I Detected My Alzheimer’s at 57—Early Enough to Intervene

PFCD
Feb 3
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By Brent Beasley

I worked as an internal-medicine physician for 31 years. Then, about two years ago, my supervisor called me into her office and fired me. I was forgetting instructions and struggling with technologies I had always handled with ease. She probably thought I had a substance-abuse problem. In reality, at 57, I had undiagnosed Alzheimer’s disease.

Overnight, I lost my income and employer-sponsored health insurance. My wife, Cindy, felt like she was losing her husband. Our hopes and dreams crashed down around us.

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