"I was in a hospital with a severe brain injury. I was semi-paralyzed on my right side: I couldn't speak or eat. I had double vision. I couldn't walk. And I was strapped to a bed for my own protection. But I do remember that room in the rehabilitation hospital-it was like no other room. More things happened to me in that one small space than had happened to me in my entire life." The victim of a devastating motorcycle accident, author John Kennedy Rizzo knows too well of the social, spiritual, and medical aspects of traumatic brain injury. Rising from Hell traces his path through partial paralysis, incapacitating depression, and terrifying panic attacks. On his long road to rehabilitation, Rizzo discovered ways to overcome impossible odds. He speaks with compassion and wisdom as he encourages brain-injured people to find their way to the enabled life that may well lie within their grasp.
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"It answers all the questions." -- Dr. Bernie Siegel
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Through an examination of the social, spiritual, and medical aspects of trauma comes a powerful story of survival.
John Rizzo’s powerful and uplifting memoir depicts the often multi-dimensional realities experienced by survivors of traumatic injury. Over five million Americans currently live with disabilities resulting from Traumatic Brain Injury. Author John Rizzo is one of these people. His life and survival is reflected in the social, spiritual, and medical aspects of trauma, alongside the often tragic state of today’s dysfunctional family and society.
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This book was excellant. I believe it would be helpful and give hope to anyone that has gone through an accident and suffered similiar injury. It also lends to giving the people around the individual insight to what they are experiencing. It kept my attention and I did not want to put it down.
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Are you a healthcare provider caring for patients with traumatic brain injuries? Do you know someone who received a brain injury? If so, this book can help you understand just what exactly such a patient goes through. John Kennedy Rizzo experienced such an injury as a result of a motorcycle accident, and came thru to the other side(with a LOT of hard work). His story can help illuminate what patients cannot verbalize about their experiences; I encourage you to add it to your library.
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