May 22, 2012

JUDY’S BIRTHDAY 2010.mov

It’s Judy’s birthday, July 21, 2010, in a land far far far away. I say a land far far away because Judy has Pick’s disease aka frontotemporal dementia. Judy has a two masters degrees and a Ph.D. She also holds a pilot’s license for single engine. She was a Professor at Southern Illinois University for about 28 years before retiring with me here in 2000. She may be in that land far far away called nana land. Her frontal lobes are dried up with tiny swiss cheese like holes all throughout. All cognitive faculties are gone. Vision is her main link to the world as we know it. Auditory stimulus makes no sense. She has no logic, no language, no way to process the auditory data. The only treatment for people with Pick’s disease is custodial care and kinesthetic communication aka touch. I with my saxophone and young Rainydog with his kisses, along with Patty we try to provide the best custodial care here at home, and to Judy home may be that land far far way, nana land, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average,….and dogs.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia

The percentage of Americans aged 65 and older will double by 2030, and with this demographic shift the US is preparing for an epidemic of age-related neurological conditions. UCSF neurologists Gil Rabinovici, Adam Boxer, and William W. Seeley, discuss diagnosis and new treatment for dementia and Alzheimer’s. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [6/2011] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 21371]
Video Rating: 5 / 5