Lost in the fog of Alzheimer’s
Getting literally lost in the fog is a terrifying experience. It happened to me about thirty years ago while sailing in the San Juan Islands, an archipelago that lies between Vancouver Island in British Columbia...
Author: Dan
The elusive green flash
The green flash is a very small green light that appears to be emanating from the top of the sun just as it sinks below an absolutely clear horizon. It lasts only a second...
Face blindness during a pandemic
Recently while out walking my dog Jack, I encountered a blond woman pushing a toddler in a stroller while walking her dog. I stopped to chat asking her how old her son was now and...
Digging for clams
One of my most exciting wildlife experiences was seeing and photographing a mother Kodiak brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park teaching her two cubs how to dig for clams. These coastal bears are...
Loss of smell in Covid-19 and Alzheimer’s
Two days ago, I read a fascinating article in the New York Times by restaurant critic Tejal Rao about her sudden loss of smell due to Covid-19 last December. “I noted that moment as...
The Phoenix
One of the thrilling things about being on the Oregon coast is experiencing the frequent winter storms blowing down from the Gulf of Alaska. Wind gusts can reach 70 mph, near hurricane strength, and...
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...
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