Thursday, Sep 10: Walk to End Alzheimer's

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As I mentioned before the news, I think everybody knows someone has been affected in some way in their lives by someone who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and, or maybe for some folks who are older, you might've had people in your lives that had this before this was something that was more commonly diagnosed. So this event that's coming up next month, the walk to end Alzheimer's is something that happens around the country every year and has helped to make serious strides in this. We have joining us, Diana Griffin to talk about this. Good morning, Diana. How are you? Good morning, Tim. How are you doing? Doing all right. And as I said, you know, it affects everybody. I was telling you in the news, my great grandmother had it when I was younger. And although I didn't really know her without it, I didn't know what she was like before. You know, people in the family said what you hear from a lot of folks, Alzheimer's kind of robs you of some of your final years with your loved one. Yeah, absolutely. Alzheimer's is a thief. It's a thief. It's a thief of joy. It's a thief of your memories. Um, and it's, it's really, really hard on families. Um, more than 7 million Americans are affected by the disease. And, um, and it's not just the aging population over the age of 65, we're seeing younger and younger diagnoses. And, um, and now we're also starting to see, and there's a very important conversation around caregivers in that sandwich generation, that's taking care of their kids and taking care of their parents and what that burden looks like. And unfortunately I hate to use the word burden, but it's a heavy load. And, um, and the Alzheimer's association is there to help care and support. And I think that's why I'm so proud to work for the organization is not only are we, um, walking to raise funds towards critical research, but we also have phenomenal 24 seven care and support for those that are either dealing with a diagnosis or maybe are contemplating whether or not they need to look into a diagnosis or they're caring for a loved one with a diagnosis. So, um, it's really, really important work and it's, it's, um, it's so important here down in the South coast region. Well, you, you mentioned younger people are being diagnosed with this. Is it because for some reason they're getting afflicted at an earlier age or are we just getting better at seeing the signs of it? I think a little bit of it is we're a little bit better at the diagnosis. I mean, we're having a bit of a mammogram moment is what we're calling it. Um, at the Alzheimer's association in that, um, blood tests are now available. You don't have to have that invasive pet scan and something that you kind of, um, when you're faced with that, you contemplate whether or not you want to go through that to get to a diagnosis. So now we're seeing things like, uh, the, the blood tests that'll tell you whether or not you have the markers and the amyloid. Um, and we're also getting smarter about the, the sort of definition definitions of Alzheimer's and the various, um, types that are there, whether it's frontal temp, frontal temporal, um, Alzheimer's disease as maybe you and I knew it with an elderly grandparent, um, and, and some other forms of dementia. So there, it is sort of a tiered, um, a tiered, uh, disease. And, um, and we've just, we've learned so much more, um, throughout the process and then getting an early diagnosis is so critical right now. People don't realize that, um, their efforts leading up to this point, we now have, um, clinical opportunities that will stave off the progression of the disease, which is something in the last five years that we've really built some momentum on. And, um, and now if you get an early diagnosis, we can, uh, whether it's infusion therapy or, or other therapeutic, um, directions with your physician, um, can help save some of your memories and, and, and buy you time really more than anything. We have some, uh, some PSAs that run here on the station that talk about some of the signs of Alzheimer's, but what are some of the signs that people might see either in themselves or in loved ones? Um, somebody wants to use this example when, when I had asked that question and it was, um, you know, think of like when you go to tell time and you look at a clock, um, and suddenly you can't read the hands on the clock. So, you know, it's very, it's a very scary proposition. I'm, I'm, uh, um, you know, at a point in my age where some of those like perimenopausal symptoms are coming in and you, you sort of like names are on the tip of your tongue and then you kind of question, geez, is it, is it normal life changes with my aging or is it something else? Um, and, um, so we sort of use the clock as the example. So it's, you know, some, you want to look in if you're forgetting your keys or, um, you know, maybe you put ice cream in the microwave versus the freezer. It's more, it's a little more nuanced, um, than just memory itself. Um, cause we're tired, right. And, um, and sleep is so important to us. So there's certain things, um, I think anytime you question it, you just have that conversation with your physician and they'll figure out the right tests to, to see if it's, um, you know, there's normal, normal, uh, very easy things you can do to kind of preserve your, your memories and, and, um, and, and that sort of thing. Um, but it's, it's a little more complicated than just simply, I can't find my keys today, or, um, I forgot where I left my favorite highlighter. Because I mean, people just get forgetful and forgetfulness isn't just a matter of, you know, brain capacity. It's, it's kind of, I like it. I liken it a bit to a computer where people like to think that, you know, uh, what ends up happening is the programming gets all screwy and that's why we end up having these memory issues. But in actuality, it's more a bandwidth issue. We're trying to do too many things at once. Oh, absolutely. And eventually our capacity to do too many things at once bears on. So you might be thinking to yourself, I can't remember where my keys are, I'm concerned, but you can't remember where your keys are because in the recess of your mind, you're really worried about that big project you have to do at work and making sure your kids get to their sports on time. So it's, it's, it's a variety of different things. They're complicated. Uh, uh, you know, brain is a hard drive, if you will. And all the things that you're managing, I think we're managing much more than we typically have. Um, let's face it. I mean, even now, um, I, I was, um, I was watching like a Ben Affleck, uh, Matt Damon interview, and they were saying that when they, when they write for movie scripts, now they're writing because people's attention spans are so limited because we are just so overstimulated. Um, and in so many different directions that when they, when they write for film, it's, it's really, really hard to get a blockbuster going because you're contemplating the fact that people are just so distracted. So, and then Matt Damon goes and makes a four hour movie. Yes. That becomes the biggest hit of the summer. But that, but it's important to note that, you know, these, these tests that you're talking about have made it so that you, you can be unsure of what's going on and be able to get some certainty in the diagnosis. Yep. Absolutely. And, and, um, again, there's a lot of lifestyle changes that you can make. Um, and even if you don't see those sort of signs and symptoms or have those concerns, now there's things you can do with a brain healthy diet and brain healthy actions. Um, someone likened it to, um, Sudoku is great when you are just sort of rotely, you know, doing arithmetic and problem solving and puzzling. But, um, it's really important to suggest to people that like we're, we need to constantly learn. Um, so whether it's picking up a new hobby or knitting or gardening or whatever it may be, that's really helpful for the brain in terms of, um, learning and, and keeping you healthy and is really important exercise. You can't stress that enough and proper sleep. So there's certain things that we can do in our every day to make sure that we're living a stronger, healthier life and to help maybe mitigate or stave off some of those, um, those symptoms with the brain. So you mentioned the advances that have been made in just the last five years. How much is Alzheimer's research getting, um, uh, you know, obviously not a dollar figure, but just in terms of, is it getting the attention that it needs from the funding sources that might be funding other afflictions? Yeah. So right now in terms of like funding and certainly government funding and funding from the association, um, making sure that that blood test is covered by Medicare is a really important initiative for us right now. Um, it's sort of, we know the test exists, but now it becomes like, how do we pay for it and how does it get, um, uh, disseminated to the public and managed? Um, so there's a really big, uh, push from the association right now to make sure that that's a covered test, just like you would get your cholesterol checked or, or, um, any of sort of the baseline things you get at your annual physical. So, um, so that is a big move right now. Um, overall in terms of the funds raised for critical care and support resources, um, nearly 13 million family members are served, um, in the United States, um, through our funding. And, um, if you go to ALZ.org, there's a really great pie chart that sort of explains, um, funding for research and, uh, medical advancements against support and care. And it's a really, it's a delicate balance. Is this something that you would like to see eventually become part of the, the regular blood panel that people get as part of their checkups, uh, past a certain age? Absolutely. Absolutely. Because with knowledge comes power and, and, um, it really gives individuals, um, decision-making over how they want to approach this. And so what, so we talked about like kind of some of the signs that people can see, but when they talk to their doctor and they realize that this might be the diagnosis that they get, what are some of the kind of early steps that they can go through, uh, in that process? You mentioned that you can do some things to mitigate it. Yep. So there is an infusion therapy. I don't want to get too much into the weeds, on the medicine itself, um, just because I'm not a medical professional. Um, but we do have a lot of neurologists that are administering IV infusion therapy. Um, there's a couple of drugs on the marketplace right now that we're seeing those amyloid plaques, um, that maybe are showing up on scans in, um, you know, large quantities and numbers. We are seeing some results where that, um, that is changing in a positive direction. Um, so that's really kind of the forefront right now in terms of the medical, um, treatments, but then there's also things like, um, our support groups. So for our early onset diagnosis and things like that, we, um, try to get folks together so that they can share resources, be a support to one another. And sometimes when you can lift that burden and that stress, um, and that stigma to the disease, it helps alleviate some of that pressure and stress, um, and gives you some tools to kind of mitigate the progression and the things that you see and gives you tools in your toolkit, um, to kind of manage your everyday life. Because I can imagine, you know, more than anything, this is an affliction that needs that community around you, whether it be, if you're the person going through it and you need support from people that are going to have your back, or it could be the people who are going through it with a loved one that just needs someone to talk to about it to kind of help them navigate the changes that will happen in their lives. Yep. Like anything in life, it takes a village. And, um, and I think more and more as we talk about it, um, you know, you shared your story. Um, when I joined the association, I was personally shocked at the number of people who approached me and said, I can't believe you went to work for them and shared their story about a loved one or, or they're just dealing with a diagnosis. I have very close family friends in my hometown and both moms, um, of this couple have been the disease. And it's heartbreaking to think because they're at that age where these grandmothers should be fully enjoying the experience of their grandchildren. And they're trying to make sure that they do that, um, you know, through throughout the next few years. I know you said you're not a doctor, but do we, do we know kind of what the, the root cause of this is? Um, some of it, we do see some hereditary trends, but that's not the be all and end all with it. So, um, you know, I think if you know that you've got a familial, um, tendency with it, then that's something you want to point out to your physician so that it's in your record and they can monitor it. But that's not always the case. And there's still a lot of mystery, um, around it. So really it could just strike anybody. So of course, all these treatments that you're talking about and all this research is being done requires money, requires funding. And that's why the walk to end all times is so important because you're able to help raise some of these funds as well as awareness. Yep. It's, um, so we have two walk weekends. Um, we have, um, over 11, more than 11 walks that take place throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Um, and we have a really lovely walk that takes place in the South coast region on October 17th. It's at Bristol community college. Um, and we, we raise a significant amount of money at that event. Um, and, um, but overall through Massachusetts, um, you know, multiple million, three plus million dollars, um, for care. It's, it's a really, um, it's been a great walk for us. Knock on wood. I can't control the weather. Um, but we've had some really, um, great fall experiences and it's nice for people to get together and you kind of, you run into people that are in similar circumstances and you're kind of all rowing, um, the boat together, if you will. Um, it's really comforting for people to know that they're taking action, um, because that's really the most important thing right now is that we are all taking action. Um, and you'd be surprised if you start a walk team or you register for the walk, you know, have those conversations with your friends and neighbors, let them know that you're going to participate on October 17th and see if they want to join you and that exponential growth. Um, there's something, there's a really good feeling about walking with other people, um, that are supporting one another and just being there for one another. So just in terms of the nuts and bolts details of the walk, uh, you know, people are going to want to wonder what, what, what does that mean? It's, it's not a race, it's, you're not being timed and it's just, it's, is it, is it about a distance or is it just about getting together for a period of time? Mainly about getting together. Um, no, no time, no timed, uh, prizes. You can, it's very leisurely walk. Uh, typically the route is just under three miles. We don't, uh, we measure it, but we don't mile market. Um, we do have some spots, you know, water stations along the route. Things like that. We have some really phenomenal cheering sections. Um, there's some things you can do in advance of the walk. We'll have some, uh, music, uh, playing and some resources, a community mission tent and, um, uh, snacks and things like that. Uh, photo opportunities. Um, so it's a really great day. The campus is gorgeous. They do a really awesome job, um, opening, uh, their doors for us, um, in their quad space and, um, allowing us to be there in the morning together. And, um, yeah, it's, um, it's, it's definitely, it's, um, the question I get asked a lot too, is like the terrain, it's very flat paved for the most part. Um, so it's a good route. And, and I'm sure people ask this all the time, but they want to know, can they bring a child, push them in a stroller? Can they bring a pet? Can they, you know, are these, are these things? You're welcome. Yes. Yep. Yep. Yep. Um, we do say on the pet side, you know, obviously, um, we ask that folks have, um, well-mannered, um, pets on a leash. Um, would you require that, that they're on a leash for the walk and things like that? But, um, but we absolutely love to see families. We'd love to see multi-generational families to see those strollers in action and, and expose kids at an early age, um, on what that looks like and, and that sense of community, um, and being together. We love that. And it is a walk, so don't show up with your, with your electric bicycle. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. No e-bikes, please. The idea is the idea is to walk. Uh, and as you mentioned, you can't control the weather, but you know, that time of year, mid-October is like the perfect weather to get out there and walk because maybe you need a sweatshirt. Maybe you don't, it all depends. You never know how the day is going to be, but it's not, not going to be anything that gets you too overheated. Exactly. Exactly. We don't have to stress up about, uh, you know, July temps and humidity and things like that. Bring layers. You know, we, we encourage everybody to wear layers. It is cool in the morning when we first kick off. We have a beautiful promise garden ceremony, um, with, uh, ahead of the walk just to get people hyped. And, um, well, we have been very fortunate. The South coast walk, the UMass Dartmouth hockey team, um, comes out in full force and they're, uh, strong supporters of volunteers of the walk. And they, they're like our hype guys. Um, and they really get everybody amped up as we, we kick the walk off. It's, it's, um, it's awesome. We're super proud of them. What's the promise garden. Explain that for folks. So promise garden. Um, we do have multiple flowers, um, with various meanings, um, and we'll have representatives of each color, what color, um, on the wheel, whether it is dealing with the diagnosis, um, someone who is caring or supporting for a loved one with an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Um, and then we will have a representative who will carry our one white flower and that white flower represents our first person to be cured because we do feel like we are moving in the direction. Um, and, um, and we joke all the time that we, we can't wait to all be out of work. So, um, to get to that point. So, um, so the promise garden flower will kind of cover our, our orange, our blue, our purple, and our white. And so if people do want to get involved, how can they get involved? Is it, is it about walking? Is it about putting together a team fundraising, all of those details? So you can register as an individual, but we love to see teams as well. Um, you can also volunteer for the walk. So walking itself, isn't something that, um, you might be interested in doing, but you know that you want to, um, help in some way, shape, or form volunteering is also a great opportunity. And really what they can do is the easiest thing to do is go to act.alz.org slash South coast. Um, and that's our walk page. All the details are listed there and you can register, or you can reach out about volunteer inquiries. You can feel free to email me directly. And that's D P Griffin, D P G R I F F I N at ALZ.org. Um, and I'll get right back to you, um, and, and answer any questions that you might have. And, you know, as you mentioned, we do, you do want to raise funds, but even just showing up and walking, as you mentioned, exercise is one of the things that's going to help stave it off. So at the very least you're getting out there and holding off this, this horrible disease. Yep. Absolutely. I mean, our main mission is to raise funds at the walk, but like you said, um, it's really important that we show up for one another and, um, and, you know, build that support. And, um, and I always tell everybody time is kind of our most precious commodity. It really is. And especially in this, this space of Alzheimer's disease. Um, and so if you can be of your time, um, that's an amazing thing and you should be proud of that. And speaking of time, we're out of it. We've got to go to the break. Uh, but Diana, thank you for joining us. And I hope that this turns out to be the biggest and best year yet. And no offense, but I do hope that someday you are out of work. Yep. Same, same here. Just one more time. Give everybody that website. So it's ACT.ALZ.org slash South coast. All right. We're going to take a break here. We'll come back. We'll get the news and then more with you. 508-996-0500. Save on summer favorites at Raley's Bel Air and Knob Hill. Enjoy weekly sales on fresh peak season produce and exceptional meats and seafood and discover a wide variety of fantastic flavors to go from our deli and bakery. Savings made simple only at Raley's Bel Air and Knob Hill. Broadcasting live from the carefree home studios. This is WBSM carefree homes, your home improvement experts, roofing, siding windows, and more get a free quote at carefreehomescompany.com carefree homes, trusted local family. The NTSB releases more details about an Amazon plane crash. 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And I've been very cautious about the fact that, you know, my whole life I've been a forgetful person. My whole life I've been somebody who is supposed to do things and forgets to do them, is supposed to be places and forgets to do it. Like, so I've resigned myself to that's who I am as a person. I've tried to get better about it. I've tried to mitigate it with, you know, alerts on my phone and sticky notes and all these different things. And that's always been the one thing that kind of concerns me is how will I know when I'm starting to have problems? Because sometimes I can't remember and recall things anyway. How will I know when that worsens to a point where I have to be concerned about it? So knowing that there's something like a blood test that I could ask for gives me a huge sense of relief as someone who comes from a family that has had dealings with Alzheimer's and it may be hereditary and may be in my makeup. So it's good to know that I can do that. So I'm going to next time I go to the doctor, I'm going to ask for that. I want to say, hey, when do you think we should start this? Just to be sure, just to be safe. And knowing that insurances are starting to cover it is even better. 508-996-0500. We got an app chat message. We were talking about AI. And Jeff says, on the subject of AI killing people, militaries use AI to select targets for airstrikes and also health insurance companies use AI to screen claims. So it's possible that lifesaving care could be denied by a computer. I mean, but also there's still the human element of it. So you're not getting diagnosed by the AI. You're getting it to screen the claim. So if your doctor says, I think that you have this and you need this and the claim gets denied, you can go back to the doctor and say, hey, the claim gets denied. The doctor gets on the phone, talks to a person over at the insurance company and says, I don't know why this person got denied. They need this. And in some cases, it's just that they just won't cover it. I went through that when they thought that I had ADD. I went through a number of years of going to a psychiatrist and they gave me Ritalin and they gave me Adderall and they thought that I had ADD. Rather than checking to see, well, maybe he has sleep apnea. Because I was a big fat guy that would wake up in the middle of the night unable to breathe. But for some reason, they thought that was ADD. So instead of just being like, he's not getting a good night's sleep, they said, well, he must have ADD. And I said, really? Just all of a sudden now at 26 years old, I developed ADD, which does happen. But they tried to get me on one of the medications that they had at the time called Provigil, which they gave me some samples and it was amazing the difference that I felt. And so the insurance company denied me from getting the Provigil. They said, no, no, we're not going to cover that. And the doctor was fighting with them to say, he said it's the only thing that can help him and they wouldn't cover it. So finally, the doctor said to me, he's like, you know what? The rep drops me off so many samples of this all the time. Just come see me every month and I'll give you 30 days worth of samples. And that's how we did it for however long I was on that for. And then I started to say, you know what? I really think I want to get a sleep test done. I think that that might be what it is. And even that turned out to be an issue with insurance because I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and they gave me a CPAP machine. And then I went back in for a narcolepsy test and I was diagnosed with narcolepsy. I have what's called narcolepsy without cataplexy. So I fall asleep, but I don't close my eyes. And it's micro sleep, like it only happens for a couple of seconds. It's like spacing out. But people even talking to me don't even realize that it's happening. And so I went through that and was diagnosed with that. And so they reached out to the insurance company. They said, well, now he definitely needs this provisional because he's narcoleptic. And they said, now we're not going to give him anything for the narcolepsy because we already gave him the CPAP machine for the sleep apnea. And the doctor was like, you don't understand. These are two different diagnoses. And that was a human being on the other end making that decision. That was not a, that was not a computer making that decision. That was a human that just wouldn't listen. And in the end, I'm glad I didn't stay on the provisional because it just would have been another monthly expense and the CPAP works fine. So, all right, I got to go take a quick nap. We'll be back in a few moments. Save on summer favorites at Rayleigh's Bel Air and Knob Hill. Enjoy weekly sales on fresh peak season produce and exceptional meats and seafood. 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You're next on WBSN. Yeah. How are you, Tim? Good. I heard you talking about the medical problems and trying to get the insurance companies to kick in. Did you ever see the movie? It was a Michael Moore movie that came out probably over 20 years ago called Sicko. I didn't see that one. No. It's well worth it because it basically talks about a single payer is when the it's like Medicare or Medicaid is single payer. And of course, the insurance companies have got middlemen in there that get service fees for denying you care. And so if a single payer only has like a one percent administrative fee, the HMOs have got 25, 30, I think 36 percent administrative fees is what the issue is. And so every time they deny you care, they get to log it up to their administrators and they get basically they get profit from denying you care. And so it's it's a horrible way to have medical care. It it wastes time. It you know, something basic could be resolved. But the insurance companies deny and deny and deny and they cash in by denying. And it's by the end of the movie, you're really, you know, so sick of it. You realize that single payer is the only smart way to go. And that's basically what Europe and a whole bunch of the other countries of the world use. But, you know, America is still trapped by stuff. Again, it's it's a Michael Moore movie. It's called Sick Co., like Sick Company. And yeah, it's well worth watching. All right. I'll check that out. Thank you so much. Sure. All right. We got to go to a break here before I take that break, though. It is going to be a day where it's going to be a little bit on the warmer side today. You might want to have the air conditioning on. We're going to get up into the 80s, but then we're going to get a nice stretch of weather where you're going to want to have those windows open. 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And there is no plan by the police chief to renew that while the city council is still trying to get their ordinance done, which following the current timeline, they should be able to get it done one way or the other by then. The question becomes, and Councilor Burgo brought this up, what happens if the chief doesn't want to sign the contract, but the mayor does? Because the mayor did not give any promises that he wouldn't enter into a new contract with the flock while the council does what they're doing. Would the mayor put his signature on the contract knowing the police chief said that he wouldn't sign it? So something to keep an eye on. It's going to be something that hopefully we don't get into a controversy about that. But as talk show hosts, we're really hoping that we do because that'll just be much more interesting to talk about. I'm saying that for the benefit of Chris McCarthy sitting across me, he's going to be taking over next. So stick around for him and make sure you get yourself over to the butcher shop and get yourself something delicious for lunch, for dinner. Don't sleep on them for a lunch option. You can walk in there and get a nice home cooked hot lunch every single day and have something different each day. They're cooking up something fresh right now and they always have something delicious at the butcher shop. So don't just think about going there for meat. I mean, obviously you want to go there for meat, but don't just think of them for that. Think of them for the fact that it's one of the best places to get a quick, hearty, filling, and very affordable lunch. So head on over there and see what they have today at the butcher shop, 123 Dartmouth Street in New Bedford. We'll check in with the folks over there tomorrow and find out what they have going on for the weekend, a weekend that should be pretty good grilling weather, at least on Saturday. So you're going to want to make sure you pick up something from the butcher shop to throw on the grill. I'm going to be back tomorrow for fun Friday. It may be a little bit weird because we're going to be having fun Friday while it's also the 25th anniversary of September 11th, but we'll balance all that out. Also, we got an app chat message here from Dave. He says, anyone missing a kayak? I just pulled an unmanned kayak out onto the Aquidneck beach on Clark's Cove. If that's you,