Brain on Fire Crossword
Across
- 3. The painting in which she frequently saw in her mind during her hallucinations.
- 4. The neurosurgeon that operated on the author.
- 5. A journalist in the New York Post and author of the book.
- 9. The author's younger brother.
- 10. Author's coworker and friend.
- 11. The author's childhood babysitter with a Jamaican accent.
- 14. The test that helped doctors understand where the problem was in the author.
- 15. The disease in which the immune system attacks its own body.
- 16. The author's boss and coworker.
- 17. The author was paranoid of this in the beginning- it might have been one of her symptoms.
- 20. The author's childhood home and her mother's home.
- 21. The author's cat.
- 23. The wires placed on her head with glue to track her brain changes.
- 25. The doctor that helped track progress of the author through tests.
- 26. Author's boyfriend during the book.
- 27. The author's mom's boyfriend and long-time friend.
- 28. The speech doctor.
Down
- 1. The tumor known as the "monster tumor".
- 2. The place in Syria where Dr Najjar was born.
- 6. The doctor that helped the author recover.
- 7. Author's dad's girlfriend.
- 8. Symptoms of the author in the first stage.
- 12. The surgery to take small piece of a brain to figure out the root cause of sickness.
- 13. A symptom where movement is very rigid and posture stiff.
- 18. Patients with severe epilepsy are placed here to receive special supervision.
- 19. The family doctor who first diagnosed the author.
- 22. New York Post The place where the author works at.
- 23. The name of the male nurse that the author felt calm around.
- 24. Uncontrolled sudden electrical activity which in severe cases can cause foam at the mouth and rigidness.
- 26. Referred to as "Bugsy" by the author's mom.