Against All Odds

When a medical diagnosis is neither positive nor negative, just spun

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My mom has been struggling with dementia for over a decade. She was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a disorder that impacts the brain's communication center. She has been losing words for years, and will eventually lose her ability to communicate.

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Heather Nowlin

Favorite topics: politics, mental health, travel, business/the office, humans, dogs, empathy, pop culture, movies, books, TV, plays, theatre.