How do you help someone with a severe, debilitating disease ensure they get the help they need? What do you need to know about the healthcare system, so you can navigate it and bypass obstacles to care? Who can you trust and align yourself with for support while advocating for a loved one? In an ever complex world, understanding what diagnoses really mean, what various treatments are available for whom, and learning that medicine works with probabilities not certainties is key to effective advocacy. In this show guest Jimmy Pollard talks about these issues and his pioneering work with patients suffering from HD and cognitive decline. He and hosts Leaha Mattinson and Dr. Howard Rankin explore the practical issues of advocacy in an attempt to help listeners master their lives.