Brandon D. But My Brain Had Other Ideas: A Memoir of Recovery from Brain Injury

Berkeley, USA: She Writes Press, 2017. — 220 p. – ISBN: 1631522469.When Deb Brandon discovered that cavernous angiomas-tangles of malformed blood vessels in her brain-were behind the terrifying symptoms she'd been experiencing, she underwent one brain surgery. And then another. And then another. And that was just the beginning.
The book also includes an introduction by Connie Lee, founder and president of the Angioma Alliance. Unlike other memoirs that focus on injury crisis and acute recovery, But My Brain Had Other Ideas follows Brandon's story all the way through to long-term recovery, revealing without sugarcoating or sentimentality Brandon's struggles-and ultimate triumph.Foreword by Connie Lee, Founder and President, Angioma Alliance
It Was Supposed to Be Two
It Always Been Healthy. I Still Was. It Was Just That...
All Hell Breaks Loose
Chaos and More Chaos
This Is No Kind of Life
No More Waiting
No Loose Ends
Phoenix
First Steps
Surprise
On My Way Home
Re-entry
Lists
Rebuilding
Family
Water
Discoveries
So This Is Sensory Overload
Ready
My Place
Help? Help!
Scars
Filters
You Win Some, You Lose Some
Pain
Moods and Meds
Fear and the Memory of Fear
Communication
Different, Not Deficient
Lessons
See Me
Epilogue: Adjusting and Readjusting