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early mild cognitive impairment(mci) amnestic type on december 21, 2010
this is a precursor to alzheimers disease
because of this diagnosis i have opted to stop practicing medicine
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

its dark out there

ITS DARK OUT THERE

the other day it was dark and dreary outside
i had just gotten up from a 2 hour late nap after not sleeping well the night before
i felt groggy headed and tired feeling

someone said to be this time change makes me almost feel depressed and tired all the time
i agreed i said
especially on that day

the time change for daylight not savings time i dont like

now i like the extra sunlight in the morning
every morning around 6ish the sun peeps over the condo roofs and floods into our living room and dining room
its like a jolt of expresso when the sun hits me in the face
i like to stand up and open my arms and close my eyes so i can feel the warmth

I can feel my pineal gland kicking in up in my brain

sadly 
after my nap
thats all gone since it gets so dark so early 

my body just cant seem to get adjusted to the time change
i still wake up at the right time its just the clocks says its an hour earlier

i was feeling sad and bummed for myself suffering so
until 
i read this article about what its like to live in this alaskan town
utqiagvik
no thats not me mistyping thats the way its spelled

it is 330 miles north of the artic circle
it gets 2 month of total darkness in the winter
the sun sets on november 18th and rises again on january 22nd
for only 48 minutes
but
then they have nothing but sun from may 11 to august 19th

im sorry i dont think i could survive living there
my pineal gland wouldnt be activated for several weeks at a time
how bad must they all feel during that dark 2 months

I wonder if those 5000 folks who live in that town all are on antidepressants most of the year
they probably add it to the drinking water along with the fluoride

we thought we had it bad during daylight not savings time
i guess when we think things are bad
they could be worse
i dont plan on going to alaska either in the winter

i still dont like daylight not saving time

the organicgreen doctor

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