Monthly Archive: February 2021

A primer on amyloid, tau and PET scans

In retrospect, my first symptom of Alzheimer’s disease occurred in 2006 when I first noticed a decrease in my sense of smell.  About a year later I started having illusory odors that were always the...

A life of taking photographs

I remember the first time a took a photograph. I was six or seven and on a school field trip to a dairy. My parents had sent me off with a Kodak Brownie camera...

A neurologist with Alzheimer’s disease

I am a retired neurologist with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. I took care of many patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias during the 25 years that I practiced general neurology in Portland, Oregon. I...