by Kavita Basi
About the Author
Photo © David Oates Photography
Born in the 1970s, Kavita Basi was brought up in a middle-class area in the North East of the UK. She is a vice president in a global organization and an ambassador for a neurological charity in the UK. She writes a blog on her website, www.kavitabasi.com, and is active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, regularly posting motivating images/information. Kavita loves to paint, sing, dance, write, run, walk, and spend time with her family. Kavita still struggles with daily challenges, whether its with high anxiety, psycological or extreme fatigue. However she is trying to adapt to the new person she is now today.
List of Resources
SOCIAL MEDIA
Kavita’s Website—
www.kavitabasi.com
Part 1 Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7qgw79k_o&t=2s
Part 2 Family & Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjBa-Nxvjw&t=1s
Part 3 Recovery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5ESdgSnrU&t=135s
Twitter
@KavitaBasi
Instagram
@Kavita_Basi
Kavita’s Blog on The Garden Hale Café—
http://thegardenhale.co.uk/happiness
UK BRAIN & SPINE RESOURCE LIST
Brain and Spine Foundation—
https://www.brainandspine.org.uk
Brain and Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC)—
https://www.basiccharity.org.uk
Headway: The Brain Injury Association—
http://www.headway.org.uk
The Salford Royal Hospital—
http://www.srft.nhs.uk
National Health Service Information—
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/subarachnoid-haemorrhage
The Priory Group Hospital—
http://www.priorygroup.com/location-results/item/the-priory-hospital-altrincham
The Priory Group—
http://www.priorygroup.com
UNITED STATES BRAIN & SPINE RESOURCE LIST
American Brain Foundation—
http://www.americanbrainfoundation.org
Brain Aneurysm Foundation—
http://www.bafound.org
The Bee Foundation: Brain Aneurysm Awareness—
http://www.thebeefoundation.com
The Aneurysm and AVM Foundation—
http://www.taafonline.org
Brain Aneurysm Support Community—
http://www.bafsupport.org
Brain Injury Association of America—
http://www.biausa.org
SELECTED TITLES FROM SHE WRITES PRESS
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But My Brain Had Other Ideas: A Memoir of Recovery from Brain Injury by Deb Brandon. $16.95, 978-1631522468. When Deb Brandon discovered that cavernous angiomas—tangles of malformed blood vessels in her brain—were what was behind her the terrifying symptoms she’d been experiencing, she underwent one brain surgery. And then another. And then another. And that was just the beginning.
Beautiful Affliction: A Memoir by Lene Fogelberg. $16.95, 978-1-63152-985-6. The true story of a young woman’s struggle to raise a family while her body slowly deteriorates as the result of an undetected fatal heart disease.
Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli. $16.95, 978-1-63152-220-8. After her brother’s devastatingly young death tears her world apart, Becky Galli embarks upon a quest to recreate the sense of family she’s lost—and learns about healing and the transformational power of love over loss along the way.
Body 2.0: Finding My Edge Through Loss and Mastectomy by Krista Hammerbacher Haapala. An authentic, inspiring guide to reframing adversity that provides a new perspective on preventative mastectomy, told through the lens of the author’s personal experience.
Raw by Bella Mahaya Carter. $16.95, 978-1-63152-345-8. In an effort to holistically cure her chronic stomach problems, Bella Mahaya Carter adopted a 100 percent raw, vegan diet—a first step on a quest that ultimately dragged her, kicking and screaming, into spiritual adulthood.
A Leg to Stand On: An Amputee’s Walk into Motherhood by Colleen Haggerty. $16.95, 978-1-63152-923-8. Haggerty’s candid story of how she overcame the pain of losing a leg at seventeen—and of terminating two pregnancies as a young woman—and went on to become a mother, despite her fears.
