Claims that dementia can be cured strains Doña Quixote’s open-mindedness
If you would like to watch a video of my and other speakers’ conference talks, let me know in the comment section of my blog OR e-mail me at gerdasaunders@gmail.com and I will send your the link and instructions. One go the claims that speakers at the October 2021 Alzheimer’s World Summit was that dementia could be reversed or […]
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Published on October 18, 2021 15:27
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Field Notes on My Dementia
When I turned 61 in 2011, I was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia. Since retiring from my job as the associate director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah
When I turned 61 in 2011, I was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia. Since retiring from my job as the associate director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah soon after my diagnosis, I completed a memoir, MEMORY’S LAST BREATH: FIELD NOTES ON MY DEMENTIA, which is forthcoming from Hachette Books in June 2017. But dementia does not hold still. Like anyone with a degenerative brain disease, I continue to dement every day, never done until I die. Every time my brain suffers an additional insult, I have less brain power to puzzle out my remaining “self.” There will come a time when I don’t care or don’t know who I am. Until then, though, I hope to maintain this website with the help of my saintly and tech-savvy husband, Peter.
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