The Pursuit of Happiness with Alzheimer’s Year Three: Joyful Experiential Stimulation of the Brain

By Brian Scott Edwards MD FNLA

This is my third book in a series of diary type entries about the progress of my Alzheimer’s disease since December 2017 when it was first diagnosed.

I have changed my opinions about doing better with nostrums and vitamins. There is no cure. One reason I changed my mind is that I have done so well during the third year.

I do believe Namzaric, getting cholesterol and blood pressure low with medicine is key to preventing stroke and a sudden decline in mentation. I published my lab results which I usually get every three months.

My next book will be titled: Alzheimer’s is Inexorable. Year Four. Let’s see if my title is premature.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664154308

Brian Scott Edwards MD FNLA

Brian Edwards MD has passed boards in Obesity, Lipidology, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He retired from the practice of medicine in 2009 to travel with his wife. He has written books on Cholesterol treatment, Diet while traveling, and Obesity treatment. I am waiting till I forget I have Alzheimer's disease is his fifth book. He went to Stuyvesant High School and Brooklyn College in NYC. He graduated from the Autonomous Universidad de Guadalajara and did his Internal Medicine Residency at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center. Later he did a fellowship at Kansas University Medical Center in Infectious Disease.

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Rev. date: 01/22/2021

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Dedicated to my two new grandsons.

CWE and FAE

"What is joy if it is not recorded?

What is love if it is not shared?"

From the BBC series Call the Midwife

happy happy joy joy

the ren and stimpy story

CONTENTS

Introduction

Foreword

Chapter 1     I don’t know what I don’t know

Chapter 2     Intermittent Fasting

Chapter 3     Twitter for Alzheimer’s?

Chapter 4     Excision of dysplastic cells

Chapter 5     The self is not lost with Dementia

Chapter 6     Success with Fasting

Chapter 7     New Path

Chapter 8     False Hope published again

Chapter 9     Update Cognitive Exams

Chapter 10   See no Evil Bar

Chapter 11   Ukulele

Chapter 12   I forgot how to spell ‘YES’

Chapter 13   Review of The Alzheimer’s Antidote

Chapter 14   Florida residence

Chapter 15   Exciting Moment

Chapter 16   Cialis and Testosterone

Chapter 17   My personal diary is unique

Chapter 18   Radio Questionnaire

Chapter 19   The Big Kahuna

Chapter 20   My latest lab

Chapter 21   LDL at 38

Chapter 22   Egyptian and Guatemalan muses

Chapter 23   My revolutionary Antidote

Chapter 24   Weight lifting for Alzheimer’s

Chapter 25   Ketones for Alzheimer’s

Chapter 26   Ten step Plan

Chapter 27   New trial

Chapter 28   February 20, 2020

Chapter 29   Wait for the Punchline

Chapter 30   Is Vitamin D level too low for my Alzheimer’s?

Chapter 31   Online Cognitive Test

Chapter 32   How to remember the family?

Chapter 33   Radio Interview

Chapter 34   I had a concussion

Chapter 35   Personality changes

Chapter 36   Post Concussion Syndrome

Chapter 37   Doubled my antidepressant

Chapter 38   Hit Bottom

Chapter 39   Joy and delight

Chapter 40   A small step for Mankind Big Step for Alzheimer’s patient

Chapter 41   My flares of anger

Chapter 42   People don’t believe I have Alzheimer’s.

Chapter 43   New hope for Alzheimer’s? At least for mice. How to increase blood flow to the brain

Chapter 44   Palliative care A peaceful death

Chapter 45   Smell

Chapter 46   I go awry on my usual walk

Chapter 47   The most intense moment of my life

Chapter 48   I have hope but not false hope

Chapter 49   My biggest fear

Chapter 50   Losing friends due to my Alzheimer’s Anger

Chapter 51   Anxiety with Alzheimer’s

Chapter 52   I aced MoCA

Chapter 53   Florida Neurologist Dr Elliott

Chapter 54   Human Superior Autobiographical Memory

Chapter 55   Morals not memories define who we are Article is below edited by me to make it for easier reading

Chapter 56   Alzheimers is like an Iceberg

Chapter 57   The Talk about Nursing Home

Chapter 58   I fail the ToCA test everyday

Chapter 59   Kansas Neurologist Dr. Swerdlow

Chapter 60   I am gaining more respect for Dr Dale Bredesen

Chapter 61   The Most Important Chapter of the Book

Chapter 62   SEX to get the brain blood flow going

Final Note

The self in dementia is not lost, and can be reached with care

Muireann Irish

INTRODUCTION

This book is a unique document of how I can live a fairly normal life three years into my diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. My goal is to give people with early Alzheimer’s hope. Three years ago I was worried I would not be able to follow the Presidential election this year.

I saw graphs showing Namzaric losing its benefit after 2 years. While not a flashy production I believe this book is groundbreaking. People can have hope when they first get the diagnosis that they still have years of good living ahead based on my experience.

If I had this book available to me I would have had much less anxiety in the early days of my diagnosis. The diagnosis was such a heavy burden for me that I titled my first book, I am waiting for when I forget I have Alzheimer’s.

This book will be challenging for the reader when I cover my lab results. I believe the lower the LDLc the better. I spend a lot of time on cholesterol to teach people the details of goals and the different aspects of the lipid panel.

Stroke can cause a dramatic drop in the progression of Alzheimer’s Unfortunately, much of the social media believe statins make dementia worse which is not true. The so-called mental fog with a particular statin may be true for some individuals but can be remedied by switching to another class of statin and lowering the dose.

I also go into the details of my 16 medications and supplements.

This is a complex tale of doing what I think is best for me.

My Diabetes Mellitus type two with the addition of my APO E genetic profile may be the main reason I developed Alzheimer’s. Once the diagnosis of Diabetes is made the patient should not leave the Doctor’s office without five new prescriptions. Aspirin, Metformin, Ramipril, Statin, and maybe Invokana.

With the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, I added Namzaric and Citalopram.

For supplements, I take more than I ever have on the outside chance they may help and probably not hurt.

I have always taken Vitamin D but I increased the dose.

Take Magnesium for leg cramps.

Multivitamin Centrum Silver because I am always on a