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  • A Tattoo on My Brain

  • A Neurologist's Personal Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
  • By: Daniel Gibbs, Teresa H. Barker
  • Narrated by: Trevor White
  • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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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 25 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.

©2021 Daniel Gibbs, Teresa H. Barker (P)2021 Cambridge University Press

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Informative and enjoyable

The author has a way of allowing the reader a peek into his life with Alzheimer’s disease. I found this book inspiring as I learnt about how the author actively made choices to lessen the inexorable progression of a disease he was all too familiar with. I feel grateful to the author for sharing his experience, and the way he chooses to delight in the little things like his dog, Jack. I also enjoyed learning about his intellectual habits and pursuits. I would recommend this book to everyone.

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