| Description |
1 online resource (151 pages) |
| Series |
After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories Ser |
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After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- How this 'biovella' came to life -- Chapter 1: The rise and fall of a football star -- Transfixed by moments in time -- Losing my virginity -- Chapter 2: My free-spirited family -- My brother, my hero -- Matt is always happy -- Flying safe with grandparents -- High-spirited and hazardous holidays -- My stupendous parents -- Layla, a stronghold beauty -- Love and labels -- Happy days -- Celebration of difference -- Trauma of the unknown -- Telling the 'story' -- Low times -- Wild ways -- When illness strikes -- Words and actions -- Positivity and guilt -- The illness and not you -- When words don't work -- Wouldn't change you for the world -- Clan members -- Crucial connections -- Chapter 3: Glories of mental and love ventures -- Jesus Christ saga -- Art, ladies and dope -- Seduction course -- Tantric sex -- Dirty sex -- Porn for Africa -- Another side of sex -- Falling in love -- More loves -- Chapter 4: MS awareness -- Viagra and a walking stick -- Empathy, sympathy and pity -- Orally obsessed -- Positivity between a rock and a hard place -- Dreaming to leave the family home -- Falling into a wheelchair -- My personal assistants -- About freedom, clairvoyance and vulnerability -- Chapter 5: Dealing with MS at 38 -- More symptoms -- Pills, doctors and counsellors -- Regression -- Relapsing periods -- Sharing with disabled people -- My deepest pains -- Art and my struggle -- Hospital loves and dislikes -- Released from prison at last -- Chapter 6: Matters of acceptance -- Addendum: 40th birthday messages |
| Summary |
This is the remarkable story of Charlie Bacchus, who was diagnosed with a severe case of viral encephalitis and later with multiple sclerosis and bipolar. This moving, funny, sometimes explicit book charts his life, including recollections of his childhood, the acceptance of his diagnoses and his determination to carry on living to the full. This book highlights many themes such as the loss of independence and the challenges of hidden disabilities and visible differences. Although the line between fantasy and reality is not always clear, Charlie's loving personality and hypomania allow him to maintain supportive connections and adapt to his situation. Charlie's account provides support for patients who have brain injury and their families. This will be of great interest to professionals working in neurology including occupational therapists, social workers and rehabilitation practitioners |
| Notes |
Publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Subject |
Bacchus, Charlie -- Health
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Encephalitis.
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Multiple sclerosis.
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Bipolar disorder
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Multiple Sclerosis
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Bipolar Disorder
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Encephalitis
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Health
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Bipolar disorder
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Multiple sclerosis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beau, Marie
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| ISBN |
9780429824579 |
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0429824572 |
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9780429447396 |
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0429447396 |
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9780429824555 |
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0429824556 |
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9780429824562 |
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0429824564 |
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