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Alzheimer’s - One More Memory

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Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I just came across these lyrics to a song written for a woman just diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. I thought the lyrics were beautiful and worth sharing with anyone who may be a caregiver for an Alzheimer or other dementia patient.


One More Memory
Music and Lyrics by Sara Westbrook, Andrew Ang & Matthew Tishler

I was lost
In the dark
Confused and afraid
Not knowing what was wrong
A few lost thoughts
Forgetful moments
I never thought
That it would come to this

One more memory
To remember me
For a lifetime come and gone
Goes on and on
When my memory fades
Think of me this way
It's my mind that's leaving me
It's not my heart

Forgotten names
Forgotten faces
I don't even know
The ones I've always loved
When I say
Things I'd never say
Know that my love
Will stay forever strong
Hold this in your heart

One more memory
To remember me
For a lifetime come and gone
Goes on and on
When my memory fades
Think of me this way
It's my mind that's leaving me
It's not my heart

Take my hand
And try to understand
My memories are gone
But my love for you lives on
Remember me for who I was
And not who I've become

One more memory
To remember me
For a lifetime come and gone
Goes on and on
When my memory fades
Think of me this way
It's my mind that's leaving me
It's not my heart

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Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Monday, October 24, 2005 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Thanks for that Jan.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Monday, December 12, 2005 - 6:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Today I received this rather startling news from my regular 'health breakthrough site, Ivanhoe.com. Thought I would share. (Not an excuse to start or continue smoking, though!!)


Source: Ivanhoe.com
Reported December 14, 2005

Nicotine for Alzheimer's



BURLINGTON, Vt. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Alzheimer's is a progressive disease that has no cure yet. As research continues, doctors and patients are both hoping for a breakthrough. Now, doctors are getting close to one with an unlikely treatment.

Harvey and Kay Ottinger have shared 50 years of homemade meals, so you can bet Kay noticed when Harvey's memory started slipping. She signed them both up for a memory test.

"We both went down there, and they screened us. Kay passed it very well, but I didn't pass," Harvey says. He enrolled in a study to test the effects of nicotine on memory loss.

Paul Newhouse, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at University of Vermont in Burlington, says, "Nicotine can improve learning. It can improve attentional performance."

dr newhouse
Dr. Newhouse

For the study, patients with mild memory loss will wear a nicotine patch or placebo patch for a year. The hope is that nicotine can replace the chemicals lost as memory fades. Dr. Newhouse says researchers think it would provide a way to treat the earliest signs of memory loss and attentional loss. The patch does not cause addiction. In fact, nicotine is also being studied to treat schizophrenia, ADHD and Parkinson's.

Dr. Newhouse is excited about nicotine's potential for Alzheimer's. "This is the kind of work that makes my career and life and work seem meaningful," he says.

Harvey's not sure if he's on the real thing or a placebo, but either way, he says being in the study has already helped. "I take extra precautions like writing down certain things that I have to do," he says. "I feel good, yeah." And if he does forget something, Kay is right by his side to remind him.

harvey
Harvey

Dr. Newhouse says nicotine does not pose any safety concerns and is only addictive when it's combined with tobacco. Nicotine patches may not be a practical treatment for long-term use, so drugs are being developed that mimic what it does in the brain.



This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com, who offers Medical Alerts by e-mail every day of the week. To subscribe, go to: http://www.ivanhoe.com/newsalert/.


If you would like more information, please contact:

Jennifer Nachburn
University of Vermont
86 S. Williams Street
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 656-7875
jennifer.nachburn@uvm.edu

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, December 12, 2005 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Very interesting, HP. And here's a modicum of comfort for those quitting smoking who worry about becoming addicted to the patch that helps them quit:


quote:

Dr. Newhouse says nicotine does not pose any safety concerns and is only addictive when it's combined with tobacco.