This memoir tells of my recovery from a coma when I was 13. Because I live a normal life now, people are surprised to learn that I have had a Traumatic Brain Injury, and they're always so curious: How did it happen? Do you remember anything? How long were you in a coma? Do you still ride horses? This book answers all those questions and more. An emotional Part I allows readers to experience the range of emotions my family felt as I lay unconscious. Part II describes my frustrations upon gaining consciousness: my right side was paralyzed and I couldn't speak. Part III tells how I was received once I returned to eighth grade and follows through to high school graduation, describing physical, social, and emotional problems I had along the way. This story shows how I met these problems with determination and how I accepted the ones I couldn't change.
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As nurse with a brother who [survived] a coma, I have unique perspective. Reading what I've experienced personaly is soothing. -- Tina M Dymidowski, RN, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
I was drawn into the story - the worry, fear, hope - in a way that I found compelling. -- Mac Hart, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Richmond, Virginia
This will have significant impact among the lay people and also the medical professionals... -- Rafael M. Ramirez, MD, Neurological Surgeon, Cincinnati, Ohio
We see how crucial support is during TBI recovery. I definitely understand re-learning how to live a normal life. -- Shannon Kehoe, coma survivor, co-author of Smile & Jump High!
I was drawn into the story - the worry, fear, hope - in a way that I found compelling. -- Mac Hart, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Richmond, Virginia
This will have significant impact among the lay people and also the medical professionals... -- Rafael M. Ramirez, MD, Neurological Surgeon, Cincinnati, Ohio
We see how crucial support is during TBI recovery. I definitely understand re-learning how to live a normal life. -- Shannon Kehoe, coma survivor, co-author of Smile & Jump High!
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Wonder what Randy McCloy, the lone survivor of the West Virginia mining accident is experiencing as he recovers from a coma? This book will give you a good idea.
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I ran into this book while browsing for something to read in the Cincinatti airport several months ago. It couldn't have been more appropriate for me. A little over a year ago my brother sustained a TBI while in a cycling competition in NC. The struggles that Elizabeth faced are no doubt ones that he is experiencing today, and he continues to have complications that reveal once again how much of an up-and-down journey his recovery will be. This book helped me feel less alone as I dealt with feelings of fear, hope, sadness and frustration. The complexity of the injury and its implications are really difficult to grasp. I was thankful to have found a narrative to help me cope. One day, I hope my brother will be able to read it as well.
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I just finished your book "My Lost Summer, and I enjoyed it, and
> > learned from it. I was a lot older when I got my TBI in a car accident, 50 (I'm now 68)I think anyone would like the book, but especially those who have TBI or those that care for them Don
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This is a great book.,
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading My Lost Summer. I could not put it down and read the entire book in one day. The book pulled me into the life of the author and I truly felt that I understood what she had been through. It helped me understand better what someone who has suffered severe head trauma deals with during recovery. It was interesting how the diary that was kept during the time of her recovery compared to the recollections of the author. Elizabeth drew me in with the pain that she delt with when she returned to school and how her friends related to her differently. I would highly recommend this book.
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