Dr. Heather Moday is incredible! I joined her practice last summer and, already in fairly good…read morehealth, expected I'd only need to maintain what progress I'd made. After taking my history in our first session, she ordered comprehensive blood work to be done. Two weeks later when I returned to find out where I stood, I was startled to learn I wasn't quite as healthy as I'd previously thought.
First, the genetic testing she ordered showed that I had both genes for Alzheimer's Disease and that my particular combination put me in a risk group well above 50 percent to get this dread disease. As well, with these two markers, I learned that symptoms often begin in the late forties or fifties. On other tests I was on more encouraging ground but everything was certainly not optimal. She altered and added to the supplements I was taking, put me on an even more disciplined exercise regime, and gave me a title and told me to read this book: The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dr. Dale Bredesen. At the time my own mother was in the late stages of dementia and had I been privy to this new information, we could have saved her life or made her last years more fruitful.
After my visit with Dr. Moday, I then went to Olivia Neely, her nutritionist, who taught me about dietary changes that would help improve my health. By eating more fiber, including probiotics and prebiotics to my diet, she got me on the right track. Two months later, following the advice and suggestions of both Dr. Moday and Olivia Neely, my cholesterol levels made a huge improvements. My LDL went from 106 down to 68! As well, all my other markers improved, too.
Two months later I became starkly aware that my cognition had been gradually improving. I started to remember numbers, addresses, and wasn't lost to find the right word in a conversation. I could keep my train of thought in a discussion and hold my own in making my points as in days of old. I realized, just like Eleanor, in Chapter 3 of Bredesen's book, I had been coming out of Alzheimer's myself.
Had it not been for Dr. Moday and her incredible team, I would have gone the way of my own mother. This practice, that now includes Jon Mitchell, her bright, young Physician's Assistant, is the gem of the medical world here in Philadelphia and not to be missed. Yes, it can be a bit pricy, but it has been worth every penny I spent.
Dr. Moday and her team gave me back my life!