I am a fifty something woman, I have a strong interest in the Arts and in food preparation. I like to spend my free time painting, reading, cooking, or working on special projects. I am the "goto" resource for parenting tips and problem solving for my friends and family. My professional interests are in web development and in developing training programs for business professionals in team work and communication on the job. For the past 6 months I have been on medical leave learning to deal with epilepsy, a new diagnoses but not a new illness. I have experienced these symptoms since I was a child but never knew it was unusual until my job stress became very high in the past year and I developed an auto-immune illness. These extra stresses apparently triggered more seizures and I began experiencing memory and concentration problems. One day at work I had a mini-convulsion that we thought was a stroke. Months of testing showed weird EEG patterns more typical of epilepsy. I am slowly improving and regaining energy and some ability to concentrate, I still suffer from some major fatigue when I work to hard at any particular task so I keep a pretty minimal activity level. Life has taken on a whole new meaning now that I know what is going on.