gbrown
Active member
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2008
- Messages
- 77
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 07/2006
- Country
- US
- State
- Virginia
- City
- Bassett
I went to my ALS clinic yesterday. It was my 1 year anniversary of going to the clinic. My RT said my cough ability had risen and my inhale capacity had doubled. My lung capacity was about the same.
I talked to the Neuro about taking Lipitor and he first said that a statin like Lipitor was normally prescribed for patients to help for 5 to 10 years down the road and with ALS maybe that wasn't such a good idea. But, since I am going on 8 years with the disease he could understand why the G P prescribed it for me. He also said that it was now prettry certain that people with high cholesertol progressed more slowly that I should talk to my GP about discontinuing the Lipitor.
Since his diagnosis, I asked him what he thought about my progress. He said it was "Awesome". It was great to hear that one word.
Hope for best,
Gordon
I talked to the Neuro about taking Lipitor and he first said that a statin like Lipitor was normally prescribed for patients to help for 5 to 10 years down the road and with ALS maybe that wasn't such a good idea. But, since I am going on 8 years with the disease he could understand why the G P prescribed it for me. He also said that it was now prettry certain that people with high cholesertol progressed more slowly that I should talk to my GP about discontinuing the Lipitor.
Since his diagnosis, I asked him what he thought about my progress. He said it was "Awesome". It was great to hear that one word.
Hope for best,
Gordon