Well now here’s a pickle. Christine, my case manager, called the day before Thanksgiving. Sadly, this was not to wish me a happy holiday. She told me that there was a conference in Barcelona. One of the goals of the conference was to allow researchers to share information. Two researchers shared their failures and why […]
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Alzheimer’s Study Number 13
I’m sitting in an office at the clinical trial location bored out of my mind. The battery on my phone is low so I can’t play a game and the doctor who is supposed to do my physical is late. I have had the requisite blood draw. Ian is a magician. His shots never hurt. […]
Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Number 12
I am in another ALZ study. This is an actual longitudinal study—no mystery pill or mystery procedure. They just contact me once a year and give me a cognitive test. I just took the first one. In many respects, I have a remarkable memory. In other respects, my memory is terrible. I never remember the […]
Alzheimer’s Clinical trial entries 9, 10 and 11
NUMBER 9 I no longer qualify for long term care insurance. If I had applied last year—no problem. Now, the agent I was discussing this with practically had a heart attack over the phone. She halfway counseled me to withhold information about the clinical trial without coming right out and saying, “Don’t tell.” According to […]
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ALZ study, visit 7
My rational brain has looked at the odds and decided to be proactive and not worry about the far future. I’m not sure my body got the memo. I have had two or three events of gastric distress around finding out the results of the PET scan. Soon after that meeting, I came back to […]