Phil’s Journal: Reflections on a Friend’s Passing
By
Phil Gutis
| July 24th, 2020
Slightly more than a year ago now, my sister and I visited a friend from childhood who had been fighting colorectal cancer for more…
Phil’s Journal: Trials and Tribulations, or, My Latest Experience in Biogen Research
By
Phil Gutis
| June 9th, 2020
Well, I won’t try that again. Last week, I found myself bent over a table, resting my head on pillows as a doctor injected…
Phil’s Journal: ‘Caring Places,’ or, a Meditation on the Future of Long-Term Care Facilities
By
Phil Gutis
| May 8th, 2020
Last September, long before COVID-19, quarantines and national lockdowns, I visited a memory care facility in Princeton, New Jersey. A friend worked there and…
Phil’s Journal: Waiting While Approval for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug is Delayed, Yet Again
By
Phil Gutis
| April 23rd, 2020
Hours feel like days. Days feel like months. And months? Well they can feel like a decade. Particularly when you are awaiting the restart…
Phil’s Journal: How Caregivers Help People With Dementia Avoid Developing Delirium in the Hospital
By
Phil Gutis
| April 14th, 2020
A few years ago, I had a minor heart attack. I had persistent soreness in my upper left back and, on a whim, I…
Phil’s Journal: Pandemic Disrupts Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials. Including Mine
By
Phil Gutis
| March 25th, 2020
The response was disappointing but not particularly surprising. Earlier in the day, I had sent a quick email to check in with the staff…
Phil’s Journal: My Good Friend Is the First to Receive Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug in New Trial
By
Phil Gutis
| March 13th, 2020
Being Patient Senior Reporter Phil Gutis spent the day with our patient advisor, Jeff Borghoff, who was the first recipient in Biogen’s latest trial…
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