Book contents
- A Tattoo on My Brain
- Reviews
- A Tattoo on My Brain
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1 Beacon Rock
- 2 Forewarned and Forearmed
- 3 The Smell of Baking Bread
- 4 Sneak Preview
- 5 A Stubborn Puzzle
- 6 The Locked Box and the Family Tree
- 7 The Measure of Memory
- 8 Orcas Nonetheless
- 9 My Brain, My Self
- 10 The Reveal
- 11 Cognitive Reserve and Resiliency: Brain Cells in the Bank
- 12 My Experimental Life
- 13 When ARIA Is More than an Operatic Solo
- 14 My Experiential Life: Living with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
- 15 Madeleines, Music and African Doves
- 16 It’s Only Scary If You Look Down
- 17 Beyond DNA: Family History Reconsidered
- 18 News at 5: Retired Neurologist Battles Alzheimer’s
- 19 The Forest, the Trees and the Ground Beneath My Feet
- 20 What’s in a Name? Alzheimer’s Reimagined
- 21 A Meaningful Outcome
- Epilogue: The Writing Life
- Epilogue: The Writing Life, Act II
- Appendix:
- Resources
- Index
- References
Epilogue: The Writing Life, Act II
July 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2022
- A Tattoo on My Brain
- Reviews
- A Tattoo on My Brain
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1 Beacon Rock
- 2 Forewarned and Forearmed
- 3 The Smell of Baking Bread
- 4 Sneak Preview
- 5 A Stubborn Puzzle
- 6 The Locked Box and the Family Tree
- 7 The Measure of Memory
- 8 Orcas Nonetheless
- 9 My Brain, My Self
- 10 The Reveal
- 11 Cognitive Reserve and Resiliency: Brain Cells in the Bank
- 12 My Experimental Life
- 13 When ARIA Is More than an Operatic Solo
- 14 My Experiential Life: Living with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
- 15 Madeleines, Music and African Doves
- 16 It’s Only Scary If You Look Down
- 17 Beyond DNA: Family History Reconsidered
- 18 News at 5: Retired Neurologist Battles Alzheimer’s
- 19 The Forest, the Trees and the Ground Beneath My Feet
- 20 What’s in a Name? Alzheimer’s Reimagined
- 21 A Meaningful Outcome
- Epilogue: The Writing Life
- Epilogue: The Writing Life, Act II
- Appendix:
- Resources
- Index
- References
Summary
I never imagined that my weekly ritual of sorting pills by the bathroom sink would someday draw an audience. Much less a documentary filmmaker and crew with cameras, lights, and sound equipment perched on the counter for the best angle. It wasn’t what I expected in this lifetime, but then I could say the same about writing this book.
When I penned the brief personal essay that appeared in JAMA Neurology in the winter of 2019, it was to share, as a retired neurologist writing to other neurologists, my experiences as a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. I wanted to encourage them to seek more actively to detect and manage Alzheimer’s in its earliest stages, when a patient’s lifestyle choices have the greatest chance to alter the neurodegenerative course of the disease – a chance to extend the pre-symptomatic stage and slow the progression of cognitive impairment.
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- A Tattoo on my BrainA Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease, pp. 194 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023