weed eater

WEED EATER

since it was illegal
i didnt ever consume it during the 60s and 70s
well maybe once i did

i made a decision
since it was illegal
i didnt want to get caught with it
and
have it on my record

my ultimate goal in life
was to be a physician
i didnt want anything to prevent that from happening

so
i said no
to the weed

that was
until 7 years ago
when i got first diagnosed

i would sometimes have a several days run of
sleepless nights
mostly because of my taking the alzheimers drug
aricept (donepezil)
which interferes with my sleep
i wake up too early sometimes
like 3-4 hours too early
like
wide awake too early

if i do this several days in a row
it all interferes with my day to day living

so early on
someone sent me edible weed
to help with the sleep
i tried it
it only made me restless like if i had too much coffee
before bedtime

then
a few years later
i tried a vaped weed
it burned like fire when i inhaled it
it didnt work well at all

now
i know there are hundreds of different weeds
some high in thc
some low in thc
but high in cbd

the thc makes you feel good
the cbd is what shows a lot of promise in neurological diseases
many antiweed states have the cbd weed legalized
its the stuff that seems to help folks who have uncontrollable
seizures
especially kids

so there is a component of weed
that shows promise in treating neurological disases
like
seizures
yes like alzheimers disease

two acquaintances have recently used weed
to control the nausea and appetite suppression
from chemotherapy
it also helped with the anxiety

the research is hard to do
since its rated by the us government
right there beside heroin

now
here in california
it is now legal to grow it
although commercially there are a lot of rules attached
to growing it
its legal to possess a small amount
you can even grow some yourself

now here where we live
they are trying to be slow about getting the permits done
so it will be eventually sold in stores throughout the county

weed is not going away
the governments are about to make a ton of money off its sales
local governments are about to have a financial profitable
industry move in

so
ive decided
im ready to particpate
i look at this stuff like a drug
for me its to assist in sleeping at night
maybe helping slowing down the alzheimers disease some
to
make my life better each day

i dont plan on getting high or use it during the day
just an edible at night
so i can
feel rested the next day

it has to be safer than ambien or halcion or those other sleeping pills

i wont use a smokable
that cant be good for the lungs
just an edible for me

its time
we look at this drug
for its positive benefits
to those of us
with neurological diseases
incurable ones most of them

we
folks
have nothing to lose

the organicgreen doctor

alzheimers news-will these 3 help

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-WILL THESE 3 HELP

i am always looking and reading for things that may help
to prevent and or to slow down
alzheimers disease

some will probably work
some wont
but
at least one of these if it dont help
i still want to do it anyway

sleep
i ran across this article about research on bad sleep and alzheimers disease
published in the journal brain

basically what they found was that one night of bad sleep
can lead to the increased levels of the bad beta amyloid in the brain
several nights can lead to the elevation of tau protein in the brain

abnormal beta amyloid and tau levels are what many think causes
alzheimers disease

yes they did spinal taps on those folks in the study

basically not getting adequate sleep long term makes you at
an increased risk of getting alzheimers disease

blood pressure meds
this article is about past research showing that controlling blood pressure
with arb inhibitors like losartin and ace inhibitors like lisinopril decreased
the risk of alzheimers disease by 50%

now researchers are looking at a specific arb inhibitor called
losartan to see how well it will work in regards to alzheimers disease
its been around for years
i use to take it but now i take its first cousin
irbesartan
my guess is it probably doesnt matter which one you use for
your blood pressure
the effect will be the same

so i guess unless its contraindicated if you have to take a blood pressure med
and you are concerned for alzheimers disease
consider an arb inhibitor or ace inhibitor

then the last article
the one i like the most
shows that babysitting grandkids may decrease the chances of
developing alzheimers disease

whether it has an effect on you if you are already diagnosed is not known
it might i guess help some

you teach them new things
you read and do memory activities with them
you
let me tell you this ones true
get a lot more exercise

now granted we would be doing this anyway
watching ms b
but now we have an extra incentive to do it

so i would add all three to my regimen
but
i am already doing all three

remember
we need financial support to fight this disease
and
emotional support to deal with it

join us as we walk this year

we will be doing the
alzheimers texas walk in georgetown texas
on saturday september 23rd
team name is organicgreendoctor

yes we will be in georgetown for the above walk
as we walk with our austin friends and family
do join us
come say goodbye to us

i also will have a team in the
santa barbara walk to end alzheimers 
on saturday october 28th
team name is organicgreendoctor.com

join us

the organicgreen doctor

sleep,the leg, the game as i saw it

SLEEP

many of you who read this blog regularly know that
i have trouble sleeping
ive always been an early bird
in fact we have an alarm clock but we never use it
since everyone knows that ill be up

i need 7 hours of sleep to feel rested every day
when i was diagnosed and started on the
aricept (donepezil) it knocked 1-2 hours of my sleep
off at night
ive tried different medications to help but they dont work
well except for benadryl which adds back about an
hour of sleep each night
but benadryl interferes with the way the donepezil works so
im not really suppose to take it
but i do when i get on a several nights run of not sleeping
so i just take it anyway

luckily for me im retired so that if i dont get enough sleep
eg wednesday night i only slept 4 hours so
that afternoon i slept for 3 hours
so i usually can compensate
last night i slept for 6 hours
i think what helped is a medication im taking for the nerve
pain for my sciatica was adjusted so i take it at night
instead of twice a day
so last night i did it that way and i think that helped me
sleep

also since i ruptured that dang disc or is it disk
i like disk better but know its really suppose to be disc
the prednisone i was on and the night time pain has knocked
off another 1-2 hours of sleep at night
so some days i feel slightly zombeed
but again luckily i can take my compensatory nap

so between 1-3pm each day if you call me you wont
reach me
i dont schedule appointments or visitors during nap time
i understand why those preschool kids all take naps now
without them i would not make it

THE LEG

yesterday i went to the physical medicine doctor for a opinion on
my ruptured disc/disk since i worsened some as the steroids
wore off
he did a thorough physical evaluation of my back and leg
he found all the points i hurt multiple times
so much that after the visit the pain was worse than before
i think because he found those painful movements he put
me through

i have some mild nerve damage so i have some weakness to
the nerves that are affected by the compression of the protruding
disc/disk
i have noticed some subtle difficulties at times
but he was able to demonstrate exactly where the weakness was

the plan is to
consider physical therapy which i will probably do since they
will do some back educational stuff plus do some exercise
treatment also

continue the drugs-anti inflammatory and nerve pain pills and use
as needed hydrocodone which i dont use unless i get uncomfortable

let pain be my guide in my activities
thats working well now as i know what my limitations are since
it hurts like hell if i push too hard

consider another round of oral steroids
i like that since it sure helps except when they wear off

consider if the pain persists an epidermal steroid injections where the
nerve is being compressed by the ruptured disc/disk

if the nerve damage worsens surgery will be needed
this is the option i hope to avoid

all of this has made me appreciate the ability to be mobile and to
do all the things i do every day
i realize how active i was when i think about all that i cant do everyday

THE GAME AS I SAW IT

ok so i slept through the spurs and heat basketball game the other
night
but i had it dvred
i tried the next day to ovoid hearing about the game but that was near
impossible to do
so i listened to the talk shows and read about it online
then i watched the game myself yesterday and made my own interpretation
of the game
they didnt match what i heard and read
those blatant mistakes made by the coaches and players they talked about
didnt seem to be to be as blatant to me
i understood when i watched the game why player substitutions were done
we all understand the refs arent going to make certain calls in the last
few minutes-yes they were fouls

so like in life sometimes you need to read and watch things yourself
and make your own decision on how things really are or were
like listening only to fox news or only to msnbc news you will get
a distorted view of what things are really like

people really arent thinking for themselves nowadays
so ill be watching/dvring  the game tonight

the organicgreen doctor