had enough, and confronted the disease head-on. Hear the harrowing story at TEDMED 2013.

About Sara Peters

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Sara Peters is a New York-based storyteller who’s been featured on The Moth, TOLD, and Story Collider. She is a technology editor for Enterprise Efficiency and is writing her first young adult novel. Sara is also an epileptic, trying to decide whether to viciously fight her epilepsy or patiently make peace with it.

About Peter Aguero

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Peter Aguero was born and raised in Southern New Jersey and currently makes his home in Queens. He’s a Moth GrandSLAM champion, regular host of Moth shows, and an instructor for the MothSHOP community program. Fulfilling the dreams of no one, he appeared shirtless on Late Night With Conan O’Brien multiple times. He’s also the lead singer of The BTK Band – an improvised storytelling rock band that performs regularly in NYC. He hosts, produces, and performs in burlesque shows all over town, testing the patience of his long-suffering (and very beautiful) wife. 

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