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Racing Uphill : Confronting a Life with Epilepsy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kalinoski, Stacia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kalinoski, Stacia, 1985-.
- Kalinoski, Stacia.
- Epileptics--United States--Biography.
- Epileptics.
- Epilepsy--Treatment--United States.
- Epilepsy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "After a seizure brought an end to the broadcast journalism career she loved, Stacia Kalinoski was forced to confront the reality of the epilepsy that was ravaging her life. Offering valuable insight into the experience of grappling with a relentless neurological disease, Racing Uphill also details what Kalinoski learned from prominent epileptologists about seizures. In sharing the remarkable opportunity that epilepsy presented for her courage and growth, Stacia Kalinoski speaks to anyone facing a battle of their own and offers inspiration for taking control of one's own health"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. You Can Run Faster
- Chapter 2. Tonic-Clonic (or, How to Worry a Parent)
- Chapter 3. Tough As Nails
- Chapter 4. Cornhusker
- Chapter 5. Sleepless in Seattle
- Chapter 6. Calming the Storm
- Chapter 7. Déjà Vu
- Chapter 8. A Difficult Patient
- Chapter 9. Missing Reminiscing
- Chapter 10. Level 4: Denial
- Chapter 11. Looking for Answers
- Chapter 12. Bizarre and Unique
- Chapter 13. Nowhere Else to Hide
- Chapter 14. Jamais Vu
- Chapter 15. Epilepsy Wins
- Chapter 16. Termination
- Chapter 17. The Best Place to Start Over
- Chapter 18. Coming Home and Reaching New Heights
- Chapter 19. Stigma, Up Close and Personal
- Chapter 20. Black and White
- Chapter 21. A Battery of Tests
- Chapter 22. "You Are a Candidate"
- Chapter 23. Back behind the Camera
- Chapter 24. Brain Mapping
- Chapter 25. Caregivers' Worry Never Ends
- Chapter 26. Brainstorm
- Resources and Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Author Biography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-7327-X
- OCLC:
- 1519121120
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