Robert V. Dodge

Grand Mal

A Life with Late Onset Epilepsy

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Produktbeschreibung

After developing epilepsy as an adult, Robert Dodge experienced increasingly dangerous seizures and was seen by specialists on five continents. His firsthand account of adapting to life with epilepsy begins with an overview of this often misunderstood neurological disorder--still attributed to demonic possession in some parts of the world--and recounts his struggle as his seizures became life-threatening. Dodge describes his treatments and their side effects, including four ineffective surgeries that removed an eighth of his brain, and the personal challenges of social stigma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781476683966
• ISBN-10: 1476683964
• Artikelnr.: 60683888

Autorenporträt

Robert V. Dodge is the author of seven nonfiction books. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction
1.
Black Blizzards
2.
What Is It?
3.
What Happens
4.
Demons
5.
Useless Eaters
6.
New Worlds, New Problems
7.
There Were Two Men
8.
A Synonym for Stigma
9.
They Don't Like Us Much Either 10.
What Is Real? 11.
Desperate Decision 12.
Cold and Alone 13.
Anticlimax 14.
The Grids 15.
Third Time Lucky? 16.
What For? 17.
Split-Brain? 18.
Clearing Out the Rest 19.
Carrying On 20.
Heavy Weather-"Black Blizzards" Strike 21.
Difficulties Leaving 22.
Issues Back in the U.S.A. Chapter Notes Sources Index