Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xii, 253 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Cum and precum: 2000 -- Aftermath: 2003-2004 -- Peanut curry: 1974 -- The day my brain exploded: 2000 -- Nonbloody events of the day: 2000 -- Grudge match: Krisnha v. Jesus: 1974-1989 -- The incarceration, part one: 2000 -- Not the first time in jail: 1989-1992 -- The incarceration, part two: 2000 -- Formatting Ashok version 2.0: 2000 -- Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers: 2000 -- AVM wha...?: 2000 -- Drunk with success: 1992-2000 -- Big Apple core: 2000-2001 -- Time to bloom: 2001 -- Just when you thought the worst was over: 2002 -- I sing the body electric: 2002-present -- Through the looking glass: 2003-present -- Hermit spiral: 2004 -- Lazarusness: 2004-present -- Brian karma: 1974 -- No pity required, just fresh breath: present -- Becoming how the brain became: present. |
Summary |
Ashok Rajamani was twenty-five years old when his brain exploded. It happened suddenly, a random act triggering an aneurysm, the result of a genetic flaw that had lain in wait since his birth. It was a terrifying experience that left him with continuing physical and emotional problems, but unlike so many people who suffer from brain injury, Ashok was lucky. Not only did he survive the catastrophic event, but in only a matter of years he has recovered enough to live once again on his own, and to resume, at least partially, the lifestyle he had previously enjoyed. For Ashok, it has been a journey of discovery, of having to relearn even the most basic things, of piecing together a past, of reclaiming a life, of dealing with the rage that results from such a traumatic injury, and of coping with the societal prejudice inflicted on those with handicaps. |
Subject |
Rajamani, Ashok -- Health.
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Brain -- Hemorrhage -- Patients -- Biography.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9781565129979: $13.95 |
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1565129970 |
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