A Tattoo on My Brain A Neurologist's Personal Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease

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Publisher's Synopsis

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. Soon to be a documentary film on MTV/Paramount +.

Book information

ISBN: 9781009325189
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Revised edition
DEWEY: 616.83110092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 228
Weight: 258g
Height: 197mm
Width: 131mm
Spine width: 15mm