The Brainstorms Woman: Epilepsy in Our Lives [Paperback]

Steven C. Schachter (Author), Deborah T. Combs Cantrell (Author), Kaarkuzhali Babu Krishnamurthy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Series: Brainstorms

This enlightening book presents firsthand personal accounts written by women with seizure disorders. In their own words, these patients vividly describe the experiences of coping with seizures, undergoing treatment, and coming to terms with the impact of epilepsy on their lives and relationships. These real-life stories offer valuable insights into the issues encountered by women with epilepsy at every stage of life and the reproductive cycle. The book includes straightforward discussions written by health care professionals with extensive experience in treating women with seizure disorders. Appendices present a glossary and the Women and Epilepsy Initiative of the Epilepsy Foundation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781727499
• ISBN-13: 978-0781727495
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,494,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm not alone as an adult woman with epilepsy!, July 24, 2000

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phyllis (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Brainstorms Woman: Epilepsy in Our Lives (Paperback)

This is the first book I've found that shares experiences of adults with epilepsy. It's filled with a variety true stories of adults living with epilepsy. It's very engaging, and makes the reality of epilepsy not so painful and shameful. I found myself on many of the pages and I learned so much.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book., August 15, 2000

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Julie Hartzell (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Brainstorms Woman: Epilepsy in Our Lives (Paperback)

As a 50 year old woman recently diagnosed with Complex Partial Seizures, this book has been a godsend. I actually thought I was losing my mind; but reading this has helped me to understand that I am not alone. I will now pass this book on to my children and family to read along with my friends so they will also understand just what I am going through. At last, I can have some peace of mind knowing that others have felt the same as I have..... Great book, very easy to read. All women diagnosed with epilepsy should read this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE for women with epilepsy, May 8, 2003

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This review is from: The Brainstorms Woman: Epilepsy in Our Lives (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book. It is a series of different women's narrations of experiences with their epilepsy. The women range in age and interest, as well as to the severety with which their epilepsy has affected their lives. It felt great to put my own difficulties with this illness into context through hearing of other epileptic women.
This is a great book to read if you are an epileptic woman, or the husband/ partner/ boyfriend/ girlfriend friend or relative of one.
So far my father has read it, and I think it has given him a better starting off point with which to talk about my epilepsy with me. (I already have a line of friends and family waiting to read this book.)
The book's author Dr. Krishnamurthy, also heads a comprehensive epilepsy center through Boston's Beth Isreal Hospital. More information about the center is in the book and it is definatly worth investigating.