Recent content by Calvin-CALS

Thank you, everyone. :-)

Hi, all, Patti died last night from respiratory arrest. She had a good quality of life until her sudden and too-soon departure. I was just barely getting to know you all. Best of luck on your journeys. Calvin

How about swapsies? My PALS is easier going, but I'm tired of dealing with female drama. Maybe I'd get along better with a guy, even a grumpy one. At least the way a guy thinks makes sense to me. ... Here's to greener grass! >:-P

Today is one of the sad days. Well, one of many sad days in a row. Now that we have most of the equipment she needs, Patti won't use it much, not nearly enough. I can't make her. Once she was a thriving person who needed some practical help from time to time. Now I think she's a dying person...

I thought of something like this. I'm glad someone has developed it. ------------- People With Disabilities Can Easily Find Accessible Spots With This App Inspired by his own experiences, a filmmaker has created an app to help people with disabilities. Jason Da Silva was diagnosed with...

I just read her post. It was really what I needed today. I'm not as far along as she seemed to be in the post ... but I'm heading down that slippery slope. Today I am angry, frustrated, and feeling woefully inadequate to the task. And I've hardly left the house for weeks. I need my time away...

Heather, if you think counselling is something you'd like to try but have trouble getting out of the house because of the need to keep close by (I know I do), there are psychologists who practice online these days. Real, licensed ones with PhDs! If you want meds for depression or anxiety, I...

No, that's not a banana .... :-P

Hi, Heather and Everyone. Thanks for your support and good wishes. Patti and I are both doing well today, feeling physically well and happy. Our biggest challenge today is that Patti isn't taking well to her new equipment. I've figured out that she's tactically sensitive and probably a bit...

Thank you, everyone. I'll try to keep focused on the person and the present. ... I think what's really getting me is that for the first time the probability that Patti will die is sinking into my brain. It's no longer intellectual. I'm going through a grieving process, and I'll likely go through...

Last week, Patti and I went to the clinic and also met with our regional ALSA rep. Some good and some bad has come of this. The Good: People are cracking, and we're starting to get equipment and other needs fulfilled. Patti's power chair has finally been approved (only took 6 months of games...

Sorry to hear what you and your dad are going through. Tough stuff.

Hi, Tracy. I haven't dealt with this kind of behavior with my PALS. We get along as well as two people in tough situation can. But my stepson has childhood-onset bipolar. The challenges of that, and my poor responses to it, were huge factors that led to my divorce. Having lived through it...

I'll join the chorus of voices: Go! And maybe this'll be your husband's last chance to really hang out as one of the guys. Maybe they'll have some guys over to drink beer, play cards and smoke cigars. Let them eat pizza and leave the house a mess. OK, I'm being stereotypical here. But the point...

Kaye, you don't know me because I'm relatively new. Hello! :) I agree with what Tillie and others have said: Feel free to rant on the forum. Sometimes when I'm angry with ALS, my PALS, the doctors, the insurance companies, the traffic, or whatever, it does me good to hear that someone else is...