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Unintended Impact
Apr. 11th, 2016 11:14 amRecently, the author Jim Proebstle visited my Rotary club. He was there to talk about his new book, Unintended Impact.
Jim, I learned, played college football for Michigan State in the 1960s, as did his older brother Dick. You may have heard of various NFL stars suffering from chronic traumatic encephaopathy or CTE. This is a form of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head. Well, Dick, based on his high school and college career, developed CTE, and symptoms started to appear in college.
Unintended Impact is the story of how Dick went from a bright All-American kid to a wealthy man to a broke and senile man who could barely walk or talk. This decline was caused by CTE, and it's documented with humor and love by Jim. It's a good read for anybody who knows somebody suffering from dementia, whether caused by CTE or other diseases.
Jim, I learned, played college football for Michigan State in the 1960s, as did his older brother Dick. You may have heard of various NFL stars suffering from chronic traumatic encephaopathy or CTE. This is a form of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head. Well, Dick, based on his high school and college career, developed CTE, and symptoms started to appear in college.
Unintended Impact is the story of how Dick went from a bright All-American kid to a wealthy man to a broke and senile man who could barely walk or talk. This decline was caused by CTE, and it's documented with humor and love by Jim. It's a good read for anybody who knows somebody suffering from dementia, whether caused by CTE or other diseases.
