{"id":5723,"date":"2026-06-27T04:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:02:09","slug":"houston-area-woman-shares-alzheimers-journey-stresses-early-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723","title":{"rendered":"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer’s Journey, stresses early diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n

HOUSTON<\/strong> – <\/span>After learning she has Alzheimer’s disease, Cynthia Wyman Jordy is sharing her story to encourage others to seek early testing, advocate for their health, and make the most of every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Houston weather: Hot, warm temperatures expected through the weekend<\/a><\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the lifetime risk for Alzheimer’s at age 45 is one in five for women compared to one in ten for men.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

In April 2025, Cynthia Wyman Jordy was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“It was tough news, but not unexpected news,” she said.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cynthia’s father died from the disease many years ago.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cynthia has taken a proactive approach to her diagnosis and stresses the importance of being a vocal advocate for yourself.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

She’s currently taking LEQEMBI (Lecanemabimb), a drug that can possibly slow down the progression of the disease.<\/p>\n

Read more Pete Buttigieg targeted by false police report in Traverse City, briefly separating him from children<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cynthia emphasizes the importance of early detection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“The earlier you find out, the better off you are,” she said.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Studies show early detection can possibly prevent the disease in 40% of people with lifestyle changes and treatment.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cynthia worries how her diagnosis will impact the lives of loved ones, but says she has time to work things out.<\/p>\n

Read more See the photos: Before and after satellite images show aftermath of deadly earthquakes in Venezuela<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Right now, she says her focus is enjoying every day and living joyfully.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After learning she has Alzheimer’s disease, Cynthia Wyman Jordy is sharing her story to encourage others to seek early testing, advocate for their health, and make the most of every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-houston","category-news","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\nHouston-area woman shares Alzheimer's Journey, stresses early diagnosis - Houston Moving Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer's Journey, stresses early diagnosis - Houston Moving Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After learning she has Alzheimer's disease, Cynthia Wyman Jordy is sharing her story to encourage others to seek early testing, advocate for their health, and make the most of every day.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Houston Moving Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-27T04:02:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba\"},\"headline\":\"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer’s Journey, stresses early diagnosis\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-27T04:02:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723\"},\"wordCount\":257,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Houston\",\"News\",\"Top Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723\",\"name\":\"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer's Journey, stresses early diagnosis - Houston Moving Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-27T04:02:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=5723#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer’s Journey, stresses early diagnosis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Houston Moving Journal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer's Journey, stresses early diagnosis - Houston Moving Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer's Journey, stresses early diagnosis - Houston Moving Journal","og_description":"After learning she has Alzheimer's disease, Cynthia Wyman Jordy is sharing her story to encourage others to seek early testing, advocate for their health, and make the most of every day.","og_url":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723","og_site_name":"Houston Moving Journal","article_published_time":"2026-06-27T04:02:09+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba"},"headline":"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer’s Journey, stresses early diagnosis","datePublished":"2026-06-27T04:02:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723"},"wordCount":257,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp","articleSection":["Houston","News","Top Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723","url":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723","name":"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer's Journey, stresses early diagnosis - Houston Moving Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-27T04:02:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba45bcaab15489105f1d0bd9cecb1080.webp","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5723#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Houston-area woman shares Alzheimer’s Journey, stresses early diagnosis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/","name":"Houston Moving Journal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com"],"url":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}