Ahead of the Curve

I was talking to one of my colleagues from NASA (Ed Erickson) this past week about how inaccurate some of the facts on Alzheimers are. Just take a look at my earlier post on the stages and you can see Dad doesn't exactly fit in any of the categories. There are still things he excels at, and of course things he absolutely cannot do. Ed explained to me that when doctor's study diseases the data is analyzed in a bell curve. Most of what we are reading is what falls right in the middle.
We know dad ate turmeric just about everyday, fish once a week, and ran all the time, but he still got Alzheimers. Those preventative measures against Alzheimers are for the average person, I guess. Dad's never really been average. If you've been to any of Dad's doctor's appointments with Dr. Ribaudo, you'd know he still aces the math portions, but he can't read a clock, he can write complete sentences and draw that diagram with shapes, but he can't remember those three words. According the data Stage 6-7 patients should start seeing physical health decline. Dad's been surviving on those Parle-G biscuits for over a year. His health seems to be doing okay, considering. Like usual Dad's falling ahead of the curve...