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    The Monster That Lives Within
    The Monster That Lives Within
    The Monster That Lives Within
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    The Monster That Lives Within

    By H. Mikel Feilen

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    The Monster that Lives Within by H. Mikel Feilen, is an enlightening, informative, and inspirational look at a misunderstood and hideous disease, epilepsy. In the United States alone, more than three million people suffer with some form of a seizure disorder, and that number increases every year. Many epileptics keep their malady a secret until the monster makes an appearance, and their secret is out. Mr. Feilen believes all epileptics should be advocates of their disease, to be proud of who they are, and to educate those unaware of epilepsy, but not to hide. In The Monster that Lives Within, you will find out facts about epilepsy and a few of the myths too, and each reader will understand the importance of two things when battling the monster: perspective and attitude. As an added bonus, all of the crazy and unusual artwork inside the book was created by the author, which he feels was highly influenced by his brain disorder . . . not LSD. It is now time to sit back, relax, and enjoy as our monster within becomes our Shrek. Epilepsy, friend or foe?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPage Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateApr 26, 2019
    ISBN9781642989625
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      The Monster That Lives Within - H. Mikel Feilen

      Chapter One

      The Day the Monster Introduced Himself to Me

      Oh, My God!

      Igrew up in Nebraska. In fact, I was born on the same farm my father and grandfather were born on, and I was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska. You just do not get more Nebraskan than that. When I was first born, I only weighed about five pounds and was kind of weak. The hospital sent me home anyway to see if my mom could fatten me up a little. Back in the fifties, things were done a tad different than nowadays. At six months old, I caught double pneumonia and almost died. I caught it again when I was five years old, and then I stayed healthy after that. The beginning years were somewhat tough, but I do not remember them much, just what I was told by my parents and older siblings. I was just like any other kid after that: stepping on a nail or two, broke my wrist on two different occasions, and I got colds and the flu, but nothing that would lead me to expect what was on the horizon of my adolescence.

      My father was not a farmer; he left it all to his brother and became an engineer. With my dad’s occupation, we moved around a lot. That meant I went to many different schools growing up. It was tough when trying to make new friends all of the time. I went to a couple of different kindergartens, and my third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades were all in different schools. I should have a degree in the art of making new friends and how to fit in. By the time I got to middle school (what we called junior high school back then), we stayed put for the next three years. But then we moved again to a small farming community outside of Omaha called Springfield, Nebraska.

      We lived in a small housing development called Westmont. The homes were all newer here and a little more expensive than most of the homes in the little burg of Springfield. The new high school I would be attending was around seven miles away, and I had to take a bus to school every day. Our bus driver was a wonderful man named Mr. Gerdes and was one of the most patient people I had ever

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