Have You Heard About Greg? (Preview)
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A profile of journalist Greg O’Brien and his life with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Greg O'Brien, an award-winning investigative reporter, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at the age of 59, and has seen first-hand the emotional, economic, and physical toll; the disease has taken several family members. Greg is committed to starting conversations about this killer, with millions worldwide, relying on his lifelong craft of writing.
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Have You Heard About Greg? (Preview)
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Greg O'Brien, an award-winning investigative reporter, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at the age of 59, and has seen first-hand the emotional, economic, and physical toll; the disease has taken several family members. Greg is committed to starting conversations about this killer, with millions worldwide, relying on his lifelong craft of writing.
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This is a quiet thief in the night that relentlessly robs from the patient the sense of identity, personality, and ultimately the very essence of self.
Now, Alzheimer's has come for me as a journalist.
I put a stake in the ground.
And so we're going to start to talk about it.
-It making it possible for people to look at this disease long enough to do something about it.
Otherwise, people just look away.
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