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Describing Dementia

It’s been said that Alzheimer’s is like having a thin sliver of your brain shaved off every day. 
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, Greg O'Brien and Lisa Genova

Does loss of brain function render loss of self; can we thrive in spiritual terms when the mind begins to fail? While the brain can be dissected, the soul is far more elusive, a place where sparks can miraculously shine through dysfunction.
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, Greg O'Brien and Lisa Genova

The battle is numbing, like witnessing a head-on crash in slow motion when one can’t remember how to find the brakes.
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, Greg O'Brien and Lisa Genova

He has urged me, on numerous occasions, to stop assaulting Alzheimer’s head on. “You can’t win in a head butt,” he has said with great insight. “That doesn’t work.” “You just have to learn to dance with it!” 
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, Greg O'Brien and Lisa Genova

In Alzheimer’s, the currents of the disease rise slowly. 
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, Greg O'Brien and Lisa Genova

You have to row harder with dementia, or you drift.
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, Greg O'Brien and Lisa Genova