My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Physically my brain is in great shape. My motor functions are fine, but I think going through the whole ordeal... coming pretty close to death, may have affected my priorities.
You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.
I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved.
I'm tremendously optimistic about the future of my discipline, yet understanding the brain is so difficult that we neuroscientists need help.
Maybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.
I'm going to focus on myself and continue to get myself better because I have plenty of things I need to work on.
It's very important to think optimistically. You've got to think to yourself, 'I'm going to get better every day.'
Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it.
I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
I got tested to see what condition my brain is in. And it's not in real good shape.