alzheimers news-thanks frank

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-THANKS FRANK

frank is frank broyles
if you are a sports fan
a football fan
a razorback fan
you know him as the iconic football coach for
the arkansas razorbacks
who won the national championship in 1964
one well known player on that team
was jerry jones the cowboys owner


frank broyles had a lot of battles with
the university of texas darrell royal
another iconic football coach

they have something else in common
they both died from alzheimers disease

darrell royal left the
darrell k royal alzheimers fund which funds basic alzheimers
research in texas and alzheimers education

now frank
left his mark with a book
that he wrote after his wife was diagnosed with the disease
ironic that he would develop and die from the same disease

here is the book
for sale at
this link at the alzheimers association book store
or
here on amazon



i discovered this book when my mother who lived in arkansas
was diagnosed with alzheimers disease
one of my sisters gave it to me

even as a physician i really didnt understand alzheimers disease
this book helped a lot
i was able to read it and understand what was going to happen
i was able to figure out where she was with the disease
what was going to happen next

i must say its the best book on the disease for folks who
are having to deal with it in their family

i obtained other copies and kept one in each of my three
exam rooms

i even occasionally would lend them out

i went back and read it more than once

its still a good book to have if you or your family are affected
by this disease

so
thanks frank
your legacy you have left like darrel k royal
is more than a sports one

the organicgreen doctor

h2

H2
that stands for hookem hogs or sooie horns
thats how i feel today when i opened my news feed
this morning
and
saw that texas would be playing in the advocare bowl
in houston on december 29
against the arkansas razorbacks
advocare something about them doesnt seem right
cant you just eat right and exercise



now when i was growing up that would be a game that
i would be looking forward to probably more than
christmas
a chance to see arkansas play against their most disliked
opponent
the texas longhorns



however
since ive moved to texas 25 years ago my redness has
turned more to a more burnt orange color
sort of a reddish orange tint
like if you took your razorback jersey
washed it way too much
let it hang in the hot summer sun way too long
that would be the color of the jersey

now i must say i am now a full blooded horn fan


heck old bevo lives just a few miles from my house
but
deep down there in my heart i do bleed razorback red



what makes this match up interesting is
that charlie strong
mister discipline master that we wished all  coaches could be
has that razorback red also flowing through his blood
he understands what this game means to the hog fans
since
he grew up there
played high school football there
played college football at the university of central arkansas
got his first job as defensive coordinator with the well known
producer of college and high school coaches
at henderson state university
sporty carpenter

from there he went to florida south carolina southern illinois
notre dame texas am and eventually louisville before going to texas
what if he had been signed to coach at arkansas
what a great story that would be

but thats not how it worked out



then bret bielima moves down from the cheese state wisconsin to
arkansas
i always liked to watch wisconsin play
run it down your throat offense with a defensive type team
plus
his team produced seattles quarterback russell wilson
why cant rg3 be like him
never understood why he left there to come to arkansas

both teams have a 6-6  record
started off bad
but got better as the season wore on especially arkansas
with a good ending that will be the beginning of
good things to come in the future

both are defensive coaches
almost alabamian like
thats what saved the season for both teams

i am afraid though that arkansas in your mouth offense
with its running game may be the difference in the game
since texas has sputtered a lot this year offensively
still to find themselves on that side of the ball

there is a good chance that the hogs will use their tusks to
defeat the horns
a good ending to their season

so
ill just
say hookem hogs
and
sooie horns

the organicgreen doctor