Jamie
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Hello all! I have perused a few of the threads over the past few days and decided I should make myself known...I imagine I'll be visiting the forum often.
My mother was just diagnosed with ALS 1 week ago, she is 51 and we suspect she has been exhibiting symptoms for about 1.5 to 2 years. Over the past year doctors have been at a loss for why she's lost her ability to swallow and talk...she finally got into an excellent neuro who figured it out pretty quickly. My best friends step-mother was diagnosed with ALS 6 months ago and has progressed very quickly so I've personally seen the many devastations the family has faced.
Since the diagnosis I have been cycling between disbelief and depression (mostly crying). My daughter (3) can't figure out what is wrong with "mommy" and I'm not sure my husband really knows how to comfort me. Oddly enough my 7 year old son seems to be the one who can lift my spirits.
I've been up all night tonight and I think the wave of realization has just hit me. I'm bawling at 6 in the morning and I just can't seem to stop. I know I have got to keep myself together for my kids, for my dad, for my brothers, and especially for my mom.
Please, someone tell me that even though this is the very hardest thing I will ever face in my life that I can make it through this... I know many people do...but I really need to hear that right now.
-Jamie
My mother was just diagnosed with ALS 1 week ago, she is 51 and we suspect she has been exhibiting symptoms for about 1.5 to 2 years. Over the past year doctors have been at a loss for why she's lost her ability to swallow and talk...she finally got into an excellent neuro who figured it out pretty quickly. My best friends step-mother was diagnosed with ALS 6 months ago and has progressed very quickly so I've personally seen the many devastations the family has faced.
Since the diagnosis I have been cycling between disbelief and depression (mostly crying). My daughter (3) can't figure out what is wrong with "mommy" and I'm not sure my husband really knows how to comfort me. Oddly enough my 7 year old son seems to be the one who can lift my spirits.
I've been up all night tonight and I think the wave of realization has just hit me. I'm bawling at 6 in the morning and I just can't seem to stop. I know I have got to keep myself together for my kids, for my dad, for my brothers, and especially for my mom.
Please, someone tell me that even though this is the very hardest thing I will ever face in my life that I can make it through this... I know many people do...but I really need to hear that right now.
-Jamie