Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out (Taylor)

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Stock #29234
(ISBN 978-1-932529-23-4)
288 pages
7 ½" x 9 ¼" papercover
©2007

Alzheimer's from the Inside Out

By Richard Taylor, Ph.D.

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Award Winner
2007 Book of the Year (Consumer Health) from American Journal of Nursing
National Mature Media Award (2007 Bronze Award Winner)

About the Author
Preface: The Right Write Stuff
A Note from Linda Taylor
Picture Gallery

I. What Is it Like to Have Alzheimer's Disease?

Jesus, Albert, Alzheimer's, and Richard
There Is No Such Thing as Alzheimer's Disease!
What Is It Like to Live in Purgatory?
What Is It Like to Have Alzheimer's Disease?
They Are Glad They Caught It Early. Am I?
The End of Act One… And Now, an Intermission of Indeterminate Length
Cogito Ergo Sum
My Last Six Words
Back to the Future
FAQs and FGAs
Alzheimer's Disease, Suicide, and Death
What Is It Like to Have Alzheimer's Disease-Three Years Later
Four No Trump
"We Have a Pill. Alzheimer's Can Be Treated!"
Dreams, Drugs, Alzheimer's, and Me
I Wish I Were a Nude Mouse
"I Have Been Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease"
While Rome Burns… A Parable
Trying to Figure It Out
Checking Back in During the Intermission: What's It Like to Have Alzheimer's?
Volcanoes, Fears, and Alzheimer's Disease
Hemingway, Alzheimer, and Taylor
Waiting for…
Disabling Enablers
I've Done That a Million Times Myself!

Section II: From the Inside Out

The Chase for Yesterday
What's the Up Side to Having Alzheimer's Disease?
Pride Precedes the Fall
Safe and Sound… Unsound and Safe
I Am a Verb
Whatever Happened to Hope?
Moving From Living with My Mind to Living in My Mind
And the Name of the 3,000-Pound Elephant Is "Fear"
It's On the Tip of My Tongue
"I Can Read!" "I Can't."
Singalong with Alois and Richard
My Shirt Is Broken
Am I Half Empty or Half Full?
The Flesh Is Weak(er), but My Spirit Is (Still) Strong
Will the Real Dr. Alzheimer Please Stand Up?
"Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Disease!"
Am I My Brain? Or Is My Brain Me?
Good Habits and Mindless Patterns
You Sure Don't Talk Like You Have Alzheimer's (The Great Pretender)
Knock, Knock
What Will I Do Today?
Drifting Away From My Head and Into My Heart
Falling
Will the Real Richard Taylor Ever Reveal Himself to Me?

III: From the Outside In

Whose Fault Is It That I Don't Understand You?
If It Talks Like an It and Gets Lost Like an It, Is It an It?
A Stranger in a Strange Land
Hello? I'm Still Here!
Christina, Mrs. Hippopotamus, and Me
Muddled Puddles
A Distinction Without a Difference
"Play It Again, Caregivers"
My Champion or My Hero?
Once Again, My Children Believe They Know More Than I Do
Sex, Side Effects, Alzheimer's, and Intimacy
Hanging On with My Tongue
A Silent One-Sided Conversation with My Caregivers
Religion, Spirituality, Alzheimer's, and Richard
Plants as Pets
"Give Me Your Money, Your Car, and …"
Oh My God! Where's Richard?
This Little Light of Mine
Am I to Be My Spouse's Son?
Okay? Okay! Okay.
Is It Okay to Say You Have a "Touch" of Alzheimer's?
Here! Take This!
What Is It Like Not to Have Alzheimer's Disease?
There Is Something (More) Wrong with Dad
Time to Clean Up Your Act
"Don't Worry About Anything…We'll Take Care of It."
Should We Do unto Others What We Perceive They Have Already Done unto Us?
When Most All Has Been Said… Little Has Been Done

IV: Dear Doctor…

If I Were an M. Instead of a Ph. D.
From My Heart to My M.D.'s Ears
Do No Harm

Appendix: What You Can Do
Taking Care of Your Favorite Organ
Best Friends
Act Up! Act Out! Act Now!

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