She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

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She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

Soon, Irene Mekel will need to pick the day she dies. She’s not in any hurry: She quite likes her life, in a trim, airy house in Castricum, a Dutch village by the sea. She has flowers growing in her back garden, and there is a street market nearby where vendors greet villagers by name. But if her life is going to end the way she wants, she will have to pick a date, sooner than she might like. “It’s a tragedy,” she said. Ms. Mekel, 82, has Alzhei…

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Soon, Irene Mekel will need to pick the day she dies. She's not in any hurry: She quite likes her life, in a trim, airy house in Castricum, a Dutch village by the sea. She has flowers growing in her back garden, and there is a street market nearby where vendors greet villagers by name. But if her life is going to end the way she wants, she will have to pick a date, sooner than she might like. “It's a tragedy,” she said. Ms. Mekel, 82, has Alzhe…