"Broadcast journalist Meryl Comer's profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction. When Meryl Comer's husband Harvey Gralnick was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer<U+2019>s disease in 1996, she watched as the man who headed hematology and oncology research at the National Institutes of Health started to misplace important documents and forget clinical details that had once been cataloged encyclopedically in his mind. With harrowing honesty, she brings readers face to face with this devastating condition and its effects on its victims and those who care for them. Detailing the daily realities and overwhelming responsibilities of caregiving, Comer sheds intensive light on this growing health crisis, using her personal experiences, the mistakes and the breakthroughs, to put a face to a misunderstood disease. Deeply personal and illuminating, this memoir offers insight and guidance for navigating Alzheimer's challenges. It is also an urgent call to action for intensive research and a warning that we must prepare for the future"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
ISBN:9781628994094 (hc.)
ISBN:1628994096 (hc.)
Physical Description:239 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Edition:Center Point Large Print edition.
Publisher:Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2015, c2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Every 68 seconds -- Early signs -- A different reality -- Two uncertain worlds -- Out of reach -- A difficult patient -- Changing landscape -- Dressed in black -- We are not available right now -- Behind closed doors -- The message has been sent -- Outlasting the brain -- Repeating myself.
Large print book
