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Brain Storm An Electrifying Journey  By Kate Recore

1/25/2020

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Debut author, Kate Recore, introduces us to her shocking memoir, “Brain Storm”, about being misdiagnosed as an adult-onset epileptic:
“The most difficult thing about being misdiagnosed with a mental illness is the more you fight it, the crazier you seem.”

At the age of twenty-three, Kate Recore began to suffer from a common brain disease. Although signs pointed directly at epilepsy, her neurologists misdiagnosed her with mental illness. For almost a year, Kate struggled against her worsening mind-altering seizures without any medical help. She lost her memory of the past, and her dreams for the future.
After finally being tested and properly diagnosed, her journey through epilepsy began. Many years of failed drug therapies stretched before her. She battled against doctors who refused to consider the importance of their patient's quality of life, never changing course to help her manage her disease.
Finally finding a true caregiver, Kate became well again. With a new drug and a new place to call home, she learned to let go of who she was, and love who she is.
Misdiagnosis affects over twelve million people in the United State every year, and is considered the country's third-leading cause of death. While told against the backdrop of one patient's life, Brain Storm: An Electrifying Journey resonates with anyone fighting the overpriced, inadequate American healthcare system. By fearlessly adding her voice to the demand for better care, Kate Recore hopes to blaze a trail for all patients calling for help, and needing to be heard.

“It seems inappropriate to call an autobiographical account of epilepsy and medical malfunction a page turner but, in fact, that is what BRAIN STORM is—a story that keeps you turning the pages. Kate Recore educates us on the reality of health insurance, doctoring, diagnosis, functional brain damage, epilepsy, and familial influence without losing the thread of her plot, a plot created from lived experience. You will read because it is interesting. You will learn because it is unavoidable. You will be inspired because you will be awakened. Don’t miss this one.”
~Dr. Lynette Louise (The Brain Broad – www.lynettelouise.com) award-winning neurotherapist, humanitarian, director, speaker, writer, brain-change expert, author of MIRACLES ARE MADE: A Real-Life Guide to Autism
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​I thank Kate for her bravery to reveal so much of what she went through and for sharing how to live a life without most of her memories from the past.
I can’t argue with Lynette, this story kept me on the edge of my seat, just like a medical thriller! The scariest part is it’s true! Kate was on the verge of losing control of her life for so long.
The fact that she was able to leverage a couple of lucky breaks provides welcome relief from the suspense of her memoir. Besides being betrayed by her brain and her body, some of the medical “professionals” were of little help, not listening to the patient. One more indictment of our healthcare system, seeking to maximize profits and minimize expenses can leave the patient hanging out in the cold.
The people who were closest to her were great assets in her life. Each had an important role to play.
One of the smoothest reading books I have read in a long time, I award five stars to “Brain Storm”!
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You can buy this book:
https://rdrpublishers.com/products/brain-storm-an-electrifying-journey-by-kate-recore 
https://smile.amazon.com/brain-storm-kate-recore 
https://www.goodreads.com/-brain-storm-kate-recore 

You can follow the author:
http://www.recoreink.com/recoreink 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-recore 
https://www.facebook.com/kate.recore 
https://twitter.com/recoreink 
 
Copyright © 2020 Mark L. Schultz except for the author’s introduction 
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Mark
2/1/2020 09:45:33 am

Mary and I already had an interview in the previous book review, the link is just above.

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