i have partial intractable pharmacoresistant epilepsy. partial just means your left is affected and not the right or vise versa. intractable epilepsy means uncontrolled with treatment. and pharmacoresistant is a lifelong problem.
so i have a left side have seizures and it is un treatable and live long.
i had surgery in 2001 and it is from grand mals or almost grand mals many times a day to 1-2 auras, or almost seizures, every couple of days. this is a last resort! i had everything done, besides marijuana, (all marijuana was illegal in all states in the 90's).

So basically partial epilepsy means it doesn't normally effect your entire brain it's limited to a certain area. Intractable most likely means you are not a candidate for surgery due to where your problem stems from. Pharmocoresistent I assume means different drugs will likely not help you any better than the current ones you're on this was also my exact diagnosis. I regardless continue to try new meds & had a vns installed 6 months ago getting slightly better