Author’s note: This column is for anyone with Huntington’s disease or their family and friends. Dear Huntington’s community: Many of…
Carlos Briceño
Carlos Briceño is a journalist and director of communications who, through the grace of God, has been blessed with a brilliant, beautiful, and courageous wife and daughter. He currently lives in Maryland, about a half hour away from Washington, D.C., with his wife, Jill. In 2018, Jill found out she was gene-positive for Huntington’s disease at the age of 41, while his daughter found out she was gene-positive for HD in 2019 when she was 22. Jill and Carlos write about their day-to-day struggles and triumphs to share their knowledge and to let others know they are not alone. Carlos loves to evangelize, read, play soccer, and pepper his conversations with — according to family members —really bad puns. (For the record, Carlos thinks his puns are really punny and funderful.)
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Articles by Carlos Briceño
The first time I met Jill’s father was interesting. I hadn’t met someone with Huntington’s before, but Jill had told…
We live in a golden age of communication with many ways to talk to each other — email, text, and…
I Am Learning to Embrace Sadness
I put my car in reverse and looked at my wife, Jill, in the back seat, trying valiantly to stay…
Some things that my wife, Jill, handles — such as paying the cable bill, for example — are tasks that…
My wife and I are fortunate to have health insurance, which pays for some of our medical bills, but not…
I recently experienced two occasions of complete helplessness. The first involved my dog, Baby Girl. She has big ears, a…
Caregiving is an honorable position because it involves a lot of love. It also includes questions that begin with, “What…
My wife and I don’t argue often. Here’s why: When we started dating, she shared with me her brilliant idea…
Bear with me as I make an analogy. It’ll make sense in a moment. My wife, Jill, now sees genetic…