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This woman's story is very inspiring. I am a nurse, and reading her account of the ways people treated her after the stroke made me cringe because a lot of the unhelpful things that she talks about are standard practice in rehab centers and nursing homes. I don't work in that area of medicine but I remember doing clinicals in those types of places and being told it was good for the non-verbal, non-ambulatory residents to be sat in front of a TV with people talking on it. Also, that you should speak clearly, and at a high volume. It never occurred to me that sound could be painful for a stroke survivor. I also remember a lot of talking ABOUT patients, rather than including them by speaking TO them, happening by both facility staff and nursing instructors.
I really think this book should be required reading for anyone entering the medical field, as well as anyone who is in a caregiver role for someone who has survived a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Every nursing school, medical school and vocational training school should make this book a part of their standard curriculum.
Even if you are not working or aspiring to work in the medical field and you do not personally know anyone who has survived a stroke or traumatic brain injury, I promise that you will come away from reading this book with a lot more knowledge of how your brain works, as well as various other random facts about neurology and brain science. I'm pretty sure anyone with an interest in health, science, psychology, neurology, spirituality or mental illness would really enjoy reading this book.
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This is a must read for anyone with a brain! The insight she shared with us is profound and very deeply felt. Jill is a brave woman who used her right brain to get to the left brain that needed healing. The repetitious nature is that of a real dedicated human. I cried and laughed and my heart sung with the beauty of her words and message. Please donate your brain to science. Thanks
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I bought my second copy for a friend and kept my first copy for reference in case it is ever needed. This book is the true story of a neuroanatomist who has a stroke. It is well written and describes how a stroke feels from "the inside" of the brain, with the medical insight of how the brain works. It is the kind of book you won't put down---it fascinates and informs at the same time. I plan to read it again.
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I'm not a professional book reviewer so I'm not going to go into details. I do want to say that this book was excellent. I really enjoyed reading Jill's story and recovery process and insight. Because she is a scientist, a brain neuroanatomist , I trust her opinion and her words and believe what she says is possible. I'm not a stroke patient, just someone who wants to change my negative circuitry in my brain. I have tried her method of telling my brain I don't want to think of that situation or problem etc. I literally speak out loud to my brain, tell it to stop and I think of a situation that brings me joy and happiness such as holding my friends newborn baby. Good book, read it, it's fascinating!
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The story, so far, is great. But I couldn't get very far at all in the audiobook version because of the narrator. The author narrated her own book, which is great, except for the fact she's clearly not trained in doing so. The narration, for that reason, actually bugged me so much that I stopped listening altogether.
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A powerful description of the physical effects of a stroke as it is happening by a woman scientist. As she was preparing for a program, the stroke changed her perception of time, space, and movement as her body lost abilities as the stroke progressed. Only a scientist of her caliber, with her knowledge and memory, with her talent for writing could have presented to the reader such detail of the physical damage she experienced. She was felled by the stroke at the top of her game as a brilliant scientist. Everyone suffering from a stroke needs to read her story. Everyone caring for a person suffering from a stroke needs to read her story. Anyone with family history of stroke and heart issues needs to read her story. Especially, those in the medical profession need to read her story. She offers 40 points of care to have in mind when giving care for a person with a stroke. These points are based on the needs of the person, that the person is still there inside and needs to be respected and communicated with deep respect. The years of hard work and healing that brought her a level of recovery, not to full use, bring home the need for attending to health and steps for stroke prevention. Get this book. Highly recommended.
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As a psychologist, I was particularly interested in the idea of a brain scientist reviewing her own personal stroke experience. Author Jill Bolte Taylor was a neuroanatomist working for the Harvard Brain Bank when she experienced a rare form of stroke at the age of just thirty-seven. In this first-hand account, she details the stroke event itself, her immediate and longer-term recovery, and the profound effects of this event on her life.
Taylor explains that she was driven to study science and learn about the brain due to her older brother's schizophrenia. Prior to her stroke, Taylor was very involved with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), and in fact became the youngest person ever to be elected to the NAMI Board of Directors. She also earned the nickname as the "Singin' Scientist," as she advocated for donations to Harvard's Brain Bank in order to further research that might eventually benefit those with mental illness.
In addition to background on her old life, Taylor also spends two early chapters providing some basic brain science and anatomy. She focuses in particular on differences between the two brain hemispheres, a concept that becomes fundamental to her own personal story. She begins this story on 7 a.m. of December 10, 1996, the morning of her stroke. Taylor describes the process of gradually waking from sleep, noticing something was "off," but being unable to immediately discern what was the matter. Eventually, she does in fact recognize that she is having a stroke; by that point, however, her level of impairment is significant, and getting help is its own ordeal.
Once Taylor is transferred to the hospital, the focus of her narrative shifts.Read more ›
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