TPM Reader JT ...

I have to chime in here. I’m a neurologist and I work with patients like MJF every day. Neurodegenerative illnesses like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are not only devastating – they’re ugly to look at. Consequently, one of the biggest problems my patients face is isolation. Society does not like to see them. We especially don’t like to see it in good-looking young people like MJF. But I’m sorry folks –it’s real. Not only that, but you better get used to seeing it. While about 3 million people in this country are affected by neurodegenerative illness today, these diseases are age-related and the numbers of affected people will rise many times over in coming years as the U.S. population ages.