I have started coughing up green stuff and need to get some antibiotics to try to head off pneumonia. Which ones are safe for als patients? We are being denied service inclinics-put on perpetual hold when told I have ALS
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(I have to say at the start of this here that my heart goes out to EVERYONE at this forum and am praying for you all - and me - everyday. And I have seen big prayers answered !)
I was at the local VA hospital for the usual 3-month checkup clinic (I think these clinics help the staff in their...
OK...I AM GUNNA WINE A LITTLE.....I have my second clinic visit in two weeks, and it is stressing me out bigtime! I don't know if it is a case of "what you don't know won't hurt you" or just kinda feeling humiliated at this point!
Just kind of fishing for your attitudes about the ALS clinics...
On April 11, 2014 my husband passed, he just did not have the strength to take another breath. He had only just died when I checked him in the morning, I know it was peaceful, or I would have heard him. I prayed for him to pass peacefully in his sleep and it was answered. My husband refused...
So i was going to a great multidisciplinary clinic in Nashville, but we moved to Louisville. I assumed all the clinics on the CDC ALS clinic locator were multidisciplinary, so i asked to be transferred to the MDA clinic in Louisville. But it's just a doctor! Why even call it a clinic if he just...
Hi. I found this forum in the hopes of better understanding what my best friend is going through and how I can help her. After reading many posts on here, I think I understand a lot more, how she feels. Her husband was diagnosed in November 2013 and has been going downhill very fast. He is 54...
Hi, my name is Rick. I was diagnosed yesterday with ALS by a neurologist in Louisville. He said nothing is 100% and I need to get a second opinion at an ALS specialty clinic. He researched around and recommended the one at Emory University. I was also considering the Mayo Clinic. Was...
Does anyone in the Portland, Oregon or Southwest Washington area selling their CPAP, Cough assist, and Suction Machine?
My husband just went to his 1st ALS clinic on Monday, January 20, and these are the clinics recommendations that he needs now. I received a call from a medical rental place...
Hi. I was diagnosed with ALS on Oct.8. I have had two visits at an ALS clinic. I only get the hammers to the legs and the press down as hard as you can. I also was told anything I needed they would help me. Now I have been reading I have not had any of the breathing test or whatever else they...
Hey everyone. Sorry if my post gets too long. I'm here to ask your opinion. I'm just gonna describe my symptoms to you, and I ask you to confirm my e-diagnosis. So I have:
Breathing difficulties: It's pretty bad. I can't get a decent breath in most of the time - it's like it's impossible to...
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