Every other Thursday, we have Trish Vradenburg as our special guest blogger covering Alzheimer's issues. Trish is a playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer's Disease advocate. She and her husband George founded UsAgainstAlzheimer's with the goal of finding a cure or treatment for…
30 years ago, four letters equaled a death sentence. AIDS was shrouded in mystery. Was it contagious by breathing the same air as an infected person? By touching them? Kissing them?
Every other Thursday, we have Trish Vradenburg as our special guest blogger. Trish is a playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer's Disease advocate. She and her husband George founded UsAgainstAlzheimer's with the goal of finding a cure or treatment for Alzheimer's by the year 2020. She…
I admit it; I pop pills on a daily basis. I won't bore you with what I have to take when, but suffice it to say, several years ago, pill popping became a part of my everyday existence. I wasn't excited about it. It's one thing to take meds when you're ill, for a period of time (Z-packs!…
Today, we have Trish Vradenburg as our special guest blogger. Trish is a playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer's Disease advocate. She and her husband George founded UsAgainstAlzheimer's with the goal of finding a cure or treatment for Alzheimer's by the year 2020. She brings her…
A few weeks ago, as I was having lunch, my wallet was stolen right out of my bag, without my knowing it. My wallet had a debit card, a credit card, my driver's license, a stack of work receipts, $10, my AAA card, and my health insurance card. As I went through the hours of phone calls to report the…
A few weeks ago, I was sitting at the table at the Alzheimer's Association annual Gala. Through humor and stories, emcee David Hyde Pierce steered a cadre of Alzheimer's advocates sharing statistics, pleas for more research funds, and even Alzheimer's protest songs.