Betty Weiss

Alzheimer's Surgery: an Intimate Portrait Betty Weiss

Underlying this powerful and educational Alzheimer's book is an enduring love story lasting over half a century. The author discovers that getting relief for her husband's Alzheimer's is not easy; not every treatment works for everyone. But she finds a surgery, using the patient's own body, as safe as any for heart disease or cancer. Understanding it was neither a cure nor prevention, and seemingly bizarre, she had it for her husband anyway, resulting in dramatic reversals of many severe Alzheimer's symptoms. Most ensuing patients also improved. She details their life together, his progressing condition; research leading to her decision; references to easily access; startling Alzheimer's statistics; warning signs; and a check-list of what to do at the first suspicion of the illness.