| Description |
x, 243 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Beacon Rock -- Forewarned and Forearmed -- The Smell of Baking Bread -- Sneak Preview -- Stubborn Puzzle -- The Locked Box and the Family Tree -- The Measure of Memory -- Orcas, Nonetheless -- My Brain, My Self -- The Reveal -- Cognitive Reserve and Resiliency : Brain Cells in the Bank -- My Experimental Life -- When ARIA is More Than an Operatic Solo -- My Experiential Life : Living with Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease -- Madeleines, Music and African Doves -- It's Only Scary if You Look Down -- Beyond DNA : Family History Reconsidered -- News at 5 : Retired Neurologist Battles Alzheimer's -- The Forest, the Trees and the Ground Beneath My Feet -- What's in a Name? Alzheimer's Reimagined -- A Meaningful Outcome -- Epilogue: The Writing Life -- Appendix: The MIND Diet Basics. |
| Summary |
"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."--Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Gibbs, Daniel.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- United States.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer Disease. (DNLM)D000544
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Neurologists. (DNLM)D000072141
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MEDICAL / Internal Medicine.
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Alzheimer's disease. (OCoLC)fst00806532
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00806557
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Personal Narrative. (DNLM)D062210
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Autobiography. (DNLM)D020493
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Barker, Teresa, author.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781108983471 |
| ISBN |
9781108838931 hardcover |
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1108838936 hardcover |
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9781108974677 electronic book |
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9781108983471 electronic book |
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