Prognosis

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The searing, wry memoir about a woman s fight for a new life after a devastating brain injury.When Sarah Vallance is thrown from a horse and suffers a jarring blow to the head, she believes she s walked away unscathed The next morning, things take a sharp turn as she s led from work to the emergency room By the end of the week, a neurologist delivers a devastating prognosis Sarah suffered a traumatic brain injury that has caused her IQ to plummet, with no hope of recovery Her brain has irrevocably changed.Afraid of judgment and deemed no longer fit for work, Sarah isolates herself from the outside world She spends months at home, with her dogs as her only source of companionship, battling a personality she no longer recognizes and her shock and rage over losing simple functions she d taken for granted Her life is consumed by fear and shame until a chance encounter gives Sarah hope that her brain can heal That conversation lights a small flame of determination, and Sarah begins to push back, painstakingly reteaching herself to read and write, and eventually reentering the workforce and a new, if unpredictable, life.In this highly intimate account of devastation and renewal, Sarah pulls back the curtain on life with traumatic brain injury, an affliction where the wounds are invisible and the lasting effects are often misunderstood Over years of frustrating setbacks and uncertain triumphs, Sarah comes to terms with her disability and finds love with a woman who helps her embrace a new, accepting sense of self. Read Prognosis by Sarah Vallance – kino-fada.fr Sarah had a good life She was well on her way to getting her doctorate degree She was very intelligent and scholastic things came easy to her with the exception of math She was very close to her father, a geologist, and exactly the opposite with her mother, who was decidedly cold and even mean at times Sarah was also a daredevil.At age 31, she climbs up onto a horse she later admits she had no business being on, and she has no idea how to control him She is thrown very high and actually f Sarah had a good life She was well on her way to getting her doctorate degree She was very intelligent and scholastic things came easy to her with the exception of math She was very close to her father, a geologist, and exactly the opposite with her mother, who was decidedly cold and even mean at times Sarah was also a daredevil.At age 31, she climbs up onto a horse she later admits she had no business being on, and she has no idea how to control him She is thrown very high and actually feels her brain jar upon impact She was not wearing a helmet.She believes she is fine and carries on Odd things begin to happen things she cannot explain Her toaster goes missing leading her to believe she s been robbed Other things are also missing, found in strange places like the freezer and she has no recollection of putting them there She can t think straight and she is told t...If you like Oliver Sack s article about face blindness New Yorker or his books particularly Uncle Tungsten and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , you will love this book.Before I get into why this is an amazing book I ve seen a few reviews by people who gave an unthinking criticism of the book because they believe that the author hates animals or is cruel to them Those people really didn t get the book and or didn t read the book through This is the story of a woman who loves animals If you like Oliver Sack s article about face blindness New Yorker or his books particularly Uncle Tungsten and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , you will love this book.Before I get into why this is an amazing book I ve seen a few reviews by people who gave an unthinking criticism of the book because they believe that the author hates animals or is cruel to them Those people really didn t get the book and or didn t read the book through This is the story of a woman who loves animals I mean, really loves them she even loves the animal who was involved in her near life destroying injury There s a particular very upsetting decision in the book, and yes, you may be upset about the episode importantly, you re supposed to be So I d suggest read what the author has to say about the particular event that upset some readers read how she looks at herself because of that event she s not giving herself a pass look at how it impacts her future decisio...Not your typical white woman memoir of healing and redemption Vallance s rendering of her life is told with brutal honesty and minimalist mush which just happen to include moments of humour and tenderness when confronted with the various faces of death I laughed when I wanted to cry and vice versa.This was a freePrime First Read selection for July I feel a little apathetic giving 2 stars to someone who penned a memoir about recovering and living with a traumatic brain injury But I m keeping it real While I can admire Sarah Vallance for sharing and relating her calamitous accide...This is a work of phenomenal power Vallance s story is one of courage and tenacity, revealing the need for a better understanding of Traumatic Brain Injury and its terrifying consequences With wit and intelligence, Vallance chronicles her journey through experiences that would cause a lesser individual to give up This memoir will make you appreciate the power of language and Vallance s ability to wield it affectively Brimming with a viscerality that will make you both laugh and cry, Prognosi This is a work of phenomenal power Vallance s story is one of courage and tenacity, revealing the need for a better understanding of Traumatic Brain Injury and its terrifying consequences With wit and intelligence, Vallance chronicles her journey through experiences that would cause a lesser individual to give up This memoir will make you appreciate the power of lan...I do not like many memoirs, but this book reeled me in from the first page I read it in two days Wonderful insight into what it s like to have a brain injury, and how to pick yourself up and keep going when all the odds are against you It s also funnySarah Vallance s Prognosis is a must read It is in turn witty, brutally honest, heartbreaking and uplifting Rocking along at a good pace it keeps the reader riveted I absolutely loved reading this book An amazing achievement by a talented new writer I highly recommended it.It is not often you get to read the pages of someone s life with such openness, honesty, kindness and determination This is a book I could not put down and was inspired beyond all else by the bravery, courage, intelligence and beauty of Sarah s story It brings awareness to Traumatic Brain Injury TBI as well gently unfolds the fear, loneliness, grit and hope of this wonderful woman Her story is a must read and one that teaches us to not judge, but rather seek to understand everyone s story It is not often you get to read the pages of someone s life with such openness, honesty, kindness and determination This is a book I could not put down and was inspired beyond all else by the bravery, courage, intelligence and beauty of Sarah s story It brings awareness to Traumatic Brain Injury TBI as well gently unfolds the fear, loneliness, grit and hope of this wonderful woman Her story is a must read and one that teaches us to not judge, but rather seek to understand e...

Prognosis
  • 20 February 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 284 pages
  • 1542043026
  • Sarah Vallance
  • Prognosis