What does Alzheimer’s disease look like to you? Perhaps you, like many people, get a picture of someone who is frail and has a distant look in their eyes. Or maybe you think about those commercials where Alzheimer’s patients are portrayed as angry and combative.

Although both of those pictures can be true, they fail to convey the progression of the disease, which can start years before diagnosis.

When my dear husband, Tony, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, his main symptom was a problem with his short-term memory. You could tell him something, he’d look like he understood and then he’d forget what you said a moment later. Not surprisingly, this led to him having to retire early.

As the years have gone by, we’ve undergone many changes. Tony no longer speaks in

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