The following video clips feature Town Hall participants sharing their thoughts on living with Alzheimer’s disease. The videos are from the first meeting in Oakland, California, held on July 28, 2007.

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"We have the opportunity today for you to get up and tell people what it is like to have the disease from your side."

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"I think I'm doing fine most of the time. I don't feel any different many times during the day."

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"I'm better able to say to people that I have Alzheimer's. It was really hard to say that word, but I feel easier about it."

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"There are things I can't do, but they don't matter anymore. I can concentrate on people, the books I like to read, and the music I like to play."

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"This driving problem is what gets me. I'm not able to do the things I used to do. This is what bothers me since I've been diagnosed with Alzheimer's."

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"I advise you and anyone else who has a problem with driving is remember that you have two legs."

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"I got Alzheimer's. So the question is what do you do about it? I realized that you can't dwell too long on what you can't do."

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"A challenge for me is that I'm lonely. Pretty much all of my friend's are working, and I can't work anymore. I have to find other ways to keep busy and active."

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"As I see it, we can and should be political people."

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"We had a lot of friends. We don't see them very much anymore."

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"There was a women sitting next to us, and we struck up a conversation. She couldn't find a word, and she leaned over to me and said, 'You know, I've got Alzheimer's.' And I said, 'I do too.' That's how we can combat stereotypes."

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