Excerpt of On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's by Greg O'Brien

In his memoir, ON PLUTO: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s Greg O'Brien speaks freely about what it is like to lose your mind and to see slices of your very identity slipping away piece by piece. “While I have the facility to do so, I want to communicate to others, to those who will face this demon someday and those who love them, that with the proper medical direction, life strategies, faith, and humor, one can prevail,” he says. Greg has not lost this ability to see what is going on around him and to him – probably due to his high intellect and his journalist background. He is courageous, compassionate, and fighting with everything he’s got as he takes on this insurmountable struggle to put a face on this disease.