Confronted by Primary Progressive Aphasia
From The New York Times:
Lives
Diminishing Returns
By KATHERINE NICHOLS
Published: June 24, 2007
During the two years leading up to his diagnosis, my husband, a highly respected physician, struggled to communicate and complete work, left me in doubt about his truthfulness, accumulated debt I was unaware of and wrote a series of notes that I found bizarre and degrading. Yet he often seemed so loving and well. I wondered if the insanity began with me.
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Lives
Diminishing Returns
By KATHERINE NICHOLS
Published: June 24, 2007
During the two years leading up to his diagnosis, my husband, a highly respected physician, struggled to communicate and complete work, left me in doubt about his truthfulness, accumulated debt I was unaware of and wrote a series of notes that I found bizarre and degrading. Yet he often seemed so loving and well. I wondered if the insanity began with me.
[ ... Read the entire column ... ]
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