User:JMHusk25

User JMH25 is Joseph Michael Husk.Joseph was born on December 9,1981 in Glendale,CA at Glendale Community Presbiterian Hospital.

Joseph has two siblings an older brother (Jeremy James Husk born January 23, 1975 and a younger sister Meredith Mae Husk born March 8, 1985.Thus making him the middle child.

His parents are Marsha Jo Gifford & James William Husk.His mom was born June 17,1949 while his dad was born December 20,1947.

Joseph spent the first 21 plus years of his life growing up in the family home in North Hills,CA.

Part 2:Medical Overview Joseph's medical problems started early on.His first such problem was when he was born with Jaundice.For those unfamiliar with this term it means the skin turns yellowish color due to a lack of oxygen to rest of the body.However the doctors were able to correct it almost immediately after detecting it.Compared to what would lay ahead for him this would proove to a mere blip on the medical radar system.

9/20/1989: Joseph had been living by all accounts a fairly 'normal' childhood until that fateful day.The was September 20th,1989.The day started off like any other for everybody else in the house but not Joseph.When Joseph didn't answer his mother's repeated calls to breakfast she as well as everybody became concerned.Joseph's sister Meredith is the one found him twitching on the floor the bedroom he shared with his brother.It is believed that Joseph fell out bed that morning and hit his head on the floorboard and somewhere after that is when he developed the Epilepsy Nervosa.

Part 3:Trails and Tribulations Once Joseph had been diagnosed with the Epilepsy his parents were taking him to all parts of the valley for various doctor's.With each doctor prescribing a different kind of medication.Then when Joseph and his parents saw the last of these doctors is when some actual progess was actually being made.By the time Joseph had started seeing this doctor he had already been on 7 different medications all of which did very little to help aliviate his problem.This doctor not only prescribed a medication that was seemily working he took the extra step and recommended we go see this doctor at UCLA.That doctor is still caring for Joseph to this day his name is Dr.W.Donald Shields and Joseph has been going to him now for nearly 11 years.Shortly after meeting with Joseph and his for the 1st time he told them that really wasn't much of a market currently for drugs to control epilepsy.But he also mentioned that Davis Pharmacutecal was in the experimental stages of a new drug call felbamate.He warned Joseph's parents of potential harm it could do if decided to sign him up;but also told them I wouldn't even be mentioning this as a possibility if I didn't have much of chance to help your son.His parents liked his approach and his conviction so much so that decided right then and there to start Joseph on the experimental drug as soon as possible.

Felbamate:The Perfect Drug Joseph has been on felbamate now for 11 years and for the most part seizure-free.Sure he will still have one once in awhile but it is rare.And when he does have one he sense it coming before it happens so he can prepare himself for it.

If you wish to contact Joseph about his experiences with epilepsy or anything you can email him at . Part 4:School The first school Joseph attended without parental presence was at Mayall Street Elementary.He would attend Mayall from kindergarten thru 5th grade. After he graduated from Mayall Street Elementary he would go on to attend George K. Porter Junior High School.He was there from grades 6 thru 8.Joseph then attended John F.Kennedy Senior High School in Granada Hills.Joseph graduated from Kennedy as part of the class of 2000.

From September 2000 until July 2002 Joseph attended Los Angeles Valley College.Where things didn't go as well as he would've liked and was subsaquently kicked out and placed on academic probation.It would be 31/2 years before he would return to a classroom setting.When Joseph decided to go back to school he choose Los Angeles Pierce College in the Spring of 2006 where he ultimately just take one class.

Part 5:Employment History Joseph has had more than a handful of jobs.His first job was working at his high-school cafeteria.He was there from October 1998 until June 2000 when he graduated.He then worked briefly at Quality Fabrications which is a Chatsworth based Sheet-metal factory.Right arounf the end of July 2000 he started his third job at Boston Market in Northridge.Joseph was at Boston Market from the end of July 2000 until the store was closed for business in December 2000.After losing that job Joseph was out of work for 4 months.The 4 month dryspell ended when started working at Reseda Adult School.This job was a paid internship that lasted from April 1, 2001 until June 22,2001.Following the Adult School job Joseph wouldn't find work again for another 14 1/2 months.His 14 1/2 month unemployment streak was snapped when got a job working at IHOP in Granada Hills.However as fate would have it that job only lasted 3 days.Following this brief period of empolyment he would go another 3 months before finding work.Late November 2002 Joseph was by the Honeybaked Ham Company.Joseph was very familiar with the building in which Honeybaked Ham were operating out of because it is the same building where Boston Market was not even 2 years prior.Anyways the job Honeybaked Ham ended sooner than he would've liked and Joseph was let go over the phone after only 3 weeks on the job.After the Honeybaked job Joseph again would go through a second 14 month unemployment period.His next job would be working at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Reseda.This job began on Valentine's Day 2004 and would last for just over 4 months.It ended when Joseph voluntarily quit so he could focus on his newest job.So for the first time there was transition period between jobs he just flowed right over to next one.That job was working at the Woodland Hills Homegoods.To date this is so far Joseph's longest job.Joseph was employed at Homegoods from May 2004 thru June 2006.It was his decision to leave but in all honesty all Joseph did was make it 'official'.Meaning that management pretty much made the decision for him when they refused continously to increase his hours.Last but most certainly NOT least Joseph is currently working for Pomodoro Cucina Italina.He has been there for 4 months and counting..Click on the link and check out the restaurant's site.

Part 6:Interests & Hobbies From an early age Joseph has always had a love for sports.Both playing them and watching them on TV and live at the stadiums.His favorite sports are football (pro,college,& high school),baseball, basketball(pro & college)professional wrestling and hockey.Joseph's hobbies are his collections(movie ticket stubs,foreign money,& baseball cards).