E-book Category: Health
E-book Title: If I Only Had a Brain Injury
Book Description: Every 21 seconds, someone in the United States sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI.) That's 5.3 million Americans, plus 1.5-2 million per year. TBI rarely changes someone's outward appearance, making it difficult for family, friends and employers to recognize the injury's severity. On the international TBI-Survivor email group, postings often discuss "the invisible disability," lack of available care and support, and great admiration for anyone who does meaningful work after TBI. Statistics weep for something inspirational and easy to read.
According to a November 2007 report by USA Today, based on military and veterans records, "at least 20,000 U.S. Troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injury." Meanwhile, the mysterious "Gulf War Syndrome" also causes loss of balance, fatigue, confusion, seizures, headaches, blurred vision and short-term memory loss-all common side effects of TBI.
Twenty million other Americans struggle with debilitating effects of TBI, brain cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease, migraines, MS and stroke. Though different diagnoses, each produces neurological side effects-creating a wild and painful ride that changes one's sense of Self.
Every year, another 2.5 million survivors join their ranks. But where do they go from there? How do they find their way through uncertain prognoses, perceptual problems and depression?
"Follow the Yellow Brick Road"-through recovery, that is! Unlike other books on healing from TBI and so-called "Medical Mysteries," If I Only Had a Brain Injury encourages readers to chart their own inspirational journeys. The book's structure follows the Wizard of Oz storyline (Dorothy's journey begins with a concussion), and offers large print for visually impaired readers. A collection of personal examples, alternative treatments and spiritual growth exercises, this 320-page book will appeal to anyone frustrated by the limitations of traditional medicine. Readers will learn to tap external resources and inner strength.
Help for Caregivers, Survivors & Treatment Providers
Information about brain injury travels slowly. That's why it remains a "mystery" not just in society, but often in medical circles as well. The same holds true for most neurological illnesses. Recovery comes in fits and starts, and the road to wellness offers switchbacks and dead ends. Even The Yellow Brick Road begins with a spiral! If I Only Had a Brain Injury helps you and your support team navigate: - Brain fog
- Choosing a good attorney
- Dealing with despair
- Diet and herbal remedies
- Finding ways to earn income while disabled
- How to balance your life as a caregiver or receiver
- How to handle chronic pain and fatigue
- Hypersensitivity
- Intimate relationships when you don't feel like yourself
- Loneliness
- Making new friends
- Migraines
- Plummeting self-esteem
- Spiritual awakening through trauma
- Tips for treatment providers (shared by other providers)
- Vertigo
- Vision problems
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