Dr Daniel Gibbs is one of 50 million people worldwide with an Alzheimerās disease diagnosis. Unlike most patients with Alzheimerās, 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 Alzheimerās 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 Alzheimerās. Weaving clinical knowledge from decades caring for dementia patients with his personal experience of the disease, this is an optimistic tale of one manās journey with early-stage Alzheimerās disease.
A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease
Narrator:
Trevor White
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