9/11/11, football, acl fest, bastrop fire

POST 9/11/01

this is a photo of the stadium of war memorial stadium in little rock
arkansas as they played their game on saturday
even the hog was red white and blue
nice tribute





this is a photo of my nephew mac nash in his marine dress uniform
during a 9-11-11 weekend ceremony
mac is home on leave and is due to be deployed to afghanistan soon



the american flag he is carrying will be taken with him on his
deployment there soon

my wife she and i would like to thank mac and all those other
military men and women
who are serving our country over seas and at home
thanks mac
may you have a safe journey
our thoughts will always be with you

will always remember where i was at on 9-11-01
i was coming out of a patients room that day when
i heard the stunning news
everything seemed to stop that day
we were all glued to the tv for days seeing videos and listening
to the commentators discussing what was happening
that memory will always be there of that day

thinking of those lost that day
may we not have more of this to deal with

FOOTBALL
i oded on football this weekend
my two teams i follow the horns and the hogs both
won
horns tried to lose in the first half but things kicked in good
in the second half-they are using a lot of freshman so should
only get better as the season progresses
tough schedule though for this young team

hogs just flat out dominated the game-nuff said

then there is the other team i follow-the boys in the nfl
was a good game but the ending was a disappointment
this game will come back to haunt them
its a game they may wish they had won

maybe next week will be better for the boys

ACL FEST
the acl fest is this weekend
thats the austin city limits music festival featuring over 100 different
groups
dont plan on coming to austin for other things this weekend as you
wont be able to find a place to stay

one of the websites for information is http://lineup.aclfestival.com/

my wife she and son usually buy their tickets on craigs list

top groups are stevie wonder, kanye west, arcade, my morning
jacket, fleet foxes, allison kraus and others
it will be in the mid 90s
clear
no rain of course but if it does enjoy it
the grass at zilker park is is good shape so maybe it wont be a
dust bowl yet
good music
thousands will attend

BASTROP FIRE
the bastrop texas fire just south of austin is 50% contained
it has burned over 34000 acres and has burned over 1500 homes
talked to some one who saw the area and said it looked like
the moon or like a nuclear bomb had gone off there

there are 22 people unaccounted for but only 2 confirmed deaths
many of the unaccounted for people may be with friends and
relatives or out of town

that picture of the big old airplane picture that i posted in this blog
last week-well...
it never got used on the bastrop fire
it sat at the airport for several days then when it took off
it went to another fire near houston texas
the bastrop fire is the worst fire ever in texas
could have used those plane drops of water
to slow this down last week

maybe there will be explanations only good ones please not
excuses for some of the delays that occurred in fighting this
destructive fire

we need rain please
or the first wind that blows here will restart all of this
its drier here now than the dust bowl from the 30s

may your week be a better one

the organicgreen doctor

wtea t-35, alzheimers vaccine, speech, 9/11, fb

WTEA T-35
the walk to end alzheimers in austin is 35 days away

donate or join my team the organicgreendoctor.com  for the
october 15 2011 walk   click here
any size donations are needed
or
donate or join a team or walk at your local walk at www.alz.org

ALZHEIMERS VACCINE
there is a new alzheimers vaccine that is entering the phase 3 trials
this year
it may be 2-3 years away before its available to the general public
it will be given every few months for the life of the patient
it will cost several thousands of dollars a year to receive it
(of course insurance probably wont cover it)
the name is bapineuzumab jab
am sure they will put a more fancier name on it when its marketed

it works by using antibodies against beta amyloid in the brain
the beta amyloid is what is thought to be the end result of the
alzheimer process
the antibodies attach itself to the beta amyloid and can remove
as much as 25 % of it in some studies

will i take this vaccine when it becomes available
yes i will
even though its less effective in patients like me who have
the double hit apoe4 genotype for alzheimers disease

what have i got to lose
this disease is like a terminable cancer that has no definite
effective treatment
what harm will it do to me to take this vaccine
none in the long run
if it helps even a little its worth the cost and risk

ive decided to do anything that can slow this down as long as it
has been scientifically shown it may help

these may help
maintain normal weight-check
maintain a  normal blood pressure-check
exercise at least 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week-check
eat a low fat mediteranean diet with fruits veggies nuts-check
maintain a normal ldl cholesterol-check
stay active mentally-check
stay active socially-check
get sleep-partially check as the aricept causes some sleep problems
take omega 3 fish oil-check also take this for high triglycerides
     this may help those more who are apoe4 negative
     screwed again as im apoe4 positive
take folic acid-check
take tumeric root (curcumin)-check
am considering taking vitamin d
need to listen to more music especially classical music

take medications such as aricept early on
it appears that taking aricept early on in the diagnosis can increase
the length of time the aricept is effective
its appears that if you have the apoe4 genotype like i have that
the effect of the aricept will last even longer if taken early on
not screwed on this one

remember dont use any of this stuff unless you clear it with
your doctor
for me there appears to not be long term health effects from
these treatments
even though they are not completely proven to help there is the
suggestions from some research that they may help

what do i have to lose

SPEECH
thought the presidents speech was presidential
at least someone has put forth a plan
it appears that both democrats and republicans agree on many
of the things proposed

it helps that even thought obamas approval ratings are low that
congresses is even worse (around 10%-thats bad)
as john mccann said when he went home last week to arizona
none of those 10% were at any of the meetings he was at

if congress and the president dont get this done over the next 16+
months then not many of them will be around to do something for
the next 4 years

can they just get er done

FIRES
the bastrop fire has burned over 34000 acres and burned over
1400 homes
its the largest fire ever in texas
its still not close to containment
still have not got those big planes flying yet here to dump water
on the fire
they better hurry up because the hotter weather is returning next
week
if the winds come back well be in trouble again

WEATHER
this summer has been the hottest and driest in texas  ever in the
history of the united states
it has been worse even than during the dust bowl of the 1930s
i believe that
rain please
storm nate is going away from us
la nina is returning
were screwed

9/11
stop on sunday and remember those who died on that day
remember the heroes from that day

FB
glad its back
saints packers game was a good one
look forward to the weekend
games on

the organicgreen doctor