Download or read book Don t Panic It s Only Brain Surgery written by Jeaunetta Westenberg and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeaunetta is an inspiring overcomer who shares the gift of laughter and encouragement. Thousands of lives have been impacted by her public speaking ministry. Let the Lord encourage you and bless you with her incredible story. ROBBIE ROPELLA President of Ropella & Associates Have you ever uttered words like why me, or asked the Lord why He doesnt rescue you from a devastating disease or a difficult situation? You are not alone. Dont Panic...Its Only Brain Surgery! is a HOW TO book & Bible Study that teaches us to get through even the worst of circumstances with the Lords help, without submitting to panic and anxiety. If you are going through a hard time, Jeaunettas story of enduring brain surgery and a long recovery will tug on your heart strings and show you that God is faithful to all His promises. He gives strength to overcome: Anxiety Doubt Fear Loneliness Whether you are going through a life-limiting illness or a stressful day, God can take you from Panic to Peace and give His joy to get through anything. Its like Jeaunetta says Dont Panic, Its Only Brain Surgery!
Download or read book Transformation written by Ann Lisette Wesso and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformation is a personal, true story about brain tumor surgery. I was totally unaware of the tumor, until I started having grand mal seizures. Scary! I show what happens from the time the tumor is discovered through the surgery and recovery. I also provide ten tips on how to approach the situation with your doctor, your family and friends.
Download or read book Brain Surgeons Don t Do Facelifts written by Dafi Shlanger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 27, 1994, Dafi was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She was only 36 years old, married, and had three children. This is the amazing true story of a woman, a wife, and a mother's incredible journey through this life changing events. In this compelling memoir, Dafi talks candidly about her experience and reveals how she, as a young wife and mother coped, survived and carried. In her memoir, Dafi reveals how she as a mother and wife at a young age coped, survived, and carried on after the discovery of her brain tumor.
Download or read book Another Day in the Frontal Lobe written by Katrina Firlik and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-06-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige medical specialty. She is also a superbly gifted writer–witty, insightful, at once deeply humane and refreshingly wry. In Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, Dr. Firlik draws on this rare combination to create a neurosurgeon’s Kitchen Confidential–a unique insider’s memoir of a fascinating profession. Neurosurgeons are renowned for their big egos and aggressive self-confidence, and Dr. Firlik confirms that timidity is indeed rare in the field. “They’re the kids who never lost at musical chairs,” she writes. A brain surgeon is not only a highly trained scientist and clinician but also a mechanic who of necessity develops an intimate, hands-on familiarity with the gray matter inside our skulls. It’s the balance between cutting-edge medical technology and manual dexterity, between instinct and expertise, that Firlik finds so appealing–and so difficult to master. Firlik recounts how her background as a surgeon’s daughter with a strong stomach and a keen interest in the brain led her to this rarefied specialty, and she describes her challenging, atypical trek from medical student to fully qualified surgeon. Among Firlik’s more memorable cases: a young roofer who walked into the hospital with a three-inch-long barbed nail driven into his forehead, the result of an accident with his partner’s nail gun, and a sweet little seven-year-old boy whose untreated earache had become a raging, potentially fatal infection of the brain lining. From OR theatrics to thorny ethical questions, from the surprisingly primitive tools in a neurosurgeon’s kit to glimpses of future techniques like the “brain lift,” Firlik cracks open medicine’s most prestigious and secretive specialty. Candid, smart, clear-eyed, and unfailingly engaging, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe is a mesmerizing behind-the-scenes glimpse into a world of incredible competition and incalculable rewards.
Download or read book It s Not Brain Surgery written by Kris A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is health care in America so expensive? Why does America spend far more than any other country on health care but lags significantly behind other advanced countries in many health-care related statistics? The Affordable Care Act--Obamacare--was signed into law in spite of great opposition from conservatives. The ACA is an attempt to reign in health care costs but remains highly controversial. Will the ACA succeed in reducing health care costs and improving access to health care for Americans without health insurance, or is Obamacare fundamentally flawed in its conception? Will the implementation of the ACA permanently damage the practice of medicine in America, resulting in further escalation of the national debt in the process? Dr. Smith draws from years of experience as an attending neurosurgeon to explain some fundamental problems with American medicine. He gives the reader a review of how we got into this health care crisis and illustrates this problem through personal experiences and patient encounters. He gives solutions for how we should move forward to better and more affordable health care while avoiding increased national debt.
Download or read book Do No Harm written by Henry Marsh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Shortlisted for both the Guardian First Book Prize and the Costa Book Award Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A Finalist for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize A Finalist for the Wellcome Book Prize A Financial Times Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling, and reason? How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially lifesaving operation when it all goes wrong? In neurosurgery, more than in any other branch of medicine, the doctor's oath to "do no harm" holds a bitter irony. Operations on the brain carry grave risks. Every day, leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh must make agonizing decisions, often in the face of great urgency and uncertainty. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached doctors, this gripping, brutally honest account will make you think again. With astonishing compassion and candor, Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. Do No Harm provides unforgettable insight into the countless human dramas that take place in a busy modern hospital. Above all, it is a lesson in the need for hope when faced with life's most difficult decisions.
Download or read book So You Want to Be a Producer written by Lawrence Turman and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than forty films, including The Graduate, The River Wild, Short Circuit, and American History X, and Endowed Chair of the famed Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, answers these questions and many more. Examining all the nuts and bolts of production, such as raising money and securing permissions, finding a story and developing a script, choosing a director, hiring actors, and marketing your project, So You Want to Be a Producer is a must-have resource packed with insider information and first-hand advice from top Hollywood producers, writers, and directors, offering invaluable help for beginners and professionals alike. Including a comprehensive case study of Turman’s film The Graduate, this complete guide to the movie industry’s most influential movers and shakers brims with useful tips and contains all the information you need to take your project from idea to the big screen.
Download or read book When the Air Hits Your Brain Tales from Neurosurgery written by Frank Vertosick Jr. and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-03-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one man's evolution from naive and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick’s patients and unsparing yet fascinatingly detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, When the Air Hits Your Brain—the culmination of decades spent struggling to learn an unforgiving craft—illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.
Download or read book Julie Ann s Journey written by William Panzarella and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, what became known as "The Great Recession" began. But twenty-five-year-old Julie-Ann Crown never felt the pinch. Her father was the CEO of a major financial firm and thanks to the Wall Street bailouts, his company managed to weather the storm. Wrapped in a bubble of limousines, private jets, penthouses, and Monopoly money, Julie-Ann was isolated from the hardships the rest of the country had to endure. But after a personal incident, Julie-Ann takes stock of her young life and decides to travel across America to see how the other half lives. The people she meets along her journey will forever change the way she sees the world. She will learn the true meanings of both adversity and resilience and that the backbone of the United States does not reside on Wall Street or in Washington D.C., but rather across the vast heartland of America.
Download or read book More Everyday Wisdom written by Karen Berger and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know why a forest smells different before it starts to rain? Or how long a pair of hiking boots should actually last? Find these answers and more in this pack-perfect book.More Everyday Wisdom provides brilliant improvisations for worst-case scenarios and advice to avoid the most common (and obscure) problems. These backcountry basics will help you plan your trips, become a better problem-solver, and learn to how to stay comfortable.
Download or read book I Had Brain Surgery What s Your Excuse written by Suzy Becker and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the ingenious illustrated memoir that is widely praised: “Hilarious, hell-raising, and frequently heart-wrenching.” —Booklist “[A] unique tragicomedy of a memoir . . . The author is so likable, even in her darkest hour, that as you applaud her recovery you also realize you’ll miss looking after her.” —Entertainment Weekly (“A” rating) “Compelling reading . . . Becker has turned one person’s experience into a universal story of family, healing, and the return to creativity.” —Library Journal (starred review) “A wonderful book, funny and touching, harrowing and sweet.” —Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird For years Suzy Becker, author of the New York Times bestseller All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat (1.7 million copies in print), literally lived by her wits. Then brain surgery left her temporarily unable to speak, read, or write. I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse? is a story that grapples with the question “What makes me me?” By turns philosophical and whimsical, rivetingly dramatic and unexpectedly light, it is illustrated with drawings, charts, pseudoserious graphs, real EEGs. The result is a book filled with insights into creativity, identity, love, relationships, family, and that intangible something that gives each of us our spark.
Download or read book By Choice written by PatriciaAnn A. Grant and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At sixteen, Pete Gallagher thought football was living. In one split second, a fateful September day in 1969, Pete Gallaghers hopes and dreams fell apart, with only a 20 percent chance of survival. Nanette Peters had her own share of trauma. Sam seemed like a wonderful guy, until he raped her. She is now pregnant for the second time. While Pete was confined to a mental institution, Nanette chose to marry again and soon found herself pregnant again. This marriage turned from blissful to a dreadful end. Nanette and Pete became involved in the same church. Having both experienced the strong spiritual connection, they prayed for love, and Pete dreamed of a wife and a family. Nanette wanted serenity and the awesomeness of Gods love. Their prayers were answered. Their wedding was so touching that the local paper ran the story in the following days issue: Local Former Businesswoman Marries Brain-Injured Survivor.
Download or read book Stage It Right written by Arian Armstrong and published by Standard Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable resource for drama ministry in your church, school, theater, or community playhouse is a beautiful, yet practical how-to guide for using the arts to reach a visual culture. Set designer Arian Armstrong, industrial designer Daniel Armstrong, and writer/artist Lena Wood have pulled together the tips, tools, and techniques you need to take productions to a whole new level. Stage It Right uses humor and common sense to give you a fresh look at: • Sets • Set Pieces • Props • Costumes • Makeup • Lights • Sound With striking images, practical ideas, and inexpensive innovations, Stage It Right will show you how to create great sets for skits, dramas, and musicals . . . or decorate for presentations of any kind. Inside you'll discover: • Full-color photos, easy-to-follow instructions, and useful sources • High-tech and low-tech methods for staging big and little events on any budget • Creative tips, tools, and techniques you can use now
Download or read book Leave It to Claire written by Tracey Bateman and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern-day single mother creates a to-do list to fix the mess she's made of her life. Will she realize the only way to truly grow is to let go of her own plans and listen to God?
Download or read book Hello Stranger written by Katherine Center and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glorious novel from the beloved author whose bright, hopelessly romantic New York Times bestsellers have been called “My perfect 10 of a book” (Emily Henry) and cheered for their “speedy pacing and sexual tension for miles” (People). Love may be blind. But what if . . . what you see isn't what you get? It’s all starting to come together for struggling artist Sadie Montgomery. She was just named a finalist in the national portrait competition of her dreams. But when she winds up with a rare, but real, condition where human faces look like jumbled puzzle pieces . . . it is, to say the least, not good. With only a few weeks to paint the best portrait of her entire life, Sadie will do anything to reverse her condition and get back to work, but it’s anyone’s guess when (or even if) that'll happen. Enter her dog’s charming veterinarian (who may or may not be Sadie’s daydream fiancé), and her bowling-jacket-wearing, Vespa-riding neighbor (who she can’t seem to stay away from)—both vying for her attention and adding to the chaos. It’s a lot, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Because the truth is, seeing the world differently has its upsides. And love has an undeniable way of giving us courage. And the best way of looking is always, always with the heart. "With its emphasis on its central character, combined with its “swoony” romance, “Hello Stranger” is a hit. Sadie is everything you could want in a protagonist — the right amount of quirky, sunshiney and stubborn, and the men she’s in love with are equally fascinating. All the side characters provide humor and comfort, and even those characters who you aren’t really supposed to like are annoyingly intriguing and captivating. Center created a brilliant cast of characters, set to a plot that’s sure to keep you reading." --Michigan Daily
Download or read book Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down written by Jeff Smulyan and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A nicely balanced personal and practical book of corporate reflections and hard-won business lessons." —Kirkus Reviews What is it really like to be an entrepreneur? After nearly fifty years of building a successful media company, founder of American all-sports radio Jeff Smulyan shares with candor and humor just how many bitter failures come with each great victory along the way. For founder and CEO of Emmis Communications Jeff Smulyan, the path to success has been anything but straightforward. When you’ve owned a Major League Baseball team, started America’s first all sports radio station, created the world’s two largest hip hop radio stations and managed everyone from David Letterman to Ken Griffey Jr. and Don Imus and even been nationalized by an ally of Vladimir Putin, you’ve seen the rollercoaster ride of an entrepreneur from every side. Aspiring entrepreneurs, radio and media industry insiders, and avid sports fans alike will appreciate Smulyan’s honesty as he shares the countless lessons he’s learned from decades of entrepreneurship. Smulyan offers readers priceless insight into navigating the twists and turns of growing a business and teaches how to build a culture based on both trust and humor—the essential keys to surviving almost anything. Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down details Smulyan’s journey: from taking over his cousin’s failing country music radio station and founding his own company, to purchasing and then selling ownership of the Seattle Mariners and guiding his company through the Golden Age of Radio. Alongside his humorous, eventful, and dramatic stories, Smulyan presents valuable pointers and tips—for anyone else brave enough to try their own hand at starting a business. The journey to booming business is a rollercoaster. Learn from someone who has experienced all the ups and downs—and knows that what’s most important is to hold on while keeping your sense of humor intact.
Download or read book Making Peace With Your Thighs written by Linda Mintle and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2006-04-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your thighs off your mind and lose the lies that bind. Women of America, it's time to stop obsessing and start making peace with your thighs, your waist, and any other body part that leads you to feel inadequate. Everywhere we turn-magazines, movies, television-we are bombarded with images of what a woman "should" look like. And every image makes body acceptance and confidence harder to achieve. So author and therapist Dr. Linda is inviting all members of the sisterhood of the dissatisfied traveling pants to discover how we arrived at this discontent and how to change our attitudes-and our lives-when it comes to liking our bodies.
