my younger brother doesnt deserve having alzheimers disease
he is too young and in too good of health otherwise
he is too much of a good guy
for those who know me and dont know him if you like me
and like my approach to life trying to do whats right for people
then you would definitely like him too
we are different in many ways
he was an avid hunter i am not
but i did go hunting with him a few times
and enjoyed the time together
we usually didnt agree on political and religious views
and some social views
but it was interesting that sometimes our views ended up
being the same
but none of this ever became an issue with us
except for some good friendly bantering with each other
he was always respectful of how i felt and
i think i was of how he felt
looking back i wish i had taken advantage of being with him when
i could more and enjoying the moments together
the last good time we had together he and his wife came to visit us
here in the austin area
he and i drove together just us to a nearby town to pick up a large
rainwater tank i had found at a real cheap rate which we later gave
to my wife shes high school to use in their new garden area
we enjoyed that two hours together talking
mostly he understood what
i was saying and he had not advanced so far so that i knew what
he was talking about
sometimes his words were stuck in there somewhere and would not
come out but mostly they usually did on that trip
that was really the last time we were together alone where we really had
a good meaningful interaction together before
this awful alzheimers disease progressed
his present status is that he is mostly wheelchair bound and has to
be fed and cared for
occasionally that smile of his youll see come out
i dont get to see him as much as i would like
but there is not a day i dont stop and think about him
this year the area where he lives in southern arkansas is having their first
walk to end alzheimers saturday november 2 2013 in el dorado arkansas
interesting is that the walk is very close to where he stays now
he has a team called
#joe nash
if you live in that area and have been donating to my team please change
the donation to his team
his team is honoring his life but also my mothers who had the disease
my father who probably did and possibly me
we have a lot of kinfolk in that area whose parents have had the disease also
and are hoping they will donate and join this team also
there are also friends of my brothers and our family who also have had
the disease hit them and
we are hoping they will join with us to honor joe our families and theirs
its easy to join the team just go to this site and click join the team
(join the team whether you will be able to walk or not)
follow the directions and make your donation then or you can do the
actual donation later
remember a $1.00 donation is just as meaningful as a $100 donation
you can also do a paper donation if you need to
the familys goal is to of course honor him and our family and our friends families
and to show a large support for this fight against this disease
also be sure and sign up your kids for the walk
since they are really the ones who will benefit from all of this since they
not like us will be able to treat the disease some day and prevent it from occurring
in their generation
this really should be a youth walk since they are the ones that really going to
benefit from all the research
thanks for the support
my local teams here in the austin area will be starting soon and ill do a post on
friday about them
THE RESULTS
well the mri results are in now
no hematoma or cyst from that ooooouucccchhhhhh spinal tap from the
research study
just a herniated disk that is pressing on the opening the nerve goes through
and is pressing on the nerve
the goal is to eventually over time have it shrink back up some which will
take the pressure off and relieve the pain
with a tapering course of oral steroids over 2-3 weeks
possible steroid injections if needed later
pain meds as needed right now its hydrocodone but i hope to change
to naprosyn once i get off my oral steroids
since the naprosyn at higher levels worked just as well as the hydrocodone
when i had my wisdom teeth removed
and i tolerate it ok
i then have been thinking a lot about proper back mechanics and ways i
probably have not been watching my lifting etc that i was doing
like lifting heavy boulders by myself etc
i also plan to go through a good back exercise regimen and make it
part of my daily routine for the future
my goal is to be pain free eventually and to avoid surgery
a 10% chance that will have to be done
the organicgreen doctor
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