This book offers a personal insight into the experience of Alex Jelly a professional fundraiser who developed a rare brain tumour a papillary meningioma which was successfully removed. She was left with Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome and associated problems including motor and speech impairments and a temporary psychosis. Discussing Alex’s struggles and triumphs throughout her rehabilitation this book offers an honest account of her journey from diagnosis to recovery. Part I introduces Alex’s early life and employment symptom onset and diagnosis treatment and rehabilitation. Part II presents her neurosurgeon Adel Helmy and a clinical neuropsychologist Barbara A. Wilson. Adel provides a medical context by explaining Alex’s successful surgery and her post-operative experience. Finally Barbara concludes with a comprehensive view of Alex’s recovery and gives a voice to the therapists and psychologists who worked with Alex throughout her in and outpatient rehabilitation journey. This book provides support understanding and hope for patients who have suffered a brain tumour and their families. It is valuable reading for any professional involved in neurorehabilitation studemts of clinical neuropsychology and those touched by brain injury. |Life After a Rare Brain Tumour and Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome Awake Behind Closed Eyes | Psychology
