New Hope?

So today I read an article on Yahoo. It seems as if they found a gene in mice that does something. It was this morning and now, this evening, 12 hours later, I have no idea of the details of said article.

What I do remember is that it's a major milestone. They were injecting the mice with whatever it is and it improved their memory.

They believe with this information, eventually, a "brain pill" can be on the market. One that will improve the memory of people and possible cure Alzheimer's. Another wards, it's my miracle drug - if it works - if they ever make it.

I can only pray they do go forward with this. That they do make a pill. I'll be more than willing to sign up for a trial. I need hope. I need help. I need someway for my brain to fix itself. They did say in the article that it would help those with Alzheimer's and brain injury. That's what they are aiming for. Well, I have the latter, and am at high risk for the first.

Can you imagine? Never seeing a loved one go through that horrible disease again. Seeing brain injury patients get their life back. Wow. I want modern medicine to do this. I want them to do it so bad that I can almost taste it. I want that pill!

Yeah, they said about the possible black market for such a pill. College students, high school students, etc. I can see that. The thing is, if people want a drug, they'll find a way to get it and misuse it. Look at any narcotic pain pill, Viagra, etc. The point of these drugs is to help the ones that truly need it and often they are unable to get it because of the abusers. There will always be abusers. Nothing will change that.

But I won't abuse it. It would give me my life back. I could remember holidays, birthdays, performances, trips, seeing my kids grow up, changes in my life would no longer be a shock (even though I have been told about it numerous times). I'd be able to learn math again, learn German. I'd be able to finish my college degree that I was so so close to finishing. I'd be able to WRITE again. I would be me.

I would be me.

How could that be a bad thing? I want to scream at these scientists to start now! Don't delay!  Help me. Help others like me. Give us a pill that will help. I just want to be me again. Is that so much to ask for?

I want to be me.