Although I am not a neurologist, I think a lot about the #variants of #PrimaryProgressiveAphasia. I wrote a #memoir about my father's #early-onset #Alzheimer's with #neurologist, #Dr.BruceMiller of #UCSF's #MemoryAndAgingCenter. It explains where in the #brain the initial assault happens and helps us understand why people can't find the right words and/or garble them and/or repeat them. After many years, I learned that my father had the #logopenic variant.
@CindyWeinstein Not now, past yes.
It is hard to watch.
In the beginning (early stages)
My father's self awareness of his own state was heart breaking.
later, I tried to take solace, that he didn't understand or know any better. still.. 🥺🥺
@wlf_warren. You are welcome and thank you for sharing. The neurology is moving forward by leaps and bounds (never fast enough), and the help for #caregivers, which was non-existent when my mother was caring for my father, has improved a lot (never enough, of course).
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