But My Brain Had Other Ideas: A Memoir of Recovery from Brain Injury
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631522469 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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—Lawrence Powell, past director of the Office of Disability Resources, Carnegie Mellon University"But My Brain Had Other Ideas is wonderfully writtennot only from a literary point of view, but also as a deeply personal and clear explanation of what it feels like to experience the things that Brandon describes."—Dr. Brandon’s clear-eyed approach to her story will hook you from the first chapter and remind you what it means to live life full on. I was singularly captured by Deb’s storytelling. William J. Awad, MD, MSc, FACS, Director of Neurovascular Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biolo
And then another. And then another. And that was just the beginning.The book also includes an introduction by Connie Lee, founder and president of the Angioma Alliance. When Deb Brandon discovered that cavernous angiomastangles of malformed blood vessels in her brainwere behind the terrifying symptoms she'd been experiencing, she underwent one brain surgery. Unlike other memoirs that focus on injury crisis and acute recovery, But My Brain Had Other Ideas follows Brandon’s story all the way through to long-term recovery, revealing without sugarcoating or sentimentality Brandon’s strugglesand ultimate triumph.
She is a mother, a writer, and a respected textile artist, as well as a brain injury survivor. . She has participated nationally and internationally in dragon boating. Deborah Brandon, PhD has been a professor in the Mathematical Sciences Department at Carnegie Mellon University since 1991. Brandon is an active blogger and regularly participates in social media platforms, including Facebook, where she discusses brain injury and its impact. Her books include Birth and