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Hello, I am new to this forum and my mother in law has been diagnosed with FALS (we do not know what gene yet). She has 6 siblings, 3 of which were diagnosed with ALS in the past in their late 50's to mid 60's. My mother in laws mother is in her 80's and DOES NOT have ALS, she has also...

Hi I'm very sorry to bother anyone I'm sat here with tears rolling down my face wondering what the hell to do with myself and I found myself here. I have 4 children two are disabled , Over the last 7 weeks I've been twitching all Over including my toung , I went to see my gp who said should go...

Every day seems more like "Ground Hogs Day". My son and I have been caring for our PALS since September 2011. The first few years were not bad. He still could talk, walk, and eat. As the disease progressed, he decided on a feeding peg tube and much later, a ventilator. He is paralyzed...

I’m 38, married with 3 young children, and I’m scared to the point of falling apart. I will keep the story as brief as possible. This year has been the most stressful of my life. We almost lost my youngest at the beginning of the year and she was in the hospital for weeks. We had major financial...

Hi Everyone-- Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place. About 6 years ago my father-- longtime academic, loving husband, stay-at-home dad, and just all-around exceptional human being-- started acting...weird... at times. "Insidious" is probably the best word to describe the onset. It...

Our friend is not doing well, we would like to do something as a group for him, his wife and two children. Does anyone have any ideas they would be willing to share?

Good afternoon, My father was diagnosed with ALS on October 6, 2017. The critical care neurologist said he was about 16-18 month into the progression of the disease and gave him about 8 months. In retrospect, we feel that he was probably more like 2-3 years into the disease. He passed away...

Hi Everyone, This is my very first forum I have ever done. I’ve debated for quite some time now about posting so here goes nothing. I’m a 33year old female. I have 3 small children. I know something is going on with my system but I don’t know what. Last spring I got massive head fog and body...

Hi Everyone, I lost my beautiful little brother on September 12, 2017. He was 47 years old with 2 young children. i knew I would miss his presence but never imagined this much. I knew what the outcome of ALS was yet still feel so unprepared. My mind keeps going back to those last few...

My 55 yo husband has had neurological symptoms for a couple of years and was just told by a neurologist that ALS is "the front runner" in terms of his diagnosis. His grandmother died 30 years ago at 82 of what they were told was something "ALS-like". She was diagnosed in her late 70s. The...