Posted on FDA approval day, 7/6/23 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. -Prov 17:22 https://www.alz.org/news/2023/lecanemab-leqembi-traditional-fda-approval and some less glowing good news: https://www.neurologylive.com/view/fda-grants-traditional-approval-lecanemab-as-therapy-for-early-stage-alzheimer-disease?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7-6-23_NRLV_Breaking_Unsponsored&eKey=bWFyay5hcHBsZWdhdGVAc2VuaW9yYWdlbW8ub3Jn We have been waiting for this and, as hope, the drug is approved in a more traditional way and will be covered by CMS. There…
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Longest Day Recap 2: The Shark Jumping Week+
Posted 6/29/23 “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?” -1 Corinthians 6:19 Quite a last 10 days, friends! Thank you for your patience waiting for another piece of Digital Cornbread to drop. 🙂 Here is where the last week+ has…
Longest Day(s) Recap, Part 1
Posted 6/23/23 Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. -1 Peter 5:7 Hi all! I hope to do a long form recap article very soon. My event went from really Sunday afternoon until this morning in many ways although the actual 9 hour stair step days were Mon-Thur. Today I had…
The Longest Day: 4 Corners 4 a Cure
Posted 6/21/23 Certainly the faithful love of the Lord hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness. -Lamentation 3:22-23 I am sorry I haven’t had time to post. 🙁 Monday we got there at 6am, did stairs for 9 hours, snuck off to Planet Fitness for a…
1.5 days and counting
Posted Saturday, 6/17/23 My Longest Day fundraiser link: https://act.alz.org/site/TR?pg=personal&px=14575499&fr_id=16164 I am not a fan of asking for money, we are getting so close to better treatments. The MAB-class of drugs, as soon as CMS relents to our pressure and lets Medicare cover them, will be HUGE. There are more coming down the pipeline. These donations…
A Cavern of Echoes Past
Posted 6/13/23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. -Psalm 73:23 A week from today I will be in the Enterprise Center doing 9 hours of stairs. My wife and I essentially have the arena to ourselves other than visits from staff and media. The same amazing facility that will soon…
Where Does the Time Go?
Posted 6/8/23 …yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. -James 4:14 Where does all of the time go? I know the science…it is pretty darn consistent. However, especially since Covid, time is on “>> mode”…
Chicken Nuggies, Huggies, and the Temptation to do Druggies
Posted 7 months until Christmas, 2023 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Cor. 13:7 This piece has an important point that is tied to this KFC sign I saw on the way to work today: Maybe I am the only one that notices such, but I got…
Melancholy at Remembrance Lake
Posted 5/18/23 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 Monday was a very full day. By the time the day was over and I was nestled all snug in my bed, I was spent. Not “whew, that was a busy day” spent…more like “Whew, I…
To the Rubicon, and No Further
Posted 5/12/23 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. -Proverbs 16:33 From this link: “On January 10, 49 B.C.E., General Julius Caesar entered Roman territory by crossing the Rubicon, a stream in what is now Northern Italy. In crossing the Rubicon, Caesar began a civil war that signaled the end of the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar was…