are you nomophobic

ARE YOU NOMOPHOBIC

i wondered that to myself as i read this article

on nomophobia

now i know myself well

i thought

nope

im no nomophobic

but

i think my wife she 

might be a moderate nomophobic person

just last week we were with a group that included

3 teenagers 1 middle ager 4 baby boomers

i must say 

nomophobia knows no age limit

many say these young folks these millennials are 

all nomophobic

my observation was that a lot of old folks are infected also

so i went to the article to take the online test 

to see if i was nomophobic

nope 

i got a low nomophobic score

now

on the other hand

i answered the quiz for my wife she

not too surprised was i

but

shes a nomophobic person

why sometimes while she is nomphobicing

i say to her

did you see those dinosaurs eating those giraffes

as she is nomophobicing

she mutters

uh huh

there she was lost in her nomophobic world

so

are you a nomophobic

take the quiz at this link

ok

nomophobic

stands for

no mobile phone phobia

the organicgreen doctor

keep that level up

KEEP THAT LEVEL UP

the bmj @bmj_latest

when i first retired i wasnt on any blood pressure medications
i was looking for ways to lower my blood pressure without
taking drugs
one way was to drop my caffeine intake
i tried caffeine free coffee
that only lasted one day
i tired half caffeine and half no caffeine
that only lasted one day

then
i later read an article on drinking 2-3 cups of java a day
it helped it seem to clear the mind
make one sharper in the morning
it may help to slow the memory decline in dementia
so
thats all i needed to know right there
back to the caffeinated coffee
like
it should be
strong and black

so
i went back to my three cups a day
i felt better
i felt more alert
i felt more energized

now i only drink it the first thing in the morning
not drinking any after lunch
since i noticed it seemed to interfere with my sleep
at night
something i already have problems with from the
alzheimers drug aricept (donepezil)

then
after reestablishing my caffeine levels back to my
normal levels
i
then attacked my blood pressure
using a low dose blood pressure medication to keep it
down to the new recommend levels of less than
130/80

im happy
with my blood pressure and my caffeine levels now

then
last week i read this article
british medical journal coffee consumption and health...
on caffeine intake
well
it just reinforced what i already knew and felt

it seems drinking 3-4 cups a day of java
lowers the incidence of
premature death
cardiovascular disease
liver disease
dementia
several types of cancer
gall stones
type 2 diabetes
im sure theres more

thats all i need to know about keeping my levels up
of caffeine
im in

the organicgreen doctor

alzheimers news-i got a 10

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-I GOT A 10

this week i got my 10th infusion of the
biogen aducanumab
well i think im getting the real stuff
but
i might be getting the placebo

im thinking the real stuff

our last trip took over 3 hours to get there
the last 2 hours was spent stuck a lot in traffic

this time we left at 5am
we mostly avoided the bad traffic on the 405
think austins 35 at its absolutely worse
thats the 405 during rush hour
maybe worse

we made it in over 2 hours
we arrived 2 hours or so before our appointment
which was ok with us
we decided we would rather zoom through traffic
than be stuck in that not moving traffic

we just went on a long hike around the campus
the first we have done
by the time im finished with this study
if i am ever finished
since
many times they will extend the study more long term
we will know the campus and the area real well

we also save our weekend grocery shopping
since there is a large grocery chain just
across the street from ucla
for those in texas think maybe nicer than
a real nice heb

so we shopped then took a lengthy hike
then on to the infusion center
it seems that every time i go now
things just get more streamlined

i arrive by 1000 am and i am out of there before 100pm

i am now at the point of the infusions where
i just get checked in
see the research doctor
wait on the infusion to be processed
they do the iv and hook it up
it runs in over a hour then they flush the iv with saline
for 15 minutes then im out of there
no labs or other testing
thats the way it will usually be from now on
usually
except for the annual visit coming up in march
and
the 6 month visits

in september 2018 i will have the final visit for the
first phase of this study
ill get the last infusion of the mystery stuff
is it real or not
then
if i opt to i can do another 42  months of infusions
of
the real guarantee you gonna get the real stuff infusions
i want those for sure

so
i see in the future this little dim light thats aflickering
i see the hope light way out there
ill know for sure im getting the real stuff

one thing i have noticed after this infusion on tuesday
is a persistent headache that is requiring acetaminophen
twice a day to control

remember
headache is a good thing
it means i might be getting the real stuff

being a apoe 4/apoe4 genotype i am more likely to have
small micro bleeds where the bad ass beta amyloid is removed
which is the usual cause of the headaches

heres hoping thats why

also if im getting the real stuff
in late 2018 when they do my amyvid pet scan
the pet scan for the bad ass beta amyoid
remember it had to be positive to get in this study
if i am getting the higher dose stuff
then my scan will be negative or almost negative
for the bad ass beta amyloid

of course like i have written before
i will never get to know if i was getting the real stuff
aducanumab the first 18 months of the study
and
i will never get to see any of my amyvid pet scan results

i can live with that
as
long as this stuff slows it down

as a reward on tuesday
we elected to leisurely drive the pacific coast highway
thats the hwy one from los angeles back to santa  barbara
it goes through the pacific palisades then malibu
then through mostly almost uninhabited areas

i found it relaxing as my wife she drove
so i could do all the sightseeing without running off the road

rank this visit
a 10 for sure

the organicgreen doctor