Your opinion on glyconutrients.

[Guest guest]

Dear Geri,

I would be interested of your opinion whether adding extra

glyconutrients to the diet of a person suffering with dementia would

have any benefit. The response I have from Russ is that he is very

skeptical. I have heard reports from Doctors of good reports after

adding glyconutrients to the diet in cases concerning the functioning

of the brain. Of particular example is that of Dr Omelchuk, who after

surviving a ruptured aneurysm of the brain in 1987 ( thanks to the

wonderful skills of the medical team of the hospital of where he was

actually chief of staff) but then was on the disability pension for

twelve years because among many problems he had short and long term

memory loss, had little energy levels, so much so that he couldnt stay

awake for more than a few hours at a time, often fell over because he

couldnt feel properly below the knees, was on much medication for pain

management. He states that after 4 1/2 months of adding glyconutrients

in supplemented form to his diet his memory has now returned, he feels

below the knees, is off all of his pain management medication and has

his energy levels back to such an extent that he tours the world at

over the age of 80 lecturing on the benefits of glyconutrients.

I have also heard reports of alzheimer patients improving. I would be

interested to know if you have heard of anything similar in your

experience

Best regards Ilsa

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>

> Date: Thu May 29, 2003 12:39:30 AM Australia/Melbourne

> To: LBDcaregivers

> Subject: Re: From Medsurg Nursing: The Journal of

> Adult Health

> Reply-To: LBDcaregivers

>

> Let me introduce myself.  I am a doctorally-prepared nurse who has been

> working as a dementia care manager/advanced practice nurse for about

> 22 years.

>   I am a researcher, an author, a policy consultant, an educator of

> geriatric

> nurse practitioner students, and a nationally-known speaker on the

> topic of

> dementia management. I have also been a volunteer professional

> consultant to

> the Alzheimer List run by Washington University ADRC for almost 7

> years.

>

> The first cases of LBD I encountered. I encountered were in the

> mid-1980's.

> The patients were in our acute care psychiatric unit for months and

> months

> (three for over a year).  They had injured their family members, were

> floridly

> psychotic and almost impossible to manage. We just dreaded these

> patients

> because we could do so little.

>

> And then January 1977 came...and we had Aricpet, and then Exelon, and

> Reminyl.  Those with the novel antispychotics (Risperdal -- which we

> can't use

> now, seroquel, and zyprexa) and some of the SSRIs (remiron)  gave us

> power ro

> manage symptoms well.  In our state (Iowa) we kept trying to get a

> place where

> we could have care specific to the needs of the patient with LBD, but

> after

> six years and no results our only hope is medication.

>

> To be honest, I was surprised to receive your letter (I direct the grad

> program at U or Iowa College of Nursing).  Now reading your letters I

> am so

> touched and a bit stunned.  I've not seen patients with the degree of

> psychosis and psychotic violence you are describing for a long time.

>

> I will stick around for a while and even help with your article if you

> want

> (although it will be a bit slow).  I've published in J. Med/Surg

> Nursing

> before and have a suggestion.  Why don't you provide some of your

> annecdotes

> to exeplify the problems of LBD (psychosis -- the fireplace pokers

> ought to

> satisfy that problem; hypersexuality; heightened medication sensitivy;

> movement disorder; intermittent symptoms, and so forth).  I could then

> work

> with you to fill in with medical-ease and nursing care planning.

>

> Would that help?

> Geri

>

>

>

> At 08:20 PM 5/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>

> > Re: AJJ Contact Form Submission

> >

> >

> > >Your email was forwarded to me as journal editor and I would like to

> > >encourage you to consider submitting a manuscript on LBD.  You make

> > >excellent points about the need to educate care providers so

> patients

> > >are assured timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment.  " MEDSURG

> > >Nursing, " the official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical

> > >Nurses, is committed to printing good quality manuscripts about

> health

> > >care topics affecting our older adults.  I would be very pleased to

> > >correspond with you about any prospects for a future manuscript.

> > >

> > >Dottie , MSN, MACI, RN,BC, ONC

> > >Editor

> > > " MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health "

> > > (work)

> > >dorothy.roberts@...

> > >

> > >>>> 05/19/03 01:15PM >>>

> > >AJJ Contact Request Submission

> > >

> >

> >

> >