After a long period of control, I began experiencing seizures again shortly after beginning my freshman year in college. Fortunately, I was able to complete my BA (class of '84), and then continue on to grad school and earn my MA. Since then, now at at age 49, I have remained living with my parents because my continuing uncontrolled seizures have made me unable to leave home, or work, or travel, on my own. In response, I am trying to work as a writer of both prose and poetry, in the hope that I might begin to earn a living at home.

  I have had epilepsy all my life, which was misdiagnosed as hypoglycemia for a long time, because long blood sugar seemed to be the only reason for my seizures.  As a young child, I was frequently hospitalized.  
   By third or fourth grade, my seizures seemed to be controlled with Dilantin and diet.  They remained that way all the through high school and I have always been very successful academically.
   Then, the seizures resumed early in my freshman year in college and have continued ever since.  Fortunately, I was able to finish college, receiving a BA in International Relations and in Economics.  I then continued to grad school, earning a MA in Political Science although I could not continue in class to earn the credits, but able to get them by writing a thesis.
      Despite a variety of treatments, including a temporal lobectomy, the VNA, and many meds, my seizures continue, thirtytwo years later.  As a result, I have been unable to get a job, travel or live on my own, or marry.  Fortunately, I still live with my parents, who support and care for me.  I always try to help them as much as possible.
       Although unable to get a job, I am working to become a professsional writer, of both prose.  One of my poems was published a literary magazine as a result of a contest, and a couple of historical essays on naval history are part of a web site.
       My interests are current international affairs, maritime and naval history, reading, and writing.