DEMENTIA DENIED

<h2><strong><em>A True Medical Mystery Memoir That Dares to Ask: What if the mind wasn't lost-just waiting to be heard?</em></strong></h2><p></p><p>Diagnosed with terminal dementia. Bedbound. Hallucinating. Given just weeks to live. Everyone believed Ginger Smith's story was over. </p><p></p><p>They were wrong.</p><p> </p><p>At 83 after years of trauma polypharmacy and steady cognitive decline Ginger began to reawaken-piece by piece. Now 88 and living independently she's sharing her astonishing journey from near-death to clarity in a memoir that challenges everything we think we know about dementia diagnosis and decline.</p><p> </p><p>The mainstream medical view still holds that there is no cure for dementia-and for many people that remains tragically true. But that's <em>exactly</em> why Ginger's story felt so urgent to share. It isn't presented as a miracle or a guaranteed path. It's one woman's extraordinary lived experience: reversing her symptoms and reclaiming her independence after being on death's door.</p><p> </p><p><em>Dementia Denied</em> is more than a memoir.</p><p> </p><p>It's a challenge. A blueprint. A quiet rebellion against the idea that decline is our only option.</p><p> </p><p>Written by Ginger Smith-a retired speech-language pathologist who worked alongside neurology professionals at Stanford University Medical Hospital and <strong>trained physicians at both Stanford & UCSF</strong>-this book blends her personal experience with a researcher's lens. What began as a quiet personal reckoning evolved into years of inquiry into the hidden factors that may mimic or amplify dementia symptoms: trauma nervous system dysregulation drug interactions inflammation and more.</p><p> </p><p> Inside this bold and beautifully human memoir you'll discover:</p><ul><li><ul><li>A <strong>rare firsthand account</strong> of what cognitive loss-and return-<em>actually</em> feels like</li><li>Insights into how unresolved trauma polypharmacy and the body's survival mechanisms may play a larger role in cognitive decline than we've realized</li><li><strong>Unfiltered true stories</strong> from Ginger's life: grief resilience celebrity run-ins (and roommates) and finding clarity again</li><li>A sobering <strong>look at the flaws in our elder care system</strong>-and how to advocate through them</li><li><strong>Fascinating clues</strong> that may help explain her dramatic turnaround</li><li>A call to <strong><em>reimagine what is possible</em></strong> for those diagnosed with cognitive decline</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p> PLUS: TWO BONUS SECTIONS</p><p></p><p>?? <strong><em>Ginger's Tips for Caregivers</em></strong></p><p>?? <strong><em>Navigating the Healthcare Maze</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>Written with fierce honesty dry humor and zero sugarcoating <em>Dementia Denied</em> is for caregivers clinicians trauma survivors and anyone who's ever been told There's nothing more we can do.</p><p> </p><p>Ginger's story doesn't dismiss the heartbreak others face-it <strong><em>honors</em></strong> it. If nothing else her journey offers a <em>glimmer of possibility</em>-not false hope but a reason to keep asking questions.</p><p> </p><p>Because sometimes the miracle isn't just surviving-it's <strong>returning with clarity purpose...<em> </em>and a voice that refuses to be silenced</strong>.</p>