Life After My Mothers Stroke: A Teenage Take on How to Cope [Paperback]

Foreword by Barbara A. Wilson

Chapter 1: My mothers stroke

Chapter 2. Were in this together

Chapter 3. Anger is one letter short of danger

Chapter 4. Identity check

Chapter 5. Thats where the light gets in&

Chapter 6. What in my life is consistent?

Tashi was 15 years old when her mother Karen suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. This beautifully written poignant account tells Tashis story from the first moments after her mothers stroke, following her and her family through the experience of her mothers hospitalization and rehabilitation.

This is a raw, honest, poignant and powerful account written by a teenager whose life has fallen apart following her mother having a stroke. All too often our academic textbooks consider the survivor of an acquired brain injury and do not look at the trauma those around them face. This young lady was embarking on her teenage years, finding her own identity, carving out her future when fate intervened and her life changed. The reader is taken through a journey of grief, loss, compassion, learned helplessness and hope and will find themselves crying and laughing with Tashi and I can guarantee the reader will not put the book down untouched by her account of life during this hugely challenging time. One lesson we as Clinicians working in the field of acquired brain injury should take away is the importance of asking the family how they are, engaging with them away from their loved one, ensuring their needs are met as much as the patients we treat - this I believe is holistic neurorehabilitation. - Dr Anita Rose, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Renovo Care Group

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