Bad Balance
Senior member
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2010
- Messages
- 815
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 12/2010
- Country
- US
- State
- GA
- City
- Atlanta
Hi everyone;
My brother is coming to visit tomorrow. I have not seen him in a while and he does not yet know that I have ALS.
I'm concerned that my sis is telling me that he has been reporting symptoms to her that seem oh so familiar. He had two cervical vertibrae fused several years ago to try to correct numbness in his hands....that was the first thing that they looked at in me too at the nuerologists initial testing and evaluations. Well; those symtoms never receeded for him and now he has others.
My question is two fold:
- If it turns out that he has ALS, would there be any research that would benifit from fratenal siblings availability?
- My brother has no health insurance, so I will try to get him in to see a neurologist with hopes of a written diagnosis to enable medicare diability. Any pointers on where to get indigent care ?
Thanks.
My brother is coming to visit tomorrow. I have not seen him in a while and he does not yet know that I have ALS.
I'm concerned that my sis is telling me that he has been reporting symptoms to her that seem oh so familiar. He had two cervical vertibrae fused several years ago to try to correct numbness in his hands....that was the first thing that they looked at in me too at the nuerologists initial testing and evaluations. Well; those symtoms never receeded for him and now he has others.
My question is two fold:
- If it turns out that he has ALS, would there be any research that would benifit from fratenal siblings availability?
- My brother has no health insurance, so I will try to get him in to see a neurologist with hopes of a written diagnosis to enable medicare diability. Any pointers on where to get indigent care ?
Thanks.