If You Do Nothing, You'll Die: One Wife's Story of Love, Brain Surgery and the Heartbreaking Aftermath

"I tried to break the habit of talking about Eric in the past tense. Eric didn't die. He was right in front of me, living and breathing. Except in a way he did die because his personality changed so dramatically that he was a completely different person. He was not the man I married the 'new' Eric."

Telling her story with candor and strength, Posey found humor in the everyday moments when Eric emerged from his mental confusion to make some surprising discoveries.

"Eric looked up from reading the paper with the most confused look on his face. I asked him what was wrong and he said, 'Is Arnold Schwarzenegger the Governor of California?' I'm telling you I almost wet my pants laughing. Can you imagine coming out of the hospital after three and a half months and realizing that the Terminator is the Governor of California!"