a sad song

A SAD SONG
about 2 years ago the alzheimers disease center at ut southwestern made
a video of my story with possible alzheimers disease
you can click here
or above on the blog page on
video on my story with alzheimers disease
and then
a newspaper article in the austin american statesman on
my story with possible alzheimers disease was published.
click here or above on the blog page on
newspaper article on my story

this video and article went nationally and i received a lot of emails and comments
and facebook hits because of it

one of the persons who has been in contact with me since is
dawn young a producer from new york

her mother and grandmother had or have alzheimers disease
she is presently working on a documentary on alzheimers disease

her music video called
who i am
recently won several awards

if you have a family member or friend who has had or has
this terrible disease
alzheimers disease
if you havent yet you will

then click on this music video
watch the video and listen to the music

i found memories of my mom dad and brother joe flooding back
and
of course ive cried every time ive watched and listened to this video

or
click here for the link
who i am video


MY NEW FACEBOOK PAGE
here is the link to my new facebook page

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new facebook page

NEW FACEBOOK PAGE
i have started a new facebook page for this blog
if you click on the link below
organicgreendoctor facebook page
you can see the new page
then start to follow the page by clicking on the like tab
and the follow button

this page will have the blog posts but will also have supplemental
postings as shown in the first ones posted this week

thanks for following this blog

the organicgreen doctor

strolling time

STROLLING TIME
i am a strong advocate for alzheimers disease
i am a strong advocate for the alzheimers association

each friday when i do my blog my topic that day
is alzheimers disease

we are getting closer every day to finding a cure or a treatment

i just read of a study in austria using a new compound that is in
phase 1 studies
theres phase 1 then phase 2 then if all goes well phase 3
if phase 3 goes well they usually apply for fda approval

in this new study  the compound was given to early alzheimers
patients
they had a decrease by 30% in their disease
not just symptoms but the disease progression itself
this may be significant

now this research on this new compound is probably sponsored
by a large drug company

research on a generic drug gets no big drug  company sponsorship
it has to be privately funded by
you and i
via the national institute of health or the alzheimers association
one is our tax dollars
the other the alzheimers association is via our donations

the alzheimers association besides research funding is the
source of educational information on this disease
for patients doctors caregivers families

their biggest fund raisers are their walks to end alzheimers

you can go to this link
to find a walk in your state
donate and walk as an individual or join a team or form a team

here are the walks i will be involved with this year

my team the organicgreendoctor.com team
walks in the

williamson county walk in georgetown on saturday september 27, 2014


bell county walk in temple on saturday november 1, 2014


i walk with the austin regional clinic team in the
travis county walk in austin on sunday october 12, 2014


the little rock walk in little rock arkansas on saturday november 8, 2014

so join us for the walks that day
your donation no matter how small or large is needed

find a walk near you
help us find an answer for this disease


i will be taking a two week break from writing my blog

the organicgreen doctor