pickI enjoyed the insights & found this book relatable as my mom suffered a brain tumor in 2015 & recently an aneurysm with a small stroke. It is very scary knowing someone you love could never be the same while they keep on being there physically. This is explored from the first person & scientific perspective. As a director at the NIMH, studying mental health, the author did not recognize symptoms or feel anything unusual while losing her own mind.
The poem “Brain Radiation” composed by Barbara Lipska while in treatment.
I‘m about 75% through this book and doing some googling about the book & author, I came across the linked NYT article by the author‘s son-in-law. Sad update to her condition, but our own decline is a part of everyone‘s life. We can only try to do our best to stay healthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/opinion/cancer-mental-health-wisdom.html?smid...
pickVery reminiscent of Brain on Fire, a neuroscientist has brain tumors that lead to physical deficits and behavioral changes. She recovers, remembers all of it, and writes her experiences. Fascinating to me that she remained very physically active throughout her illness, even during radiation and chemo treatments. 3/5🧠s
pickThis story was extraordinary. Made even more interesting by the fact that the author is an expert on brains and mental illness- and she began to experienced symptoms of mental illness- and then could remember and EXPLAIN to the reader what was going on in her body!!! I mean, whoa. The epilogue almost got me 😥😥
pickInteresting story of a woman who had brain cancer, struggles with insanity and was able to fight through and gain her memories back.
This was 4 🌟 for me. Incredible true story underscoring how fascinating is the human brain. This was a free Amazon prime read
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pickStartlingly well-written & easy to sink into. Lipska's situation reminded me of Brain on Fire, though Lipska knew the cause her short-term mental incapacity. The most disconcerting part of her story is how she'd already survived breast cancer & skin cancer by age 64 when it metastasized to her brain. I so adored that she chose to tell her story & did such a good job placing the reader in her emotions & confusion/frustration as she lost her mind.
Not book related but I'm Sat in the surgery pre-assessment unit waiting for the mrsa swabs etc... Oh the glamour!
