Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Better Days Are Ahead Last edited by KeepingItReal; 12-20-2013 at 11:18 PM. |
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I did my neurology paper in nursing school on Alzheimer's disease and how it affects families. Just recently attended a one day seminar. Fascinating to me. Thanks for sharing.
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You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy. ~ NIGHTBIRDE 1990 to 2022 ~ NJ, PA, CA, Lake Sumter Area |
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I am hoping that this is the key to preventing this horrible disease from killing us before we are dead. Research is close to making a couple of major breakthroughs. Some friends in Cincinnati tell me that they have made some promising discoveries on how to control one type of Cystic Fibrosis by riding a changer in on a cold virus. Sounds simple but.... Unlocking the human genome was key to a lot of important things in medicine that I hope will help all of us. We live in hopeful times.
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Here's hoping. I don't mind aging but I'm terrified of getting Alzheimer's. It has been my biggest fear for a long, long time.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay) "There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein |
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Like Red, I fear Alzheimers. It has been called the "long goodbye" by some with good reason. |
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It very sad watching someone with Dementia I watch my mother for 12 years in a nursing home with it .I think it run in the family my older brother die with it and now my other brother has it .He is 10 years older then me .I am so scared this well be me in 10 years .
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Best wishes.. These four parts of the news story are really worth the time to watch to help in understanding how Alzheimers developes and how devastating it can be. Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:36 PM Subject: CNN Documentary CNN’s documentary “Filling the Blank” produced by Felipe Barral is about research and hope for early-onset Alzheimer’s both in Colombia and the United States. *It was filmed by cameraman Greg Kilday. They interviewed my family and me in September 2010.* Watch the trailer.* The Noonan family describes their struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's, and their hope that a cure could be found in Colombia. http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video...iref=allsearch • CNN.com CNN did a documentary on the physician, Dr. Lopera and the family in Columbia. It is 4 parts and here are the links- There are four parts to the documentary. Part 1 -. Fear and Hope http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.....bk.a.cnn.html Part 2 -Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Study. http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.....bk.b.cnn.html Part 3 -Waiting and Worrying. http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.....bk.c.cnn.html Part 4 -The Search for an Alzheimer’s cure. http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.....bk.d.cnn.html FDA to Alzheimer's researchers: Time to focus on very early stage patients - FierceBiotech Genentech: Landmark Alzheimer's Prevention Trial
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Better Days Are Ahead Last edited by KeepingItReal; 09-21-2013 at 05:11 PM. |
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If the drug companies are paying for it, of course it will be biased. The only way to make money is by finding a drug. This could end up the same as "the war on cancer" that started several decades ago. Did we find a drug to cure cancer? No, cancer will soon be the main cause of death, coming before heart disease. I wish them good luck but I'm not going to get my hopes up that they will find a drug to prevent Alzheimer's.
We already know that lifestyle plays a big role in prevention but most people live their lives as though they don't care. What most people want is a drug so as not to have to make any lifestyle sacrifices. P.S. I'm just "Keeping It Real". Last edited by Villages PL; 09-22-2013 at 12:07 PM. |
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I sincerely hope and believe this research will give us a great breakthrough into this terrible disease and for sure we are already a lot closer to understanding cancer which is also great. Reminds me a famous quote/story by Will Rogers who died in 1935. Quote from Will Rogers: "After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, it;s best to keep your mouth shut". P.S. I agree with Will Rogers, if you cannot say something good, why say anything at all? But then we know it is all just said in fun... ![]() ![]()
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We may not have "cured" or wiped out Cancer.
But those who are diagnosed have a much better arsenal of drugs with which to fight and the outcomes are much better than ever before. I do consider that to be great progress!! My MIL died of Alzheimer's and it was a slow and very painful thing to watch. She was totally alone in her suffering as she did not recognize any of her family, we were all strangers and she was alone. While we watched helplessly. I encourage the Drug Manufactors to give it their best. That will mean expensive drugs for the first few years, But drugs, none the less, that will delay this horrible disease from taking it's toll so rapidly. I say, "The Sooner the Better" for their research and unlocking the answers from which so many will benefit. |
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Dr. David Perlmutter has written a book pertinent to Alzheimer’s called Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers in which he promotes the concept that the food we eat--especially carbohydrates--controls the rate at which the brain shrinks. His website is Dr. David Perlmutter MD | Empowering Neurologist: The food, the facts, the science to control your genetic destiny.. (This is not the same as the book along the same vein by William Davis called Wheat Belly.) Some interviews with him include a 5” interview at Grain Brain | WREG.com, or a 41” interview (#725) at 725: Dr. David Perlmutter Blames Carbs For Brain Health Decline In ‘Grain Brain’ | The Livin La Vida Low-Carb Show, or an interview of about an hour forty (#200) at Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution - Episode 200 - Guest Dr. Perlmutter. Very empowering information.
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I'll take drugs. ANY day. Meat-filled drugs. Wheat-filled drugs. Gluten-filled drugs. Caffeine-laced drugs. Mold-based drugs. Medicinal molds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sugar-filled drugs. Pouring granulated sugar on wounds 'can heal them faster than antibiotics' | Mail Online |
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Thank you for these articles. My Dad has this disease and its hard going through it especially for my Mom.
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I just started reading Grain Brain by Dr. Perlmutter. My father died with Alzheimer disease.
Very interesting and informative book. Would like to talk to others who are reading this book as well. |
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This post has pulled ay my heart strings in a way you can not imagine. My mother, who is 78 is in the last stages of Alzheimer's. If you watch someone living like this, it is agonizing. My parents have been married for 57 years and my dad who is 77 is her primary care giver day in and day out. He made a promise to her and we can not get him to break it. She is still living at home, fully bedridden, thinks my dad is her father. We feed her, wash her and try to make her comfortable. She can not carry on a conversation and doesn't typically know who I am. She just wants "Dad". I feel I truly lost my mom 3 years ago, and my father is "My Hero". I worry about him so much. He fell the other day outside on the patio and took a big hit to the head. I was so thankful I was there. I carefully laid him back, resting his head in the ivy and went to get a cloth for his face and grab my phone. The first thing he said to me was not to tell my mother, because she will worry. He cracked his wrist and had a good shiner. His one eye was closed for about a week, but my mother doesn't remember. She did tell him one night, she loved him no matter what he looked like. This is a story of true love and "until death do we part.". I truly know my dad is doing everything he can to fulfill a promise but so so worried it is going to take him as well. The only thing I can do now is to support his wishes and help as much as I can, which fortunately for me is daily. I miss my mom so much and if there was a drug for her, we would try it in a heartbeat! Thank goodness for any advancements coming our way.
BTW, this may sound defensive, but my mom led a healthy lifestyle and is a breast cancer survivor as well. She did not deserve for her last years to be like this, nor should anyone else! Respectfully, Linda Last edited by Lpierleo; 12-02-2013 at 11:20 PM. Reason: Change |
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