I Hate This Feeling: A Memoir of Epilepsy, Brain Surgery & Seizure Freedom

Imagine yourself walking home during a thunderstorm knowing lightning will strike you at any given moment. You try to rush to safety, but the faster you walk the more susceptible you are to being struck. The scary thing is, you can never outrun the lightning, it is always ready to strike. In I Hate This Feeling, Joe Rodriguez details his battle with his personal lightning strikes in the form of epilepsy, which plagued him for years. He details growing up and first encountering odd feelings, which worsened as years passed. Also, the dreadful day he was diagnosed with epilepsy and the repercussions that followed. Rodriguez is able to provide in great detail, thanks to medical records and personal diary notes, many doctors’ opinions and his own personal feelings.

This is a story about a young man battling an unfortunate disorder that the vast majority of people are lucky enough to never have to endure. Rodriguez shares his feelings before, during and after both of his brain surgeries which changed his life for the better. I Hate This Feeling is a tell-all book about one young man’s life living with epilepsy and how it can be overcome. It also hopes to shed light on a disorder that many do not know about and the technology that has been developed that can turn a hindered life into a life worth living.