Linda Dano Speaks Up for Alzh... Video Transcript

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I just kept getting a little heavier every week. I was just eating anything I could find. And I was just living this kind of — two lives, really.

ANNOUNCER: A pharmaceutical company learned of Linda's story, and asked her to help other families in similar situations.

LINDA DANO: I thought about it a lot. "Should I do this? Would I be able to help? Would it make a difference if I spoke about my father and what we went through?" And then I thought, "Maybe it would. Maybe. Maybe it would." I mean, my story is probably so similar, and now I find out it's like everybody's story. Everybody does what I did. And everybody feels what I felt.

ANNOUNCER: Now Linda talks about her experiences in interviews. She answers email and speaks with caregivers by phone. She works with groups, including the National Family Caregivers Association, which provides resources for families dealing with Alzheimer's disease.

LINDA DANO: I think it's a big help that they see me on television. You see, it's not supposed to happen to people like me. It's not. And it does. It happens to everybody.

ANNOUNCER: And what about Linda's father? Linda thinks he's OK with her decision to use his story in trying to get the word out, about early Alzheimer's awareness.

LINDA DANO: I think that my father knows that we went down this road together for me to do exactly what I'm doing. It took me a while to figure that out. And through certain things, I've been made to feel that my father is very much in favor of me helping families in his name, and I believe now, through all of it, that my father is very proud of me and proud of the work I'm doing. I think so.

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