When the diagnosis is personal: What my mother’s Alzheimer’s taught me about healing
I’ve spent my career as a neurologist diagnosing and managing neurodegenerative diseases. I’ve counseled families through heartbreaking prognoses, navigated complex care plans, and educated patients about conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. I thought I understood what it meant to live with a memory disorder, until my mother became my most challenging, most personal patient.
Her diagnosis came gradually, as these things often do. First, it was the missed appointments and forgotten dates. …
