Here is a review of my #memoir about my father's early-onset #Alzheimer's & the unbearable grief of watching a loved one die of #dementia. #Neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller wrote it w/me & explains the brain health (or sickness) behind the clinical presentations I saw: word-finding difficulties, spatial disorientation, behavioral anomalies, memory loss. The 1st chapter is on diagnosis. If this resonates, I am sorry. Readers have said the book has helped. https://bookshop.org/shop/WeAreHFC
The Doctor's Bookshelf (a blog of books every doctor should read, courtesy of Dr. Ibrahim Imam) lists Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and The Brain, written by me and #UCSF #Neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, as one of the Ten Incredibly Moving Patient #Memoirs about the Brain.
Happy birthday to #neurologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 - 1934), here in front of Purkinje and granule cells from a pigeon, based on one of his own drawings! Cajal &Golgi won the Nobel in 1906, “in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system”. He was as much of an artist as he was a scientist & his 100s of drawings are still used for teaching purposes.
Born in 1852, in Petilla de Aragón, Spain, 
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#sciart #linocut #printmaking #histsci #mastoart #neuroscience
The memoir I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist, Dr. Bruce Miller, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain is now available through the HFC website. Please check out the bookshop and see the other books on #caregiving and #brain health. Thank you to #LaurenMillerRogen and #SethRogen for your advocacy and profound generosity.
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2025 April 19
“Surgeon under investigation over ‘chilling’ video of him tearing down teal’s corflute: This video is a stark reminder of the breadth of harmful misogynistic attitudes across the community.
“What we saw in that video was not just vandalism – it was a chilling display of misogyny and intimidation.”
A spokesperson for Ryan’s campaign confirmed on Friday that a donation made by (Prof.) #GregMalham had been rejected and his money refunded.
Ryan – a #paediatric #neurologist, #researcher and #professor prior to her political career – said the video was deeply concerning, but not an isolated incident.”
The fact that Ryan worked in the same medical field at the same level (ie: Colleagues) makes this a *targeted* action.
#AusPol / #EpworthHealthCare / #Epworth / #Melbourne / #surgery / #AHPRA / #ProfessorAndrewStripp / #RespectVictoria / #ProfessorKateFitzGibbon / #hostility <https://archive.md/VzPil> / <https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/surgeon-under-investigation-over-chilling-video-of-him-tearing-down-teal-s-corflute-20250419-p5lswn.html> (paywall)
Thank you #EastChinaNormalUP for translating into Chinese Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain, which was originally published in English by #JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress. #Neurologist Dr. BruceMiller and I are so honored, and I know my father, Jerry, for whom the book is written, would have wanted his experience known so that it might help others. He was a wonderful human being -- when he had his memory and when he didn't.
Thank you #EastChinaNormalUP for translating into Chinese Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain, which was originally published in English by #JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress. #Neurologist Dr. BruceMiller and I are so honored, and I know my father, Jerry, for whom the book is written, would have wanted his experience known so that it might help others. He was a wonderful human being -- when he had his memory and when he didn't.
On 2.21, I along w/#UCSF #neurologist Bruce Miller & Dr. Luis Martinez will be speaking in an #Alzheimer'sAssociation webinar, "Narrative Showcase: Dementia Stories for Impact." We will share our stories of the #grief, inseparable from the #love, that comes w/watching someone you love suffer in the way #dementia causes suffering. We hope that telling those stories, through writing, helps those who are suffering as they watch, care, grieve. Here is the link to register.
https://alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sQoGLEVeSc62v3vgUegNQQ
On 2.21, I along w/#UCSF #neurologist Bruce Miller & Dr. Luis Martinez will be speaking in an #Alzheimer'sAssociation webinar, "Narrative Showcase: Dementia Stories for Impact." We will share our stories of the #grief, inseparable from the #love, that comes w/watching someone you love suffer in the way #dementia causes suffering. We hope that telling those stories, through writing, helps those who are suffering as they watch, care, grieve. Here is the link to register.
https://alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sQoGLEVeSc62v3vgUegNQQ
Johns Hopkins UP is discounting all its books by 50% w/code HCYB24. Free shipping w/purchases over $50.
Please consider supporting this wonderful press. I'm so lucky my #memoir, written with #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, is on its health & wellness list. Readers say it has helped them understand #dementia (esp. early-onset Alzheimer's, which is what my father had), be kind about their own #grief, and hear me talk about how literature, esp. #Moby-Dick, resonates.
Johns Hopkins UP is discounting all its books by 50% w/code HCYB24. Free shipping w/purchases over $50.
Please consider supporting this wonderful press. I'm so lucky my #memoir, written with #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, is on its health & wellness list. Readers say it has helped them understand #dementia (esp. early-onset Alzheimer's, which is what my father had), be kind about their own #grief, and hear me talk about how literature, esp. #Moby-Dick, resonates.
Because we know everything Trump says about others is a projection, his comments about Blacks, Hispanics, and Jews needing to get their heads examined makes clear that he knows he needs his own head examined. He knows he is sick. Donald, get thee to a #neurologist and a #psychiatrist and an #internist, and while you're at it, release your medical records.
Because we know everything Trump says about others is a projection, his comments about Blacks, Hispanics, and Jews needing to get their heads examined makes clear that he knows he needs his own head examined. He knows he is sick. Donald, get thee to a #neurologist and a #psychiatrist and an #internist, and while you're at it, release your medical records.
@GottaLaff
Reposting this: Trump can't find his words, can't speak them, and can't put them together coherently. Here is a figure from the book I wrote w/ UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller explaining the different kinds of aphasia. The 1st 2 variants are associated w/FTD. The 3rd & the one my father had is associated with #Alzheimer's. Trump played music last night at his rally instead of speaking. Music can be a balm for people with #dementia. They often remember it when words fail.
The #MAGA candidate for the presidency can't find his words, can't speak them, and can't put them together coherently. Here is a figure from a book I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller explaining the different kinds of aphasia. The 1st 2 #variants are associated w/#FTD. The 3rd & the one my father had is associated with #Alzheimer's. #Trump played music last night at his rally instead of speaking. Music can be a balm for people with #dementia. They often remember it when words fail.
The #MAGA candidate for the presidency can't find his words, can't speak them, and can't put them together coherently. Here is a figure from a book I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller explaining the different kinds of aphasia. The 1st 2 #variants are associated w/#FTD. The 3rd & the one my father had is associated with #Alzheimer's. #Trump played music last night at his rally instead of speaking. Music can be a balm for people with #dementia. They often remember it when words fail.
Thank you dear reader for this generous and thoughtful review of my #memoir, written with #neurologist, Dr. Bruce Miller. I'm glad you found helpful my experience of occupying the topsy-turvy world of dementia (the person experiencing it and the those of us looking on and grieving) and I'm especially glad it made you feel less alone. 
"This graceful literary/scientific tag-team work by Cindy & Bruce provides an in-depth look into the valuable role of memory in our lives & the evolving science behind one of the most important systems of the human experience. Enriching!" Susan Schneider Williams
World Alzheimer's Awareness Month ends today. #Neurologist Bruce Miller wrote Finding the Right Words w/me to help understand my father's death by early-onset # Alzheimer's & all the grief.
We hope it helps you.
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Thank you dear reader for this kind & generous review of Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, & the Brain, the #memoir I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist, Dr. Bruce Miller in honor of my father who died of #early-onset #Alzheimer's. For people interested in reading other books about #dementia, I would recommend #DashaKiper's Travelers to Unimaginable Lands, #SandeepJauhar's My Father's Brain, & #AmyBloom's In Love.
Thank you dear reader for this kind and generous review of Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain, the #memoir I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist, Dr. Bruce Miller in honor of my father who died of #early-onset #Alzheimer's. I am so glad you found what we wrote illuminating.
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