this last week ended with an alzheimers weekend
i gave them a talk on
alzheimers disease
my story
clinical studies
this is an exciting time for alzheimers research
first the federal government looks like it will
pour in about 1 billion dollars a year into
alzheimers research
it costs $287,000 to care for an alzheimers patient in their
last 5 years
thats a lot of money for just one person
but
there are 5 million folks with the disease in the us
do the math on how much will be spent on these folks
it will be more than cancer patients and heart patients
so
a little money spent to help find effective treatments
seems like a good investment
i always tell
my personal story
and
my familys story with
alzheimers
putting a personal spin on these talks
seems to make the audience more tuned in to what i am
saying
i end my talks with what the new treatment studies are
that are going on
the new game changers in the fight to end alzheimers
yes
they might be here now
just months away from approval
i end my talk with all the healthy things a person should
be doing to fight this disease
then
i answer question after question from folks on alzheimers disease
they just want answers
but
like i say
sometimes sometimes there are no answers
just questions
but
i hope in my talks i am able to provide some answers
some comfort maybe
this weekend my wife she and i went to an alzheimers walk
in little rock arkansas
to walk with my younger brothers family
as they walk to remember him for his fight with this disease
when each family raises one of these flowers in the air
the wind off the arkansas river spinning these flower petals
each petal sometimes with names on them
i know our family has too many petals on our flowers
as the flowers are raised
all spinning for those lost and those affected
lots of tears are shed
a moment of silence where you can hear
hundreds of these flowers
spinning
their petals
in rememberence of those lost
i felt chills go down my spine to my feet
tears just rolled down my cheek
but
i know that we are close to finding
a
treatment
maybe
a
cure
the organicgreen doctor
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