Love in defiance of Alzheimer's

Posted by knowledgespower @knowledgespower, Feb 11, 2022

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share with you all a very touching short film, "Elephant".

You can copy and paste this Vimeo link into your browser to watch it: https://vimeo.com/389534683

It's about a jovial old man trying to process his Alzheimer's diagnosis while agonizing over how to protect his true love from heartbreak.

"Elephant" won the Award of Distinction at Canada Shorts: Canadian and International Short Film Festival. It's a love story in defiance of an Alzheimer's diagnosis and will give hope to people in the early stages of Alzheimer's and the people who love them.

May love carry you onwards and I'm wishing you a happy Valentine's day!

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knowledgespower | @knowledgespower | Feb 7, 2022

If you or your loved one have started experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia, please make sure you eliminate metal toxicity as a cause. I recently learned from the documentary The Bleeding Edge (Netflix) that Dr. Stephen Tower, an orthopedic surgeon suffered memory loss, and dementia-like symptoms after his own hip replacement surgery. He discovered that the metal levels in his blood, leached from his new hip implant, were causing these neurological symptoms. After revision surgery, his metal levels dropped and his symptoms disappeared.

Since then Dr. Tower has done his own studies on the potential for neurological problems associated with increased cobalt levels caused by metal artificial hips.

If you develop symptoms after implanting a medical device (apparently many are allowed into the market without adequate testing… the horror!) such as an artificial hip, please look into whether there are any toxic levels (for example metal) in your blood to eliminate this as a possible cause.

Hope this is helpful! And have a lovely day.

Amanda Roe | @amandajro | Feb 10, 2022

In reply to @knowledgespower "If you or your loved one have started experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia, please..." + (show)

Hello @knowledgespower and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for joining Connect to share what you have learned through the documentary you referenced in your post. Is Alzheimer's close to you personally?

knowledgespower | @knowledgespower | Feb 11, 2022

In reply to @knowledgespower "If you or your loved one have started experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia, please..." + (show)

Hello Amanda, thank you for the warm welcome! I just recently watched this movie on Netflix and thought it could be helpful to people and wanted to share it. I feel like we're all personally affected by Alzheimer's in some way as it's so common.

larryg333 | @larryg333 | Feb 12, 2022

Thanks! The movie sounds interesting... but couldn't access it through the link. Do you have to sign up for Vimeo?

/LarryG

teacher502 | @teacher502 | Feb 13, 2022

We want to watch this, too. Is there another way to see it?

John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Feb 13, 2022

In reply to @teacher502 "We want to watch this, too. Is there another way to see it?" + (show)

Try this link...

A film about love in defiance of an Alzheimer's diagnosis
https://vimeo.com/389534683

knowledgespower | @knowledgespower | Feb 13, 2022

In reply to @larryg333 "Thanks! The movie sounds interesting... but couldn't access it through the link. Do you have to..." + (show)

Hi LarryG, you don't need to sign up for Vimeo. So sorry I missed a space after the ":" in the post. if you copy the link after the ":" and paste it in your browser, it should play. If you still have trouble seeing it, John's comment below has a link that definitely works. Hope that helps 🙂