Different Strokes (eBook)

An Intimate Memoir for Stroke Survivors, Families, and Care Givers

Steven Boorstein (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
256 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62873-183-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Strokes are the third-leading cause of death in America, and for the lucky stroke victims who dont die, about half will spend the rest of their lives trying to recover. Roughly 700,000 American suffer a stroke each year and around 140,000 of them are fatal. Different Strokes is an in-depth look at what surviving, or not surviving, a stroke can mean. And Steven Boorstein should knowat age fifty-two, he suffered a stroke after a hit on the ski slopes of Vail. Part-memoir, part-how-to, Steven Boorsteins book will help you to recover from a stroke, whether you were the victim of one or had to watch a loved one suffer.Dividing the book into three distinct sections, Boorstein first focuses on his personal experience with a stroke, how he recovered, and his controversial use of medical marijuana to help resurrect his damaged mind and wracked body. The second part of this book explores how others have dealt with a stroke. Hear first-hand from stroke survivors and their loved ones about what effect a stroke had on their marriage, sex life, careers, relationships (with children, relatives, strangers), and more. The finale of the book covers tools and helpful resourcestherapies, therapeutic tools, and exercises; organizations for survivors; and key wordsfor people who have had a stroke, been diagnosed as being at risk, or for those whose loved ones are at risk or are recovering. This is an essential book for anyone whos ever had, or been hurt by, a stroke.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.10.2011
• Einführung: Jie Mao
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Schlagworte: anecdotal experience • aphasia circuitry • arteriovenous malformation • biology lesson • bolte taylor • Brain anatomy • brain aneurysm • brain controls • brain damage • brain function • brain hemispheres • brain hemorrhage • Brain Injury • brain research • brain researcher • Brain science • brain scientist • brain shut • brain surgeon • brain trauma deep inner • caregiver • Cognitive Abilities • damaged brain • devastating stroke • dr jill • dr taylor • healing process • Health Care • Hemorrhagic • Human Brain • husband suffered • jill bolte • jills • Jill Taylor • lay person • left-brain • massive stroke • Medical profession • medical professionals • Mental Health • Mental Illness • mentally impaired • MOMS • nervous system • Neuroanatomy • Neuroplasticity • Nutrition • Peripheral • plastici • post-stroke • pre-stroke • recovery process • right-brain • right-brained • Self Help • severe stroke • spiritual aspect • spiritual experience • stroke patients • stroke recovery • Stroke survivor • stroke victims • taylor describes • taylor explains • taylor offers • taylors • taylor's story • taylor's stroke • traumatic brain
• ISBN-10: 1-62873-183-4 / 1628731834
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62873-183-5 / 9781628731835