@judimahoney There is a group of US Senators trying to get the ASAP Act passed that would make insurance companies pay for the blood test. That said, I got paid to have one at a research company that advertised a “memory test.”

I had no idea I was applying for a clinical trial for a Roche medication that they say will eliminate amyloid plaque and ptau protein tangles from the brain. They paid me $175 to do some memory tests and get the blood test.

Two weeks later, I received the call that said I had tested positive for the ptau Alzheimer’s biomarker but because I did not have cognitive issues, I did not qualify for clinical trial. So I have something some call “preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease,” which is a brain with amyloid plaque and tau tangles. They told me to come back in a year and if I have MCI or dementia, then they can help me.

That said, I would look for research firms conducting clinical trials for the Roche plaque remover. What they also did not tell me that in the same month that the blood test was approved by the FDA, a two-year POINTER study showed that behavior modification can help to eliminate the plaques as well. Luckily, I found it on my own. Some neurologists believe that as much as 90% of Alzheimer’s can be reversed with (boring but it seems to work) diet change (MIND diet), quitting alcohol and smoking, exercise (about 20 minutes at least three times a week), sleeping at least 7 hours a night and cognitive games I’m playing on an app called Elevate. I am no longer prediabetic, my blood pressure is normal, I am sleeping better and I’m beating the pants of the competitors on my training app. I’ve also lost 30 lbs. in the last seven months.

There is hope. Good luck.