Is your hippo still on campus?

[oldhermit]

Keep your hippo on campus
http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynami...S&SECTION=HOME

I'll regret the day I have to go find it.

[bistro]

Also, there are serious ethical questions about how soon people should know that Alzheimer's is approaching when nothing yet can be done to forestall the disease.

As heart-breaking the news would be, I would still like to know way ahead of time so I could plan for the future.

[poppy4]

"maintain a healthy Brain style".
.....that's why I lurk here @VDr...
on the other hand, (or foot, I can't remember which).....you can send a 'hippo' to 'campus', but you can't make it 'learn'..
..Thanks for the link Oldhermit.
poppy

[oldhermit]

Thanks guys, my take on all this is that staying active and living healthy has its benefits.
Probably most of my current good health is a result of my rather strenious workouts that I performed religiously over many years. With only two work-outs a week, the body had plenty of time to recouperate despite the physical demands of my work, and I would have a guilty conscience if ever forced to miss a session for one reason or another. Now I'm reaping-in the benefits of all that. People often comment that I look 20 years younger than I actually am.
I used to marvel at all the people who were out exercising at 5AM during my morning drives to work into Palm Springs. They were out there for good reason. And they weren't just faking it. They were kicking high.
Staying active, exercising the mind, and living healthy with proper foods seems to be the key to keeping everything that way for when tomorrow arrives.

[user595212]

And yet, oldhermit, probably if you are at risk for amyoloid buildup in the brain, none of this would absolutely protect you. If you're really old (?), bravo and it's probably beyond the time you would normally have it. There's some thinking that, for instance, people with high cholesterol might be at risk for amyoloid (which from the sound of it is the same stuff that occurs with Lou Gehrig's Disease), which of course creates those tangles and plaques that appear to cause dementia . . .

Cheers
Wendy

[oldhermit]

Oh, there you are User! Good hearing from you.

As one unknown reminded us with these famous words:
"When born into this world, you's takes your chances."

Pity the poor soul who's pruductive life is suddenly brought to an abrupt end because he happened to slip on a discarded banana peel.
Taking care of how we live will help to extend it, despite the many odds that are stacked against us, increasing with every day we live.
Anyone who remains healthy well past retirement age can't really claim being cheated out of anything. By then, good health becomes our most valuable asset.

[poppy4]

Pity the poor soul who's pruductive life is suddenly brought to an abrupt end because he happened to slip on a discarded banana peel.
Taking care of how we live will help to extend it, despite the many odds that are stacked against us, increasing with every day we live.
Anyone who remains healthy well past retirement age can't really claim being cheated out of anything. By then, good health becomes our most valuable asset.

I know my original post in this thread was rather flippant, and a rather vain attempt at humor, in a very somber subject, no offense meant.
Oldhermit your quote is on the mark, and I couldn't agree more.
A possible tip to those who come behind me, I have recently changed my diet, away from conventional processed foods to mostly organic foods, and my cholesterol is down, and more importantly, I feel much better and have more energy.....I exercise to the limit my heart probs will let me.
Even after the body goes, I want my mind to last, otherwise life would be as a zombie, and that's a living death......so a word to the wise.....take care of what you have.
poppy