As I posted back in November, continually generating content for the blog has gotten to be too much of a burden. While I am committed to updating you on any changes in my life (or, perhaps, lack of changes) relative to my story in Beating the Dementia Monster, I don't plan on commenting anymore about Alzheimer's news. But I am hearing from folks wondering why I've been so quiet -- it's because nothing is really happening.
I am in a whole slew of research studies, and I get some feedback from them. I recently had one MRI and one amyloid PET scan. I'm supposed to have a tau PET scan sometime, but they haven't scheduled it yet. It's been several months since the PET scan, and a month or two since the MRI. They are in no rush to give me any feedback, so I don't expect to hear from them for some time yet. But, based on my results from 2022 and how well I feel, I don't expect any surprises. But I'll post when I do hear back.
When I told my neurologist in Seattle that I didn't see the point in coming back to her, she asked me to continue, but relax to coming once in three years. So this fall will make 3 years. That will include the full suite of psychometric testing. I'll share the outcome of that.
Along with the MRI, I did have a scaled back -- but still intense -- set of psychometric tests. Because it's for research, they don't tell me the results. But I've taken enough of these to be able to tell when I've done well. And I'm sure I did fine.
So Amy and I make it to the gym most days. We attend to our diets and stay socially active. My biggest problem is sleep, and I'm lucky to get 5 and a half hours. But my Fitbit tells me that I'm usually getting at least an hour of deep sleep. As we said in Beating the Dementia Monster, deep sleep is most critical for Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.
If anything exciting happens, I'll post here.
Make me a promise Bianca, my mother said. "Promise me you won't put me in a home or make me live with one of your sisters". It was a joke at the time when my mom was just starting to forget things. 06/08/2019 was the hardest day of my life. Watching my mom talk to herself, packing her things 2-3 times a day, saying she has to go home. It was heartbreaking. I broke down and cried with her a few times and then I realized how hard it must be on my dad too. He can't leave the house, he has to convince her that she lives in their house. I came to the decision to quit my job. My dad needs help. I live 7 hours away but instead of visiting my parents, I'll be visiting my husband. My mom has always been there for me and been my best friend so I want to be there for her. I keep telling myself that I can snap her out of it. I got her numerous medications including DONEPEZIL and MEMANTINE instead of helping her, they almost destroyed her due to the side effects. As I was reading more about Dementia on the internet, I met with some comments of people testifying about Dr. Rohan and his BRONGEE HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS that it works for Alzheimer's and Dementia. I contacted the doctor immediately and explained my mother's condition to him, he assured me that my mom will be fine and her memory will come back to normal. I ordered his Herbal Supplements and it was delivered to me by the DHL Express company in less than a week with instructions on how to use them attached in the package. After 3 weeks of using these herbs, we began to see improvement, after 6 months my mom was better, and it's been 2 years now and my mom is completely free from this horrible disease. In case your loved one is suffering from Alzheimer's /Dementia I will advise you to use BRONGEE HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS. You can contact Dr. Rohan via email; dr.rohanronjohn@gmail.com it may also help you.
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