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i am a family physician who was diagnosed with
early mild cognitive impairment(mci) amnestic type on december 21, 2010
this is a precursor to alzheimers disease
because of this diagnosis i have opted to stop practicing medicine
this blog will be about my journey with this disease
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i will continue blogging on organic gardening, green living,
solar power, rainwater collection, and healthy living
i will blog on these plus other things noted to be interesting

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

know the 10 signs # 3, sargent shriver, duct tape 2, tax cut, dreams

KNOW THE 10 SIGNS # 3
difficulty in completing  familiar tasks at home, at work,
or at leisure.
people with alzheimers often find it hard to complete
daily tasks     sometimes, people may have trouble
driving to a familiar location, managing a budget at work
or remembering the rules of a favorite game

whats typical or normal
occasionally needing help to use the settings on a
microwave or to record a television show
glad thats typical    my wife she has to do all of that
for me      but thats been for years

from www.alz.org 

SARGENT SHRIVER
sargent shriver died
he was involved in the founding of special olympics,
peace corps, head start and job corps
at 88 he announced his diagnosis of alzheimers
his family took over his care and began
educating people about alzheimers

his daughter maria shriver-author, journalists,
and former first lady of california-has worked
hard to raise the awareness of this disease    
she and the shriver family are actively
involved in the alzheimers association

TAX CUT
many of you may not know this but you got
a 2% tax cut this year     there is a decrease
just this year of 2% in the fica taxes you pay
(except for those school teachers who
work for districts that dont pay fica taxes)
thats $1000 for someone making $50000 a year

DUCT TAPE 2
another medical use although painful is using duct tape to
remove unwanted body hair
this is well demonstrated in television shows and movies
ouch ill skip that one

DREAMS
one of the side effects of the medicine aricept (donepezil)
is vivid dreams
i could write a movie script each night about my dreams

so far this week lebron james and dwyane(he spells it wrong)
wade spent the night at our house
they were very good house guests

another night i was admitted to icu for some reason and had
to spend the night there     they were not able to find my wife
to let her know that i was in the hospital
but when i woke up there my wife she was

the organicgreen doctor

3 comments:

  1. Your last dream reminds me of the time when you were in Arkansas and your wife she had her heart scare. You were searching frantically to find someone who could check in on her. Guess what? In the end, you were both together as it will always be.

    P.S. I dream vividly too. I actually ran down the hall trying to stop a bus with Katie on it when it really was a trash truck going by. :>))

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  2. DUCK TAPE COMMENT #2...NOW YOU TELL ME, I'VE BEEN SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY ON THE WAX LADY!!

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