A Tattoo on my Brain
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A Tattoo on my Brain

A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease

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eBook - PDF

A Tattoo on my Brain

A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease

About this book

Dr Daniel Gibbs is one of 50 million people worldwide with an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Unlike most patients with Alzheimer's, however, Dr Gibbs worked as a neurologist for twenty-five years, caring for patients with the very disease now affecting him. Also unusual is that Dr Gibbs had begun to suspect he had Alzheimer's several years before any official diagnosis could be made. Forewarned by genetic testing showing he carried alleles that increased the risk of developing the disease, he noticed symptoms of mild cognitive impairment long before any tests would have alerted him. In this highly personal account, Dr Gibbs documents the effect his diagnosis has had on his life and explains his advocacy for improving early recognition of Alzheimer's. Weaving clinical knowledge from decades caring for dementia patients with his personal experience of the disease, this is an optimistic tale of one man's journey with early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication page
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Prologue
  10. 1 Beacon Rock
  11. 2 Forewarned and Forearmed
  12. 3 The Smell of Baking Bread
  13. 4 Sneak Preview
  14. 5 A Stubborn Puzzle
  15. 6 The Locked Box and the Family Tree
  16. 7 The Measure of Memory
  17. 8 Orcas Nonetheless
  18. 9 My Brain, My Self
  19. 10 The Reveal
  20. 11 Cognitive Reserve and Resiliency: Brain Cells in the Bank
  21. 12 My Experimental Life
  22. 13 When ARIA Is More than an Operatic Solo
  23. 14 My Experiential Life: Living with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
  24. 15 Madeleines, Music and African Doves
  25. 16 It’s Only Scary If You Look Down
  26. 17 Beyond DNA: Family History Reconsidered
  27. 18 News at 5: Retired Neurologist Battles Alzheimer’s
  28. 19 The Forest, the Trees and the Ground Beneath My Feet
  29. 20 What’s in a Name? Alzheimer’s Reimagined
  30. 21 A Meaningful Outcome
  31. Epilogue: The Writing Life
  32. Appendix: The MIND Diet Basics
  33. Resources
  34. Index
  35. Plate Section