It was 94 degrees today, and has been like this for most of the month of June. We rely on A/C to keep us comfortable. A song by The Eagles or was it Don Henley...The heat is on...
When we returned from North Carolina Mom had the June 2007 issue of AARP Bulletin in which there is an article about "Closing in on Alzheimer's." There have been clinical trials for a new medication, MPC-7869 aka Flurizan. It seems to be giving back patient memories, improving quality of life. And Mom wants in on it.
I called the doctor's office. I figure if anyone will know, it will be Dr. G. The nurse said she'd look into it. She called the pharmacist and there was no listing for it. Gina asked me to bring the article to the office. I printed it out and walked it to the office, since I needed the exercise. But the office was closed when I got there, locked up tight. And it was only 4:14 on a day that they should have been open until 4:30. Oh, well.
Tomorrow is another day. Dad asked me to go up to make sure Mom gets her medicine and breakfast in the morning and on Thursday morning while he goes for physical therapy. I'll take the article with me and drop it off.
And we'll see if there is some magical something that will help Mom keep her memories until the day she dies.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
New strides ~ New hope
I stopped to visit my parents last night. Dad asked if Mom had shown me the paper they got in the mail about Alzheimer's. It's actually a publication called AARP Bulletin. The June 2007 issue features an exclusive report on Alzheimer's and the new drugs that offer real hope for reversing the disease. Mom wants to get in on the clinical trials. So I brought home the publication and I'm going to do an online search for more information.
It makes sense that Mom would want to do this. She was one of the early successes for restoring hearing through a particular kind of surgery for otosclerosis. And Dad was an early success for hip joint replacement surgery, and later on, for drugs that improve quality of life and comfort for people with emphysema. So, her request to get in on the clinicals makes sense to me. If there's a chance for her to get back her memories and live out the rest of her life with her excellent brain restored, well, we're going to do it.
Interesting? Are you interested, too? Phone: 1-800-438-4380 (Government's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center to find out about clinical trials and studies in your area), www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Researchinformation/ClinicalTrials (help to locate studies and answer questions about them) and www.alz.org to access information about the Alzheimer's Association, trials information and more about the disease.
Good luck!!
It makes sense that Mom would want to do this. She was one of the early successes for restoring hearing through a particular kind of surgery for otosclerosis. And Dad was an early success for hip joint replacement surgery, and later on, for drugs that improve quality of life and comfort for people with emphysema. So, her request to get in on the clinicals makes sense to me. If there's a chance for her to get back her memories and live out the rest of her life with her excellent brain restored, well, we're going to do it.
Interesting? Are you interested, too? Phone: 1-800-438-4380 (Government's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center to find out about clinical trials and studies in your area), www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Researchinformation/ClinicalTrials (help to locate studies and answer questions about them) and www.alz.org to access information about the Alzheimer's Association, trials information and more about the disease.
Good luck!!
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