DEALING WITH DISSAPOINTMENT

THIS MORNING I GOT UP TO A CALL THAT WAS NOT WHAT I HAD HOPED FOR.. I HAD HOPED THAT MIKE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT GAP ALZHEIMER'S CLINICAL STUDY I HAD MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER POST.  HE DOES NOT.. IT SEEMS THAT THEY CAN ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HE HAS SKIN CANCER, BUT HAVING HAD BLADDER CANCER IN 08 RULES HIM OUT.. EVEN THOUGH MIKE HAS BEEN CANCER FREE NOW FOR TWO YEARS, THEY ONLY WOULD TAKE HIM IN THE STUDY IF HE WERE CANCER FREE FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE.. SOOOOOO, IT LOOKS LIKE I AM BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.. IF ANY ONE OUT THERE KNOWS OF ANOTHER CLINICAL STUDY FOR ALZHEIMER'S-PLEASE LET ME KNOW.. I CONTINUE TO BE HOPEFUL THAT SOON THERE WILL BE A CURE FOR THIS HEART WRENCHING DISEASE, BUT TILL THEN, WE CONTINUE DOING ALL THINGS WE KNOW OF THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN SOME PROMISE.. MIKE TAKES A MULTITUDE OF VITAMINS DAILY, COQ10, FISH OIL, ABOUT 12 PILLS IN TOTAL.. ALSO HE TAKES THE NEWEST DOSE OF NAMENDA, HE ALSO TAKES ARICEPT... HE IS A WONDERFUL PATIENT, NEVER (OR RARELY EVER) COMPLAINS, AND BEST OF ALL IS PRETTY HAPPY MOST OF THE TIME.. PERHAPS THE OLD ADAGE IS TRUE "WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW-CAN'T HURT YOU".. WELL, SORRY I DID NOT HAVE BETTER NEWS TO REPORT TODAY-THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW-JUST ME