Stacia Kalinoski

Racing Uphill

Confronting a Life with Epilepsy

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Produktbeschreibung

The candid, inspiring story of a womanâ s experience with a chronic, unpredictable neurological condition. Moving beyond her own personal experience, Kalinoski interviews prominent epileptologists to understand how seizures can spread, steal memories, and create strange behaviors and mood disorders. She

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 143mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9781517917463
• ISBN-10: 1517917468
• Artikelnr.: 72131048

Autorenporträt

Stacia Kalinoski is an Emmy Award–winning TV news journalist whose documentary Brainstorm premiered on Twin Cities PBS and was nominated for a regional Emmy Award. Before a seizure ended her broadcast journalism career, she reported for television stations in Nebraska, Oregon, and Michigan. She now shares her story as a motivational speaker.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Prologue
1. You Can Run Faster
2. Tonic-Clonic (or, How to Worry a Parent)
3. Tough As Nails
4. Cornhusker
5. Sleepless in Seattle
6. Calming the Storm
7. DÉjÀ Vu
8. A Difficult Patient
9. Missing Reminiscing
10. Level 4: Denial
11. Looking for Answers
12. Bizarre and Unique
13. Nowhere Else to Hide
14. Jamais Vu
15. Epilepsy Wins
16. Termination
17. The Best Place to Start Over
18. Coming Home and Reaching New Heights
19. Stigma, Up Close and Personal
20. Black and White
21. A Battery of Tests
22. “You Are a Candidate”
23. Back behind the Camera
24. Brain Mapping
25. Caregivers’ Worry Never Ends
26. Brainstorm
Resources and Further Reading
Acknowledgments