A Tattoo on my Brain
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A Tattoo on my Brain

A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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. Soon to be a documentary film on MTV/ParamountĀ +.

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Subtopic
Neurology

Table of contents

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