Mixed Nuts: Book Review #29

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Book Review #29

The book I am going to review today is

Brain on Fire - My Month of Madness

Category of this book was: A Non-fiction Book

This book is a true story of the author who was a perfectly normal writer for the New York Post one day and completely paranoid and not in control of her body the next. The oddest part is that she doesn't remember the month at all. She had to put together the pieces from stories from her parents, boyfriend, hospital staff, videos from her hospital stay, and friends.

This book was fantastic. It is amazing how an autoimmune disease attacked her and what the result of that attack was. Worst of all - it took the doctors a very long time to figure out what was wrong with her. Up until her "lost" month, she had been having unusual symptoms and paranoia and most doctors decided she was becoming mentally ill. The truth was - she was sick. It begs the question - how many other children and adults have been mis-diagnosed with a mental illness when in fact they may have a rare autoimmune disease that attacks the brain and mimicks widely known mental disabilities?

I encourage you to read this book. It was a little more "sciencey" than I thought necessary at times, but other than that - an excellent read.

Stars: 4 1/2