Strange things have been happening

 

I corrected only some of my typing errors in this post. So, if you find an mispelled word, it's becasue I  intentionally didn't proofread. 

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Miscellaneous Observations About Me – Tuesday, November 3, 2025

This is a MRI image of my brain when I was in the hospital after my Lacuna Stroke. Inside the red circles are the uninvited holes in my brain. 

 I apologize for the strange print quality. BLOGGER dose not accept imported posts unless you import them as a picture.

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My Travel Through Alzheimer's Disease #10

            

                    

Monday, October 27, 2025, I had my sixth infusion of Kisunla. Specifically:

donanemab-azbt (Kisunla) 1,400 mg in sodium chloride 150 mL IVPB

Due to Alzheimer's disease, sodium chloride 0.9% flush 10 mL 

I found out that this is the maximum Kisunal does for my situation. Once again, there were no issues during the infusion.

What are the differences in me since the beginning of this trip?

I can read aloud better.

Dreams are fewer, but still as intense as they were earlier.

It's easier to write my latest book. FAR FEWER do-overs while typing. I have no title yet. I'm waiting for an epiphany.

What's the same in me since the beginning of this trip?

Trouble finding nouns when writing or speaking.

I don't have any trouble sleeping.

Zoey, our dog, and I still walk between 5 and 6 miles every day.

Anything else?

I'M NOT CHANGING THE SCORE TODAY. MAYBE NEXT MONTH.

CURRENT SCORE:

donanemab-azbt (Kisunla) - 5 💥 ALZEHIMER DISEASE - 0

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My Travel Through Alzheimer's Disease #9

 

Yesterday, Sept 29, 2025, I had my fifth infusion of Kisunla. Specifically:

donanemab-azbt (Kisunla) 1,400 mg in sodium chloride 150 mL IVPB

Due to Alzheimer's disease sodium chloride 0.9% flush 10 mL 

I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF MY WRITING (WRITING ONE PAPER NOT CONTENT) IMPROVED AFTER THE TREATMENT.  THAT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT' DOSEN'T LAST LONG. 

The top is what I wrote while the infusion was infusing. The bottom is what I wrote at home around noon.

I FOUND OUT AT MY LATEST NEUROLOGY DOCTOR VISIT THAT THE Kisunla TREATMENTS WILL CONTINUE MARCH OF 2026, AND PERHAPS BEYOND, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF BETA-AMYLOID PROTEIN CLUMPS THAT FORMED PLAQUES BETWEEN THE NEURONS HAVE BEEN CLEARD BY THE Kisunla. 

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS.

CURRENT SCORE:

donanemab-azbt (Kisunla) - 5 💥 ALZEHIMER DISEASE - 0

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Royalties From My Teaching Products Explained. Sort of.

 Three days ago I received a check from

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They are a company that sells just about anything you'd need for "doing science" or teaching it. Over several years, I've had eight different products sold by them. I've enough money for my wife and I make two trips to England during summer vacations.

The first product I sold to them was DESCENDENT DISCS. 

Pairs of students pulled "disks" labeled with different human traits on them, from a sack and placed them on the table. When sack was empty, the pair of students determined the phenotype of the imaginary person they produced.

 The returned to the disks to the bag, shook it, and pulled the disks again. The second time the sack was empty, the pair of students determined the phenotype of another imaginary person they produced.

It was almost impossible to get the same combination of traits twice, so it was a visual demonstration of why brothers and/or sisters aren't identical. 

It was one of their best selling items for several years, but they pulled it from their catalogue when the Notational Science Standards were adopted.

My current check was for $273.71. That's for the items sold from January to June of this year. I don't know how many sets of 

They sell the kit for $341.89. I think I get 5% royalty, but I can't find the contract. However, if my math is correct, they sold only 16 kits between January and June. That's most likely they're listing it as a CLOSEOUT. 

While I wish they'd sold more, I can't blame them for dropping it because the kit contains over 100 items and contains several items that must be copied for each class. 

BTY: I ONLY HAD TO CORRECT ONE ITEM WHEN I RAN THIS THROUGH THE MS WORD APP.

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My Travel Through Alzheimer's Disease #8 + Walk Arounds in Science (or any subject) Classes

INFUSION #4

Tuesday, Sept 2, 2025, I had my 3rd infusion of Kisunla. Specifically:

donanemab-azbt (Kisunla) 1,400 mg in sodium chloride 290 mL IVPB 

Due to Alzheimer's disease sodium chloride 0.9% flush 10 mL 

THE AMOUNT OF KUSUNLA WAS INCREASED TO THE AMOUNT I'LL HAVE FOR THE LAST THREE INFUSIONS.

NO DIZZINESS THIS TIME, BUT I DID GET SEVERE PAIN IN MY EYES ON AUGUST 5. I TOOK A SINUS PAIN RELIEF PILL AND WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING FINE.

NO BRAIN MRI UNTIL OCTOBER.

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PRAYERS.

CURRENT SCORE:

donanemab-azbt(Kisunla) - 4.5 💥ALZEHIMER DISEASE - 0

Below is a continuation of my last post...

Owen Miller and I also designed an activity we titled "Walk Around" that was a hit every time I gave a presentation at science teacher conferences. 

I set up a walk around along the outside of my room. People coming in early wandered around, usually with strange looks on their faces.

I'd start the session with the rules. There are only 3.

1. You can work by your self or with a group.

2. The answers will be posted with 15 minutes left in the period.

3. There is a good chance there will be a quiz, so copying the answers without knowing the questions won't be much help.

I had my last period students, and the teachers in my presentations, to take down the materials and stack them in a neat pile. 

Teachers were shocked at the ease of set up and take down.

Here's a question card

Typical kid's working

If you can't read the description, or would like a copy, send me a comment at the end of this post, and I'll send you a copy of the rules. 

Also,  if you'd like the whole description of Walking Around a Novel, not what's shown below, send me a comment at the end of this post, and I'll send you a copy the whole document. There is a PLETHORA of Teacher Notes. 

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And now back to our regular scheduled program ... almost

LOTS OF BRAIN STUFF: GENERAL & MINE

I've been focusing on my mental issues and reposting some of my earlier blogs. Today, I'm going to do spend some time on brains, hence the book cover above, brains in general, and how my brain has reacted to my treatments.

If you were a student of mine before 1983, my teaching on the topic of the human brain was limited to areas and functions of those areas. 

Then I read this book. It was my introduction to learning styles. 

Book: Title  Human Brain Learning 
ISBN:  9780582283794  Publication Year 1983
Type: Textbook
Subject Area:  Education, Medical
Author: Leslie A. Hart
Subject: Neuroscience, Learning Styles

For a very good introduction on how you learn, I recommend being in my classes after 1983. However, since time travel is still science fictions try: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWomJWfNWPM  

I love teaching, and I was disappointed when good students did not to well on certain types of assignments. One day at Monte Vista, one of the doctors that worked with the school's special needs students offered an short after-school introduction to learning styles. At that time there were three:

Visual: Learns through sight.
Auditory: Learns through hearing.
Kinesthetic: Learns through physical experience.
Soon added was
Reading/Writing: Learns through text.

She emphasized that all people learn many ways, but most have one (or two) which is best for them.

I walked away from that meeting dealing with how many of my presentations and assignments were NOT KINESTHETIC.

I worked with Owen Miller at the time, and we decided we needed to get kids moving.

We invented: CRANIAL CREATIONS. 

 

Original cover and resigned cover to match the 2nd book they published.

It's a collection of 45 exercises. Types include: Analysis, The Art Corner, Other Cooperative Learning Exercises, Writing Assignments, and Laboratory Skills. The majority exercises required working in groups, where each student had an assigned task.

That book was the number one seller in the science section of the companies listings for nine years in a row. 

Kids did better, and some "last kid chosen for groups" became first choice for activities where art skills and cooperative learning were emphasized 

A second Cranial Creation followed. My co-author was Candace J. Aguire, a woman I known since Junior high.

The National Science Teacher's Association invited me to sign these books at one of their conventions. 

Owen and I also designed an activity we titled "Walk Around" that was a hit every time I gave a presentation at science teacher conferences.

More on "Walk Around" next time.

BRAIN STUFF

The treatment plan booklet provided by Lilly gave me a place to write thoughts, etc after each infusion. What follows is what I wrote.

June 10: I think I feel better today than I have in a long time.

July 7: When I got home after this infusion, Leanne asked me to sign our names on a birthday card. I reminded her that my writing now looked more like a two-year old with crayons, but I signed the card and the signature was the BEST in at least a year.

July 9: I was dizzy for about four hours. I used a technique I used before. The dizziness ended, but took me five times as long to erase the dizziness than the previous time.

August 4: Monday was fine. On Tuesday I drove to Temecula and spent four hours working with Jen (a teacher I worked with at Great Oak) and helped her "heal" the scrap-book she made for my retirement. It was a great time.

August 7: I was tired, but there were no other issues, BUT, I wish I could more of my memory for words back. 

August 22: Today I can type better (fewer errors) than I have in a least a year!

Thanks for reading to the end.

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