Thursday, February 20, 2020

Yearly visit to my Florida Neurologist


I did better this year on my MOCA 
(Montreal Cognitive assessment)
than I did the prior two years. 
Is this a "cure"
from my self prescribed Cialis/Testosterone AZ treatment?

I had a perfect score 30.  
I didn't miss any questions.
Normal is a score > 26



Dr Elliot was most impressed that I remembered the five words:
truck, banana, violin, desk, green when I finished the test. 
I told him I changed it to green banana truck and then
just violin desk in shape of violin.

These are all the words that start with "S"
that I could name in one minute. 





I was very pleased with my MOCA results. 
I still do badly with math.



This neurologist said he had a patient with
 proven Amyloid plaque on PET SCAN.
The patient was still good after 8 years. 
 He wondered if the patient really had Alzheimers? 

But with the positive PET scan he knows he had Alzheimers.

I told Dr Elliot I've done better after 2 months of Viagra (low dose 10 mg) then Cialis (full dose 20 mg). 

I told him it is similar to weight lifting which works by pushing more blood through the brain.

He said he is not sure if he believes that theory.

I said I have two things in my protocol that improve Alzheimers.
1- improved blood flow to the brain with Cialis
2- improved strenuous exercise with sex (although its just one arm)

He laughed laughed like crazy.

I asked him for a Testosterone level as I am trying to get my level greater than 300 as Dr. Bredesen suggests.  I think my level is low now as this week my libido has gone down. 

Excerpt from The End of Alzheimers by Dr Bredesen below on 
Testosterone. 



He ordered a testosterone level for me. 







I spoke to him about Dale Bredesen's book, The End of Alzheimers
opinion on Vitamin D.  Except below. 


Dr Elliot  agrees that a Vitamin D level greater than 50 is probably better than borderline normal of 30 for Vitamin D2/D3. 
The two different tests makes it difficult for me.

 
With winter I had a low Vitamin D   level at 23 which is low normal. 
 Lab below done in Florida on Jan 30, 2020
Record of Vitamin D in Topeka. 


He is ordering a Vitamin D level.

Dr Bredesen advises getting a Zinc level.  
I didn't get it before when I did a bunch of other tests which I thought was more. 
However, now that I have been on Intermittent Fasting since for about three months I thought a Zinc level might be a good idea.  Bariatric surgery patients develop mineral deficiencies. 
Dr Elliot is also ordering a Zinc level for me. 

Dr Elliot  thinks Intermittent fasting is a good idea.

I also purchased Biotin as my nails have been breaking.















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