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Author Thomas DeBaggio, (1942-2011).

Photos before and during/after Alzheimer‘s.

Diagnosis: 57 years old.
Death: 69 years old.
Over a decade of pure hell. 💔

I wanted to read this book quickly to get it out of my house, and donate it to a local little free library. These memoirs are all too personal to me—as a hospice volunteer I spend time with patients (and their families) who have this demon of a disease; my father has it too, and as of now, has been on hospice almost 3 months. The author was diagnosed with early onset at only 57 years old, and died at 69. Here, he shares his early experiences ⬇️

It may appear to be just another illness, especially of the elderly, but Alzheimer‘s is a unique and wrenching disease that destroys the mind, without which you lose your sense of being human. In its early stages, when you are most sensitively aware, you watch helplessly as you slowly lose yourself. Memory disappears. Language is gone. You forget who you are and become lost and dependent. Yet you continue on in silence, the body unsure ⬇️

I know it is difficult for them to watch me deteriorate and if I keep quiet they won‘t see what is really happening. I do not want to make them suffer with me but I also want them to understand the uncontrolled evil this disease represents. They must know, as others should, the destructive power of it. Although subtle in attack, Alzheimer‘s is the closest thing to being eaten alive slowly. I am losing my ability to wrote. I see the signs⬇️

I‘m 82 pages in, and this is a hard read. These kinds of memoirs always are.
You can see Thomas isn‘t there in this photo…he‘s far away somewhere. Link to listen: Tom' DeBaggio's Decade With Alzheimer's Disease

https://www.npr.org/2010/06/16/127857149/a-decade-of-alzheimers-devastating-impa...

Current read. Short but powerful novel. Had seen this on social media and decided to give it a go after recalling it languishing on my Kindle for a few years. I‘m glad I read this.

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Wendy was, without a doubt, an extraordinary individual with many outstanding qualities. Her strength of personality coupled with her incredible drive, determination, and positivity in the face of what for lesser mortals would've been a devastating diagnosis is inspiring and humbling.

However, I was not in the right place for this...perhaps no more medical memoirs for me for a while...

I'm sure others would find this a source of hope.

While researching books about #alzheimers and #senility on Litsy, I found this title. I did not care for the reader of this audio book, she sounded high falutin to me (probably because I'm low maintenance West Coast 🇺🇸). But the book hit the spot. It had more to do with Patti's grief given the circumstances of her father's disease and her parents' lack of affection which I can relate to.

As someone who was doing biomedical research before becoming a dad, I found this book to be a fascinating read!

During my graduate studies and post-doc, I heard of the odd case of academic dishonesty and data fabrication, mostly through the media. This book was eye-opening because data manipulation is rampant in the field of Alzheimer‘s research, with cases stretching back decades with some of the most accomplished researchers.

A must read!