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It Is Well With My Soul

(my journey with Alzheimer's)

Finding Peace & Joy in the Face of Alzheimer's

A memoir — the beauty of adversity, and the tested love it reveals

by Hollis McGehee · free to read and download

It Is Well With My Soul book cover

Open the book (PDF, 79 pages)

What this book is

The day after finishing this book, the author stepped into an elevator at the cancer center where he receives his Alzheimer’s infusions. “Which floor?” “The 3rd floor, please.” “That’s not a good place to go.” “It is for me.” Some people see only suffering on the 3rd floor; this book sees the beauty of adversity and the tested love it reveals — love born in fire, not dressed up for the world.

In plain language it walks through the roller coaster of diagnosis, what dementia is and what the signs are, the author’s own signs, what Alzheimer’s does to the brain, treatment, the “dirty work” of the disease, mental health, and the realities of dementia — and, through all of it, why it is still well with his soul. Written for patients, caregivers, and families who find themselves on the 3rd floor.

What is inside

  • Prelude — The Beauty of Adversity: "The 3rd Floor"
  • The Roller Coaster
  • "Help Me Understand What It All Means!"
  • What Are the Signs of Dementia?
  • I Am Seeing Some of These Signs. What's Next?
  • What Were My Signs?
  • My Broken Speedometer (Zero to Ninety in a Flash)
  • You Have AD — So What's Next?
  • What Does Alzheimer's Do to the Brain?
  • Lecanemab
  • Mental Health: The Last to the Trough
  • The "Dirty Work" of Alzheimer's
  • Do Not Sing "Que Sera, Sera"
  • Did Dementia Give Birth to New Creative Juices?
  • The Realities of Dementia: One Size Does Not Fit All

Scripture in this book

This book quotes or cites Scripture about 2 times, from 1 books of the Bible. Each reference opens in the ESV at Blue Letter Bible.

Romans (2 references)

8:28

Topics

Alzheimer'sDementiaAdversitySufferingCaregivingHopeGod's GraceTestimonyLove