Why I’m Exploring Therapeutic Plasma Exchange at 59 I just turned 59. My mother died at 69. It makes me acutely aware of how short life can be. She had no idea she was entering her last decade. I have no idea whether I have days, weeks, years, or decades left. What I do know is that I want to live well for as long as I am here. I want … [Read more...]
Your Future Self Starts Now
A few years ago, I wrote the poem If I Get Alzheimer’s as I walked through my dad’s journey with this wicked disease. Instead of waiting for the potential, I decided to start fighting back. In my research to help my dad, I kept finding things that would help—or would have helped had we caught the disease earlier. And there were signs, early signs, … [Read more...]
