Dr. Heather Sandison

I would love that. Yeah, because are you dipping it in D5W?

I would love that. Yeah, because are you dipping it in D5W?

I would love that. Yeah, because are you dipping it in D5W?

Yeah, Rich Horwitz has also seen that the treatment of Lyme disease can help with dementia. My patients, the first patient I saw who really opened my eyes to this, Darlene was her name, and she came in soon after I was trained by Dr. Bredesen in 2017. And she... And her husband came in. She was entirely dependent on him. She had a MOCA score of two.

Yeah, Rich Horwitz has also seen that the treatment of Lyme disease can help with dementia. My patients, the first patient I saw who really opened my eyes to this, Darlene was her name, and she came in soon after I was trained by Dr. Bredesen in 2017. And she... And her husband came in. She was entirely dependent on him. She had a MOCA score of two.

Yeah, Rich Horwitz has also seen that the treatment of Lyme disease can help with dementia. My patients, the first patient I saw who really opened my eyes to this, Darlene was her name, and she came in soon after I was trained by Dr. Bredesen in 2017. And she... And her husband came in. She was entirely dependent on him. She had a MOCA score of two.

So the MOCA is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. And we use this as a clinical tool to tell us where on the spectrum of cognitive decline someone is. And a perfect score is 30. It's a one-page worksheet that some of your listeners may be familiar with. You copy a cube and draw a clock, identify some zoo animals. And she had a MOCA score of two. So she was essentially answering...

So the MOCA is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. And we use this as a clinical tool to tell us where on the spectrum of cognitive decline someone is. And a perfect score is 30. It's a one-page worksheet that some of your listeners may be familiar with. You copy a cube and draw a clock, identify some zoo animals. And she had a MOCA score of two. So she was essentially answering...

So the MOCA is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. And we use this as a clinical tool to tell us where on the spectrum of cognitive decline someone is. And a perfect score is 30. It's a one-page worksheet that some of your listeners may be familiar with. You copy a cube and draw a clock, identify some zoo animals. And she had a MOCA score of two. So she was essentially answering...

She was answering questions with yes or no and not much more than that. Their life had been completely changed since she had gone down very quickly with dementia and diagnosed Alzheimer's. Now, her very dedicated, loving husband had read Dr. Bredesen's book and was all in. I mean, he had, thank goodness, enough confidence for both of us because I had never done this.

She was answering questions with yes or no and not much more than that. Their life had been completely changed since she had gone down very quickly with dementia and diagnosed Alzheimer's. Now, her very dedicated, loving husband had read Dr. Bredesen's book and was all in. I mean, he had, thank goodness, enough confidence for both of us because I had never done this.

She was answering questions with yes or no and not much more than that. Their life had been completely changed since she had gone down very quickly with dementia and diagnosed Alzheimer's. Now, her very dedicated, loving husband had read Dr. Bredesen's book and was all in. I mean, he had, thank goodness, enough confidence for both of us because I had never done this.

And she was so severe that I wasn't hopeful at all.

And she was so severe that I wasn't hopeful at all.

And she was so severe that I wasn't hopeful at all.

Yeah. 26 and above is normal. Once you're down in the single digits, this is severe dementia. This is where you are dependent on others for activities of daily living. Your dignity is more or less gone, right? You're not able to do anything on your own.

Yeah. 26 and above is normal. Once you're down in the single digits, this is severe dementia. This is where you are dependent on others for activities of daily living. Your dignity is more or less gone, right? You're not able to do anything on your own.

Yeah. 26 and above is normal. Once you're down in the single digits, this is severe dementia. This is where you are dependent on others for activities of daily living. Your dignity is more or less gone, right? You're not able to do anything on your own.

And so she was in that, in that state, but she had this bright smile and her eyes would track me and she had on this beautiful floral dress and you could just see how much soul was in her. And they just shocked me. Um, she came back, uh, six weeks later and her mocha had gone up to a seven. And of course my initial response was like disbelief.

And so she was in that, in that state, but she had this bright smile and her eyes would track me and she had on this beautiful floral dress and you could just see how much soul was in her. And they just shocked me. Um, she came back, uh, six weeks later and her mocha had gone up to a seven. And of course my initial response was like disbelief.