Turn the Lights On!: A Physician's Personal Journey from the Darkness of Traumatic Brain Injury (Tbi) to Hope, Healing, and Recovery

"I truly believe Dr. Gordon has cracked the code on TBI. This book is going to save millions of lives..."

Jonathan Wells, J. Wells Media Group

"This book is a rare work and insight into an injured physician's mind and emotional struggle that must be read by all medical workers and patients suffering from brain injury and concussions."

Gerald Dieter Griffin, PharmD, MD, FACFE, Brigadier General, MC, USA, Retired

"A captivating journey into the world of TBI's from the perspective of a physician and TBI sufferer. A must read for anyone with TBI, those connected to someone who have it, and equally important for anyone in human resources to understand the challenges of a TBI sufferer in the workplace."

Tim A. Garrett, Retired CHRO, Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

Often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be a life-altering event which can produce a wide range of symptoms affecting physical as well as psychological health. Indeed, all senses can be affected, especially sight and sound, producing errors in judgment, loss of memory, and difficulty processing information.

Now, a physician shares her personal journey with TBI after suffering a life changing accident. In this touching and informative book, Dr. Chrisanne Gordon chronicles her struggles, the high points as well as the lows, as she is challenged to make sense of what happened and realizes that her medical training did not prepare her for these struggles. With intimate detail she explains what it is like to have mTBI, how it affected her life, and what was needed for healing and recovery.

Perhaps, most importantly, Turn the Lights On is a beacon of hope and understanding for anyone who has experienced a mild traumatic brain injury or concussion, and a guide for their loved ones, caregivers, and health care providers who assist with their recovery.

Author: Chrisanne Gordon
Publisher: Corpus Callosum Creations, Ltd.
Published: 01/09/2018
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780692999561

About the Author
Gordon, Chrisanne: - "As both a physician and a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor, Dr. Chrisanne Gordon is uniquely qualified to write this book. Her resume appears as preparation for TBI: training in science, internal medicine, and treatment of trauma; expertise in physical medicine and rehabilitation. She was already widely published in these fields, an invited lecturer and speaker when In 1996 she suffered a TBI and spent the next 2 years calling on all of the resources she had - mental, physical, financial, and spiritual - to work through her own recovery and find a new "normalcy." By 2008, following years of expanding her right brain through writing and filming creatively, she was practicing medicine again, developing new expertise in a very precise form of rehabilitation. When volunteering to perform TBI evaluations at her local Veterans Administration Hospital she was appalled by the fact that the men and women she met during these evaluations were so often dismissed and over-medicated. To increase awareness of the plight of the veteran with TBI, and to offer solutions for this global epidemic, she filmed the documentary Operation Resurrection, which was completed in 2011. For over a decade, she has worked with the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense and in collaboration with the civilian world to provide solutions for employment, education, and health care to benefit our veterans."