Books You May Find Helpful

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http://www.bafound.org/books

Brain Aneurysm – Medical Information
  • Brain Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations, by Eric S. Nussbaum, MD
  • The Brain Aneurysm, by Vini Khuran, MD, PhD and Robert F. Spetzler, MD, FACS


Brain Aneurysm – Recovery

  • A Dented Image: Journeys of Recovery from Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, by Alison Wertheimer
  • Aneurysm: Fire in the Brain, by Donna G. Magee
  • As I Am, by Patricia Neal
  • Brain, Heal Thyself: A Caregiver's New Approach to Recovery from Stroke, Aneurysm, And Traumatic Brain Injuries, by Madonna Siles and M.D. Lawrence J. Beuret
  • Brain Injury Survivor's Guide: Welcome to Our World, by Larry Jameson and Beth Jameson
  • Brain Rules, by John Medina
  • Living With Brain Injury, A Guide For Families, by Richard Senelick and Karla Dougherty.
  • My Story: My Life After Brain Aneurysm, by Teodora Shinn and Paul R. Shinn
  • My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, by Jill Bolte Taylor
  • Negotiating the Speedbumps: Living with Traumatic Brain Injury, by Holly L. Springer
  • Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility, by Garry Prowe
  • The Other Side of the Rainbow, by Mickey Antu-Urias
  • Walking in Fear…How I was introduced to my brain aneurysms, by Susan M. James


Dealing With a Loss and Coping

  • Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, by Elizabeth Lesser
  • Can You Feel My Tears: My husband's courage and determination to defy death....and the strength our love gave him to fight, by Lauri Merrow
  • Dear Cindy, Love Mom: Letters of Love, Loss and Life, by Elaine Roberts Schaller
  • God's Funny That Way: Surviving A Brain Aneurysm; Anything After That Is A Walk In The Park, by Lori Quaranta
  • Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer . . . One Patient at a Time, by David Levy and Joel Kilpatrick
  • I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One, by Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D.
  • In an Instant, by Lee and Bob Woodruff
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold S. Kushner

Maybe you have other books you have found helpful?

Excellent Post Ginny...

Thank you so much...I am going to write these out...

Have a nice evening...! Colleen

Thank you so much for providing this...another very informative book is The Treatment Trap by Rosemary Gibson which I hope you will include...