Carla from New York

Fifteen years ago my mother became very ill and my father and I received a heart wrenching diagnosis for her. My mom was diagnosed with the wretched disease called Alzheimer's. By that time her doctors were able to give us an accurate diagnosis, she was well into moderate stages of the disease which disqualified her from participating in clinical trials. I decided to become proactive. I knew if I didn't take a firm stance against the disease, I could possibly risk descending into a very dark place that I may never have been able to climb out of because my mom and I were best friends and very close and I love her very much. Immediately we met with a nutritionist and put mom on a low bad fats, low carb, low sugar, low sodium diet. We made sure she exercised and walked every day. My father and I became joint caregivers and we decided to try to keep mom home with us for as long as possible to try and give her more individualized care. I enrolled her in a good social day program where they do arts and crafts, music and visits from entertainers, the zoo mobile visits and plenty of other activities. I also began doing my own research on every aspects of the disease. I wanted to educate myself so that I would be able to be informed while working with her doctors on stabilizing her vitals and controlling her medications. Under doctors supervision, we began to give her axona medical food in a shake form daily. We decided to add two tablespoons olive oil, two tablespoons brazilian nut powder, two tablespoons ground flaxseed, probiotics and vitamins with low calorie gatorade as a base and a little Hershey strawberry syrup to sweeten the mix. I also began to advocate for her disease by joining the Alzheimer's association and many other organizations committed to ending Alzheimer's. In recent years, I've begun to advocate more independently by traveling to Washington D.C. to attend national Alzheimer's project act meetings and Bethesda M.D. to attend research conferences. Today, I'm grateful and happy to say that my mom is doing better than her doctors predicted. Although she is in very late stages of the illness, she is still able to eat without a feeding tube, is alert and aware, knows us, walks with assistance and can still speak a few words. My greatest hope is that through my continued efforts and the efforts of other advocates, new and better medicine to fight this horrible disease will come to fruition in time to help my mom. New research and break through discoveries are happening daily but my personal feeling is to focus in on the most promising up and coming treatments with the least amount of probable side effects. Some of these are the insulin nasal spray and J147. Thank you Carla Danesi Gloria's Daughter "Remember Gloria, Gloria Lives"