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My grandmother was almost 90 years old when she showed the first symptoms of ALS, at the beginning none thought it was very severe. At first we thought it was aging, then ictus or maybe parkinson's, she even showed sign of recovery for a moment. At the very beginning it was just pain from an...

For those of you who have followed my husband's adventures with his PWC, we have a new one. Yesterday he was driving up the apron to the garage and the entire wheel fell off his C-300. Yep, just fell off. Fortunately he was headed uphill and someone was with him, because the chair went into a...

Good afternoon, I am one of a thousand people who visit the internet in search of answers that are not readily available from a neurologist. It is a frustrating process that drives us to chat rooms such as these seeking reassurance or answers and I am grateful for any input that is provided...

Hi, Folks. I bet you didn't know that Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides that a state is required ensure that disabled people have access to adequate support to allow them to remain at home. Specifically, the Convention requires a government to...

First in foremost, I want to say from my very soul, I am sorry for everyone who has too deal with this. It breaks my heart but the strength you all have is more powerful from cancer to heart disease to fatal diseases like these it's just so sad. I for one suffer but in a way that's hard to...

Hi everyone, Well, yesterday my dad got his Peg tube put in and everything went ok, but was in pain and could only take children's tylenol. Around 5:30 yesterday night my mom had to call an ambulance, because he had a fainting spell. Mom was taking him to the bathroom and he fell over into her...

This is going to sound crazy but here goes. My friend who drives me back and forth to Mayo Clinic has been away overseas for three weeks. I got a text from her a couple of days ago and she said she had fainted and broke her ankle in three places. She was in Berlin at the time and just got out...

Happened when I was o the commode. Have one of the assist things that has bars on both sides. When I grabbed them and stood up, I immediately fell backwards and landed between the toilet and side wall. My chair was parked in front of the commode. If I had just fallen into my chair. Took my wife...

Received mnd/als dx in dec/2015. Began in spring 2015 during tennis and bike ridingwith left foot drop and gait and balance problems and fatigue. After seeing multiple docs, went to neurologist, had EMG kand was told I had mnd. At that point was using cross country sticks to help with balance...

Hi guys, Second time I came to take advantage of your patience with us, hypochondriacs. I hope I get three strikes :) My issue is my right hand. More specifically the abductor muscles (FPB is most affected. - my best guess as I am not an anatomy expert.. The muscles on the right hand look...