Stuart Ross McCallum
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November 27, 1960
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County Durham, The United Kingdom
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Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction
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People who can laugh at themselves.
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Hello Friends,
My book titled: Beyond my Control is the true story of my life, beginning with my battle trying to beat the slimming disease — anorexia nervosa. While trying to break the vicious cycle I was in, another condition suddenly entered my life — epilepsy. I was seventeen.
I describe my twenty-year journey of living with epilepsy and how the unpredictable disease has not only impacted my life but the lives of everyone around me. For fifteen of those years, I operated my stained glass business and managed staff while battling an ever-increasing number of seizures. As the condition deteriorated and my post seizure responses became more intense, I was often prone to violent outbursts that threatened not only m...more
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Beyond my Control: One Man's Struggle with Epilepsy, Seizure Surgery & Beyond by Stuart Ross McCallum (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.85 — 13 ratings — published 2008 |
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Beyond my Control - One Man's Struggle with Epilepsy, Seizure Surgery & Beyond (Biographies & Memoirs)
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This is the true, often harrowing account of my life with epilepsy. From diagnosis to eventual recovery from a temporal lobectomy.
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"Betrayal, the first book in Jaimey Grant’s Regency romance series, takes the reader to jolly old England in the early 1800s. Mystery opens the story with the heroine imprisoned, rightfully so, for theft. Though her sentence appears stiff, (the de...more " | |||
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"FireDrakes – Medieval Adventure and Sorcery! Rating: 4 of 5 Author: David Korinetz Available: Paperback Thousands of years ago, elves and humans co-existed peacefully. But as time marched forward, the occasionally coupli...more " | |||
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Hey Stuart,
Thanks for the friend request. I just became a Twitter yesterday. Do you have a Twitter account? I would love to be one of your followers if you do :]
http://twitter.com/Dee_Marie_SOA
Wishing you a most wonderful weekend,
Dee Marie
Hi William,
Terrific news, having a feature article on your work is no mean feat! I should know, being an author and journalist--I hope this pays off (big time) in sales!
All the best, StuartBeyond my Control One Man's Struggle with Epilepsy, Seizure Surgery & Beyond
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