title: Brain Wreck: A patient's unrelenting journey to save her mind and restore her spirit
author: Becky Dennis
description: Becky Dennis is a writer, photographer and marketing/business development executive. She's on the board of directors for a global non-profit patient advocacy group. Please visit her at www.bdbrainwreck.com.
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  ![Lisa's Gift](images/cover.png)
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedication
  
  
  _To my wonderful friends on Macsdreamscape 's loop, especially Crystal Scott
  who kept me energized and alive with ideas. You gals are the best!_
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  Coming home for some people is a journey down memory lane--for Jana Ryan it
  was a trip down nightmare alley.
  
  
  Even the starless night seemed to reflect her sullen mood as she drove closer
  and closer to the one place she didn't want to be. But her doctor had said
  coming home would be therapeutic, a chance to face her demons, a chance to be
  free.
  
  
  _Yeah, the doctor has no idea what she 's talking about_. Jana jerked the
  steering wheel, swerving the car just in time to miss a pothole in the street.
  
  
  _Distance --now that's true medicine. Out of sight out of mind_.
  
  
  And she had put Arizona as far out of her mind as she could--until now.
  
  
  Of course, that was a lie. So here she was returning to a place that held few
  good memories. At least there were some. She allowed herse