P.S. Julia: Missing a Piece of Your Mind Can Be Puzzling

If a doctor said you were going to die, would you look him straight in the eye and deadpan, "Oh, and you’re not?" Would you throw a party to pay homage to your hemorrhage? Ever thought about needing two hands to give the finger? Is half a brain truly better than none? This was all part of Julia’s world in the aftermath of what came to be known within her close circle of friends as "the incident."

P.S. Julia is a true story of a young woman’s fight for her life and her dignity as she struggles to overcome the debilitating effects of a massive brain hemorrhage and stroke. She battles an entrenched medical community with wit and grit, challenging some of them to think beyond their medical textbooks.

P.S. Julia effortlessly takes you on a roller coaster ride of drama, humor, sadness, frustration, resolve, and, ultimately, triumph. A must read for anyone in need of a little inspiration or an attitude adjustment.

Who inhabits Julia’s post-stroke world?

There’s Nurse Doom, she of the Florence Nightingale cap, who administers Julia’s chemo with the somber air of a funeral director.

And Dr. Jerk, who callously observes that Julia’s paralysis does after all have its perks: handicap parking.

Then there’s Chicken Little himself, Dr. Panic, who bursts into the room and gushes, "What you have is incurable. You’re going to die." But meekly admits, when asked, that he arrived at this ‘expert opinion’ not by analyzing data, but from a hallway conversation with the pompous Dr. Jerk.

But amid the puzzling diagnosis, there is also the kind and gifted Dr. Neuro, who demonstrates his holistic approach when he tells Julia: "I had to treat your mind as well as your body."

Just a few of the cast of characters you’ll meet on this extraordinary journey to self-realization.